Overview

This Foundation level course raises awareness about self-harm in children’s care sector; why Children and Young People self-harm, the different types of self-harm, who is vulnerable to it and how to help Children and Young People recover. The programme benefits from an animated scenes and activities with ongoing assessment making it engaging and interactive.

Aims & Objectives:

• Explain what self-harm is.
• Why children and young people might resort to self-harming and the problems associated with it.
• Identify some of the signs that could indicate a child or young person is self-harming.
• Identify different forms of self-harm.
• Identify groups that are vulnerable to self-harm.
• Describe/demonstrate how to talk to a child or young person who is self-harming using a sensitive and understanding approach.
• Identify appropriate support to a child or young person who is self-harming.
• List possible substitutions and recovery strategies that child or young person can try.
• Advise how you can raise the issue with a child or young person you suspect is self-harming.
• Emphasise the need to follow the children’s home Self-harm Policy regarding reporting and recording.

Audience:

This course is aimed at residential care staff, specialist health and education staff working with children, youth leaders and practitioners.