Compassionate Foundations: Suicide prevention capability suite
Overview
Compassionate Foundations is a foundational suicide prevention capability suite, designed to support positive human-to-human interactions that promote connection and understanding. The purpose of the suite is to help participants respond early and before a person’s experience leads them to become distressed and/or suicidal. These skills include being compassionate, being aware of the needs of people in vulnerable situations, understanding why people may become distressed and knowing how to have a helpful and safe conversation with someone who may be showing early signs of distress.
Participant benefits
- Describe their role in suicide prevention.
- Describe how extreme stress and adversity impacts individuals and the community.
- Use trauma-informed skills.
- Use compassion and self-compassion skills.
- Use look, listen and link skills to support someone in distress.
- Describe the factors that lead someone to suicidal distress.
- Outline the importance of self-care.
Suitable for
APS 1 – SES Band 3
Craft and User level
This program aligns with Supporting APS People at the Foundation level.
Related topics
Health and wellbeing; Values; Relationships; Leading in the APS; Communication; Working in teams
This content has been provided by the APS Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Unit, Australian Public Service Commission. © Commonwealth of Australia 2022.