Scottish Government and COSLA’s Suicide Prevention Strategy and Self-Harm Strategy and Action Plan both highlight the importance of trauma-informed and responsive services, systems and workforces, in preventing suicide and supporting people affected by suicidality and self harm. Through the National Trauma Transformation Programme, Scotland has paved the way in creating a vision of a trauma informed and responsive workforce and services that can recognise where people are affected by trauma and adversity, and that respond in ways that prevent further harm, support recovery, address inequalities and improve life chances.
Scottish Government, COSLA, Suicide Prevention Scotland and the Improvement Service are hosting an online event to:
- Reflect on how trauma, suicidality and self harm shows up in people's lives and their experience of seeking help.
- Share learning and inspiration from practice.
- Bring together colleagues working within suicide prevention, self harm and those working to embed a trauma-informed approach to join the dots across these policy agendas.
- Identify opportunities to strengthen the links across these and other key policy agendas locally, regionally and nationally across Scotland, and identify what further support might be needed to do so.
This event is open to all colleagues supporting the delivery and implementation of Creating Hope Together, the Self-Harm Strategy and Delivery Plan, and/ or embedding a trauma-informed approach in your service, organisation or local area. This includes colleagues working within public and third sectors and community/ peer-led organisations.
To attend, register by completing the online form in MS Teams.
