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Suicide prevention and intervention introduction

We have doubled the grant rates for short course tiers 1 – 3. To address rising costs, you can now receive higher rates on course achievements from 1st April 2023

Grant Tier

Achievement date before 1 April 2023

Achievement date on or after 1 April 2023

Grant Tier 1

Grant Tier 1 Refresher

£30

£15

£60

£30

Grant Tier 2

Grant Tier 2 Refresher

£70

£35

£140

£70

Grant Tier 3

Grant Tier 3 Refresher

£120

£60

£240

£120

Overview

The purpose of this standard is to provide the learner with the theory of understanding suicide and the practise of suicide intervention skills that can be applied in any Construction setting with transferable skills to personal settings needed to identify individuals who may be thinking about suicide with the opportunity to build confidence through practise.

Duration 

4 hours

Name of proposed Recognised Organisation

National Centre for Suicide Prevention, Education and Training CIC (NCSPET)

SFA: Lite | Suicide First Aid

Quality Assurance

Recognised

Achievement Lifespan

Renewal

Renewal every 25 months

Classification

Recommended Refresher 

Buffer/Grace period 

7 months

Working Group Approval date

06/03/24

Proof-Read Approval Date

12/03/24

Review cycle 

On request or 5 years from approval date.

Additional information about this standard

SFA - USI is a City and Guilds accredited programme