Mental Health Coordinating Council (MHCC)
The Mental Health Coordinating Council (MHCC) is the peak body for community mental health organisations in New South Wales.
Our purpose is to support a strong and sustainable community-managed mental health sector that provides effective health, psychosocial and wellbeing programs to the people of NSW. Through our advocacy we provide policy leadership and promote reform. Through our capacity building we develop resources and training to assist community organisations to deliver quality and effective services.
About
Service regions
- New South Wales
Focus populations
- Lived experience
- Multiple focus
Activities
- Provides Policy Information
- Conducts Research
Organisation type
- Not-for-profit
Affiliations
Zero Suicide Healthcare Training
This two-day course is for frontline mental health support workers, and community members who support someone at risk of suicide. Managers and team leaders are also encouraged to attend this course to enhance their understanding of practice issues and to support service outcomes.
- Reduce immediate risk of suicide and increase safety
- Identify risk and protective factors, warning signs and points of change and explore ambivalence
- Develop collaborative care plans
- Recognise the limits of the workers' role, when and how to refer to specialist assistance or facilitate links to further care
- Ensure information related to suicidality is communicated effectively in the workplace
- Stay healthy as a worker - ensure self-care and access to support services.
Please note: Training programs listed are accessed at the user's discretion and are not endorsed by Zero Suicide Institute of Australasia nor Life in Mind.
ZSH element
- Train
- Identify
- Engage
- Transition
Audience
- Support and Outreach
Focus
- Aftercare and follow-up
- Collaborative safety planning for suicide
- Communicating with patients about suicide
- Creating a safe physical environment for patients at risk of suicide
- Crisis response procedures and de-escalation techniques
- Determining appropriate levels of care for patients at risk of suicide
- Identifying risk factors for suicide
- Identifying warning signs for suicide
- Managing suicidal patients
- Policies and procedures within the work environment
- Procedures for communicating about potentially suicidal patients
- Staff roles and responsibilities within the work environment
- Suicide prevention and awareness
- Suicide risk formulation practices
- Understanding and navigating ethical and legal considerations
Course type
- Face-to-face
Cost
- Fee for service
Location
- National