Application Deadline: ASSIST Training for Trainers Residential Course

Public Health Scotland will be hosting an ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training) Training for Trainers Course in April 2025.

The ASIST T4T is a five-day residential course (accommodation and meals included), taking place Sunday 27 April 2025 – Friday 2 May 2025. The course is scheduled to take place at Stirling Management Centre at the University of Stirling.

During the first two days of this train the trainer course, you will experience (or re-experience) ASIST as a participant. An appreciation of the participant’s perspective is essential to your success as a trainer. The rest of the week is spent learning how to deliver ASIST by participating in coaching sessions and rehearsing parts of the course in small groups.

• The course is very intensive, and participants must be free of other commitments during the week including evenings.
• ASIST T4T is delivered by expert coaches from LivingWorks.

Given the continued focus of national strategies, Public Health Scotland must ensure Scotland’s workforces are appropriately competent and confident to respond to mental health needs.

Public Health Scotland prioritises the following key priority areas for all PHS mental health and suicide prevention managed programmes:

• health and social care including emergency responders and community pharmacy.
• frontline supporters including those working in debt/money advice, housing and homelessness, violence against women and girls, community justice; addictions services, transport (e.g. bus/taxi drivers); hospitality and retail (including hairdressers/barbers), leisure, fitness and sport. And those working with specific minority group such asylum seekers and refugees, gypsy and travellers, care experienced people and other minoritised groups.
• education including higher and further education, counsellors, youth work.
• third sector agencies including voluntary organisations and charities.

Given the continued focus of national strategies, Public Health Scotland must ensure Scotland’s workforces are appropriately competent and confident to respond to mental health needs.

Public Health Scotland prioritises the following key priority areas for all PHS mental health and suicide prevention managed programmes:

• health and social care including emergency responders and community pharmacy
• frontline supporters including those working in debt/money advice, housing and homelessness, violence against women and girls, community justice; addictions services, transport (e.g. bus/taxi drivers); hospitality and retail (including hairdressers/barbers), leisure, fitness and sport. And those working with specific minority group such asylum seekers and refugees, gypsy and travellers, care experienced people and other minoritised groups
• education including higher and further education, counsellors, youth work
• third sector agencies including voluntary organisations and charities

Please note, there are only 24 places available across Scotland.

Key Dates and Application Form

To apply for a place on the course, please complete the online application on the Public Health Scotland website (linked for your convenience). The closing date for application forms is Friday 28 March 2025 at 4pm.

• Any applications not fully completed or submitted after the closing date will not be considered.
• Successful applicants will be notified on Tuesday 8 April 2025.

• • Please ensure you keep note of the dates for the course in the event you are successful in application.
  • The expectation is that attendees would arrive on the Sunday afternoon or evening at the venue (Stirling Management Centre) as the course starts early on Monday morning. (Remember: this is a residential course).
  • Further information will be provided to successful applicants around course venue/instructions nearer the time.
• Please also take time to read through the FAQ document (linked).