Date: Monday 4 August
Time: 10.30am – 1.30pm (Including Lunch and a $60 voucher for travel/parking costs)
Location: Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare, Level 5/50 Market Street, Melbourne 3000

As a result of attending this session, carers will have an increased understanding of suicidal behaviour, and increased confidence in managing this issue with children in their care.

The session will include:

–            Understanding differences in rural / remote, LGBTQIA+, Non-suicidal self-injury

–            Risk factors

–           Warning signs

–           Protective factors

–           What to say and do

–            Self care

The Presenter Garry King has held a position with the Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention for over ten years. Garry has extensive experience working with young people, as a teacher, youth worker and counsellor. This lived experience is complemented by degrees in welfare, education, counselling and suicidology. His most recent book is “School Crisis Prevention & Intervention.”

The session is designed for kinship, foster and permanent carers.