The Community Owned Response to Eliminating Suicide (CORES) training program was developed in the rural community of Kentish, in Tasmania and has been operating since 2003 within Tasmania.

It was developed by the community, for the community, and people with ‘Lived Experience’ people being an important part of the development. Volunteer Peer Workers were trained to deliver the one-day course and this provided sustainability of the program.

In 2008, the first training took place in the Shire of Burdekin, north Queensland, with the Burdekin and Hinchinbrook Networks established in 2009. A Coordinator was employed in 2011

Networks have also been established in South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria.

Suicide Prevention Training

Training Aim

This training is designed to provide individuals and communities with the essential skills and resources required to identify and respond to a person at risk of suicide and build on a community’s capacity to eliminate suicide.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this training participants will be able to:

  • Use the language given in the National Communications Charter: Suicide Language Guide, to have safe and respectful conversations around suicide;
  • Recognise the warning signs of suicide;
  • Identify and develop personal self-care strategies;
  • Promote help-seeking behaviour before a crisis occurs;
  • Identify and promote protective factors;
  • Identify how to support a person at risk to access appropriate services and to develop their own safety plan.

Target Audience

15 years +

Duration

One day: 9.30am – 4.30pm including breaks

Bookings

For upcoming training and costs please see our Humanitix page.

To enquire about training for your workplace – please contact our office:

Self-Care and Mental Wellbeing Workshop – Level 1

Training Aim

This 2.5-hour self-care and mental wellbeing workshop is designed to provide participants with the knowledge, skills and resources to develop and use an individualised self-care and mental wellbeing plan that includes strategies to enhance their physical, mental, emotional, social and spiritual health on a daily basis.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this training participants will be able to:

  • Identify what self-care and mental wellbeing is;
  • Recognise the importance of setting boundaries;
  • Demonstrate an understanding of how self-talk influences our opinion of ourselves and the way in which we talk to others;
  • Recognise personal stresses and identify self-care strategies to enhance wellbeing on a physical, mental, emotional, social and spiritual level;
  • Recognise and identify supportive people and resources within their own lives and community;
  • Develop a personalised self-care and mental wellbeing plan.

Target Audience

15 years +

Duration

2.5 hours

Bookings

For upcoming training and costs please see our Humanitix page.

To enquire about training for your workplace – please contact our office:

Self-Care and Mental Wellbeing Workshop – Level 2

Training Aim

This 3 hour self-care and mental wellbeing level 2 workshop is designed to provide participants with additional knowledge, skills and resources to enhance their self-care and mental wellbeing by gaining a deeper understanding of the mind and body connection.

Learning Outcomes

Through the completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:

  • Build on the strategies and understandings from Self-Care and Mental Wellbeing Level 1.
  • Revise and update their personalised self-care and mental wellbeing plan.
  • Use Polyvagal Theory to identify strategies to reduce stress in daily life.
  • Explore reframing to improve mental wellbeing.

You must have completed Self-Care and Mental Wellbeing – Level 1 within the last two years to enrol. When booking, please provide your completion date, which must be at least two weeks before this course.

Target Audience

15 years +

Duration

3 hours

Bookings

For upcoming training and costs please see our Humanitix page.

To enquire about training for your workplace – please contact our office:

Understanding Mental Wellbeing for Effective Communication Training

Training Aim

This practical training is designed to provide individuals with the essential knowledge, skills and resources required to recognise factors that impact mental wellbeing and communication, and develop strategies to support effective communication.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this training, participants will be able to:

  • Recognise factors which impact mental wellbeing
  • Identify dynamics that impact effective communication
  • Identify strategies to resolve communication challenges

Target Audience

15 years +

Duration

7 hours, including breaks

Bookings

For upcoming training and costs please see our Humanitix page.

To enquire about training for your workplace – please contact our office: