Increase your staff’s capability to give mental health support to others
You can trust that we’ll upskill your staff with the latest scientific knowledge and best practice, to increase their confidence to support colleagues or clients. Our training is delivered by the Thompson Institute's expert educators, in collaboration with researchers and clinicians at the forefront of mental health and brain health science.
More than half of Australians will experience a traumatic event in their lifetime and stress disorders are now the most common mental illness in Australia. Learn about how trauma can impact the brain and the neuroscience of disorders such as PTSD. This training increases knowledge and shifts paradigms.
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60 or 90-min presentation
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In-person or webinar format
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Presentation recordings available for 30 days post-event
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Self-reflection activities to consolidate learning (for 90-min option only)
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Activity worksheets to supplement learning
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Marketing materials to support your internal promotion
Learning outcomes:
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Understand a definition of trauma
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Explore basic concepts underpinning the neurobiology of trauma
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Understand PTSD (and underlying neurobiology)
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Understand current treatment options
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Explore novel agents under investigation
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Discover introductory concepts of trauma informed care
Who should attend: Workforces who support the wellbeing of people who have experienced a traumatic event, for instance healthcare workers, frontline workers, first responders, social workers, educators, mental health professionals, and people working in family support services, defence forces, veteran support, emergency housing, and domestic violence support.
This workshop will upskill you to support people in distress. It covers essential skills such as active listening. Participants will be shown how to validate distress, while keeping safe boundaries. A pre-webinar meeting with the presenter will identify any issues which will be addressed in the workshop, with time for questions and answers.
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2-hr in-person workshop
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Maximum 25 participants
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Experienced presenter
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Pre-workshop planning session with presenter
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Marketing materials to support your internal promotion
Join our expert facilitators as they explore traumatic stress and its wide-reaching impacts. Trauma Informed Care is gaining increasing attention as a best-practice approach to improving wellbeing outcomes. It starts with the assumption that every individual could potentially be affected by trauma, and provides a framework for recognising signs of trauma and responding in a way that facilitates recovery and avoids re-traumatisation.
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Half-day and full-day options
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Up to 30 attendees in each workshop
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Half-day option: Increase trauma-informed care knowledge and understanding
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Full-day option: Increase knowledge plus gain skills to apply that knowledge in the workplace
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Expert trainers, with clinical experience
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Certificate of attendance
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Multi-page booklet and workplace resources
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Marketing materials to support your internal promotion
You will learn about:
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The signs and symptoms of trauma
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The neurobiology of trauma
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The impact of traumatic events, including lived experiences
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Applying trauma informed care
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Practical skills to care for people impacted by traumatic events
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The cost of caring, including vicarious trauma and compassion fatigue
Who should attend:
The full day training provides is best suited to people who work directly with patients/clients/colleagues who may be impacted by trauma to support their recovery or wellbeing.
The half-day training is suitable for people who wish to increase their trauma-informed care knowledge and awareness, Medical and health professionals, mental health and welfare workers, aged care or disability support employees, first responders and health emergency workers, intake teams, educators, youth workers, family support workers, veteran support service workers, public service personnel, anyone supporting the recovery or wellbeing of people impacted by traumatic events.
This evidence-based LivingWorks training will empower your workforce to identify and help people at risk of suicide. These powerful workshops prepare your organisation to play a role in suicide prevention, building a powerful safety network for your team members and those they support.
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Powerful audio-visual aids
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Skills practice and development
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Certificate of attendance and workbooks provided
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A balance of challenge and safety
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Suitable for any adult who is not experiencing suicide bereavement
safeTALK suicide alertness half-day workshop
Your people will learn:
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Simple yet effective TALK steps: Tell, Ask, Listen, and KeepSafe
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The circumstances and/or signs that indicate that a person may be at risk of suicide
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How to raise the topic of suicide with someone they are concerned about
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How to connect that person to resources that can help them stay safe
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Min 10, max 30 attendees per workshop
ASIST suicide intervention full-day workshop
Your people will gain skills to:
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Intervene with someone at risk of suicide
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Work with that person to help them feel less overwhelmed and suicidal
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Create a safety plan with the person to reduce the danger of suicide in the future
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Min 15, max 30 attendees per workshop
Suicide prevention training to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples is also available upon request.
Our track record
Because we're scientists, we've researched how our training increases knowledge and confidence.
Improved trauma informed care understanding
- 35% improvement in knowledge, attitudes, and practices of trauma informed practice (using the KAPTIP scale)
- 195% improvement in knowledge and attitudes around trauma informed practice and approaches (using the STISC scale)
Increased suicide prevention confidence
- 85% of attendees offered support to others using skills learned in our suicide prevention training
- 90% strongly or somewhat agreed that completing our training improved their willingness to help
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About us
UniSC’s Thompson Institute is a world-class hub for mental health and brain health research, clinical programs and education.
We pursue a bright future through our ground-breaking mental health and neuroscientific research. But we’re also passionate about improving lives today, through translating the latest science into support and education for the community.
Our training not only benefits your organisation and employees. All earnings are reinvested into programs that benefit society and the communities we belong to.