ASIST Training for Trainers April 2025

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)

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, we must ensure our 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.

The ASIST T4T course will take place from Sunday 27th April 2025 – Friday 2nd May 2025 and is scheduled to take place at Stirling Management Centre.

Please note:  There are only 24 places available across Scotland

Key Dates and link to application form

To apply for a place on the course, please complete the following application please click here

  • The closing date for application forms is Friday 28th 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 8th April 2025
    • Please ensure you keep note of the dates for the course 27th April- 2nd May 2025 in the event you are successful in application
    • The expectation is that attendees would arrive on the Sunday afternoon/evening at the venue (Stirling Management Centre) as the course starts early on Monday morning (Remember: this is a residential course)