Suicide prevention isn’t one action – it’s a continuous cycle of prevention, intervention, and postvention that builds safety, care, and trust. When all three areas work together, organisations strengthen their culture, improve performance, and save lives. 

According to the Samaritans, around one in four people (25%) experience suicidal thoughts in their lifetime (1).  

Our Suicide Prevention Training for Organisations helps mitigate risks, enhances support networks, and fosters a culture of mental wellbeing throughout your entire workplace.  

Our training course is designed to be delivered in a psychologically safe and supportive learning environment. It includes clear opt-out points, built-in wellbeing considerations, and a trauma-informed approach to ensure participants feel comfortable and respected throughout the training.
 

MHFA England and Junah

Suicide Prevention Training for Organisations is delivered in partnership between MHFA England and Junah Ltd.  

MHFA England is not just the national authority on mental health first aid. We’re workplace mental health experts too, with nearly two decades of experience and a deep understanding of workplace cultures.  

Junah supports workplaces and organisations to create mentally healthy environments that are safer from suicide. They equip people with the skills to support a person having thoughts of suicide and develop understanding of the fundamental need for support after suicide within our communities.   

Practical, powerful, and accessible – our training empowers everyone to make a real difference – and save lives.  

How MHFA England’s and Junah’s training aligns with BS 30480

November 2025 marked a historic moment for workplace mental health with the publication of BS 30480: Suicide and the workplace, the first British Standard to address suicide risk and its impact at work. Developed by the British Standards Institution, it is also the world’s first standard to focus explicitly on suicide awareness in the workplace.

Suicide Prevention Training for Organisations supports employers to meet the expectations of BS 30480 through seven key areas:

1. Trauma-informed practice

The standard emphasises psychological safety. Training is delivered using trauma-informed principles, including clear boundaries, opt-out options for sensitive activities, emotional regulation techniques, and reflective rather than reactive learning.

2. Externally recognised, evidence-based content

BS 30480 calls for credible, research-informed approaches shaped by lived experience. The course is developed with clinical experts and people with lived experience, aligned to MHFA England’s nationally recognised framework and current best practice.

3. Highly qualified trainers

All sessions are delivered by accredited MHFA England Instructor Members, trained in suicide prevention, trauma-informed facilitation, and adult learning, with robust quality assurance and ongoing professional development.

4. Evidence-based curriculum grounded in practice

Learners gain practical skills rooted in evidence, including recognising risk, having safe and direct conversations, safety planning, and supporting colleagues and teams following suicide loss.

5. A focus on practical skills that save lives

The training builds confidence to recognise warning signs, ask directly about suicide, listen with empathy, respond appropriately, and signpost to support such as GPs, Samaritans, Shout, and NHS 111.

6. Strong participant support and self-care

Recognising the impact of supporting others, the course includes guidance on wellbeing, clear role boundaries, self-care planning, and the importance of supervision, debriefing, and support networks.

7. Sustainability and culture change

BS 30480 highlights the need for long-term commitment. MHFA England and Junah support this through refresher training, ongoing learning via the Association of Mental Health First Aiders®, and support for policies and workplace cultures aligned with the standard.

Together, these elements reflect the standard’s call for consistent, compassionate, and confident workplace responses to suicide.

Course outcomes

Your learners will: 

• Understand prevention, intervention, postvention, and supporting all people affected by suicide 
• Understand their role in suicide prevention and organisational wellbeing 
• Recognise the signs that someone might be experiencing thoughts of suicide and know how to respond 
• Understand how suicide impacts the workplace and how to offer appropriate postvention support 
• Take part in practical case studies, skills practice, and application of the CARE model 
• Apply self-care and identify support networks when managing emotionally demanding situations

Format

• The course is made up of two sessions, covering seven hours of learning 
• Sessions can be delivered over one full day or two half days 
• Due to the topics discussed plenty of time is given to breaks with additional opportunities to pause and reflect 
• The course is available for both face-to-face and online delivery

Takeaways

• The course is supported by a workbook that learners can refer to 
• Learners will receive a digital certificate upon successful completion of the course       

Contact us

Get in touch with our workplace mental health experts to learn more and to discuss your organisation's requirements:

Contact the team

Accessibility

We strive to create courses and resources that everyone can access. When you book training through MHFA England, please specify if you will need course materials in accessible formats.

Visit our accessibility page for more information.

(1) Samaritans website

Course structure