Informed Level Resources
Resources page for staff working in mental health and suicide prevention at the Informed level.
Announcements: now available
We are delighted to announce that our Adult, Children and Young People Animations are now available in Polish, Urdu and British Sign Language.
To access the Polish or Urdu translations, please click on the CC (closed captions) within the elearning module and select which translation is required.
For British Sign Language access, please click on the links below.
Introduction
The ‘Informed Level' provides the essential knowledge and skills required by all staff working in health and social care to contribute to mental health improvement and the prevention of self-harm and suicide. It also encapsulates most of the wider public health workforce who need to be informed about mental health and wellbeing and be able to respond to someone who is experiencing mental distress, or mental ill health, and who might be at risk of self-harm or suicide. This level is also applicable more broadly, and can have relevance to everyone, in any workplace, workforce or community who has the opportunity and ability to positively impact on their own and others’ mental health and wellbeing and contribute to supporting people experiencing mental ill health and preventing self-harm or suicide.
British Sign Language - Adult Animations
Please note if you wish to complete the elearning module attached this much be completed separately.
Ask, Tell Animations - Three Adult educational animations that inform individuals working with adults about mental health, how to maintain this; the factors that can lead to mental distress or mental ill-health; how to have compassionate conversations which sets out how to support people who are experiencing mental distress or may be feeling suicidal and help them seek help. Although these can be viewed on their own, it would be recommended that these are viewed as part of a wider learning activity.
Although these can be viewed on their own, it would be recommended that these are viewed as part of a wider learning activity.
Here are the videos:
- Ask, Tell, Look After Your Mental Health. Understanding mental health and keeping mentally healthy
- Ask, Tell, Have a Healthy Conversation supporting compassionate conversations with people who may be experiencing mental ill-health or distress or at risk of suicide
- Ask, Tell, Save a Life: Every Life Matters suicide prevention and keeping people safe
Informed level module
Sign into your Turas account to access this module.
This module comprises three animations and check your learning quizzes covering mental wellbeing, suicide prevention and having compassionate conversations with people who are experiencing mental distress or may be feeling suicidal. While each animation can be viewed on its own, we recommended all 3 are completed.
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British Sign Language - Children and Young People Animations
Please note if you wish to complete the elearning module attached this much be completed separately.
Promoting Children and Young People’s Mental Health and preventing Self-Harm and Suicide Animations Three educational animations support learning about mental health, self-harm and suicide prevention specifically for the wider Children and Young People’s workforce. These animations support individuals to understand the factors that influence mental health and resilience in children and young people; engage proactively with children and young people about mental health, self-harm and suicide; and recognise when to seek help to support those in their care.
Although these can be viewed on their own, it would be recommended that these are viewed as part of a wider learning activity.
Here are the videos:
- Ask, Tell, what is mental health? - identify ways in which you can support good mental health in children and young people and recognise the signs of mental ill health.
- Ask, Tell, how to talk about Mental Health - It is important to talk with young people about their mental health. This animation identifies the importance of finding time and creating a safe environment to talk.
- Ask, Tell, Self-harm and Suicide Prevention - learn about self-harm and suicide risk in children and young people.
Informed level module - Promoting children and young people’s mental health and preventing self harm
Sign into your Turas account to access this module.
This module comprises three children and young people animations and check your learning quizzes. They are designed to support the knowledge and skills of those in health, social care and the wider public sectors who need to be informed about mental health, self-harm and suicide prevention in relation to children and young people. In particular, they will help workers to understand the factors that influence mental health and resilience in children and young people; engage proactively with children and young people about mental health, self-harm and suicide; and recognise when to seek help to support those in their care
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Manager Resource
This presentation is for managers, team leads and people in similar roles . It is designed to help you to be better able to support the mental health of employees and to encourage good practice in promoting positive mental health and wellbeing in the workplace:
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Resource Repository
Scottish Recovery Network
Scottish Recovery network provides a range of resources which fits well with the ‘improving the quality and length of life for people living with mental ill health’ domain at informed level. Resources and materials available on mental health, peer support and recovery focused care
Kings Fund
The King's Fund is an independent charitable organisation working to improve health and care in England. There is a range of presentations/case studies available demonstrating collaboration to promote and integrate physical and mental health into ways of working within communities and using improvement methodology.
https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/courses/integrating-physical-mental-health-care/resources
Samaritan's -
Workplace
Wellbeing Resources
Samaritans is a charity ‘dedicated to reducing feelings of isolation and disconnection that can lead to suicide’. They have a range of resources that can support wellbeing in the workplace.
https://www.samaritans.org/scotland/how-we-can-help/workplace/
Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families
This website provides a range of resources and training to support children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing. These resources would be useful to a wide range of professionals including those working in Education, Health and Social Care. There are also many resources that young people and their families can access.
Healthy Working Lives - Stress and the workplace
A eLearning module is available for anyone who wants to understand the relationship between pressure and stress and how this can impact on wellbeing. (Sign Up required)
Resource- https://learning.publichealthscotland.scot/enrol/index.php?id=579
Registration -https://learning.publichealthscotland.scot/enrol/index.php?id=579
Charlie Waller- Uk Mental Health Charity
Supporting people to understand and talk openly about mental health, where young people and those who support them are equipped to maintain and enhance their mental health and wellbeing and have the confidence to seek help when they need it.
This website contains a wealth of mental health resources, information and training, which would be useful to a range of professional including those working in Health, Education, Further education and social care.
NSPLG Animation
The National Suicide Prevention Leadership Group (NSPLG) was established to help drive implementation of the Scottish Government’s Suicide Prevention Action Plan (2018), which sets out a target to further reduce the rate of suicide by 20% by 2022 (from a 2017 baseline)
Find out more about more about what the NSPLG do by watching a short animation.
https://nsplg.medium.com/introducing-our-new-animation-4e6446f13f18
Young Minds
Young minds are a leading movement supporting young people to get the mental health support they need, when they need it.
There are a range of supports on their website which would be of interest to a range of professional working with children and young people.