Mental Health Improvement, and Prevention of Self-Harm and Suicide

What is a Facilitator Package?

Facilitator packages are designed for staff who deliver training sessions to others. They provide structured resources such as lesson plans, facilitator notes, and tools to help you guide learning effectively. Unlike learning resources for individual study, facilitator packages enable you to lead interactive sessions, answer questions, and create a positive learning experience for your audience.

Levels of Facilitator Packages

Facilitators can apply for packages at two levels:

• Informed Level
• Skilled Level

The learner audience for this package is everyone.

 What is the aim?
 These packages enable learning about how to:

• have compassionate conversations and support mental wellbeing
• help prevent self-harm and suicide
• raise awareness, reduce stigma, and promote wellbeing.

 What packages are available at Informed Level?
 The packages available are 1) Adults and 2) Children & Young People (CYP)

 What is available in each package?
 The packages include slides, lessons plans, guidance and animations.

The learner audience for this package is staff who have direct and/or substantial contact with people at risk of mental ill health, self-harm, or suicide.

What is the aim?
These resources aim to give people the knowledge, skills and confidence needed to offer caring, practical support when it matters most. They focus on promoting mental wellbeing and will enable individuals and communities to respond to concerns about self-harm and suicide with compassion and sensitivity.

What packages are available at Skilled Level?

• Supporting people in distress and crisis
• Supporting people at risk of suicide (Adult)
• Supporting people at risk of suicide (CYP)
• Supporting people at risk of self-harm

 What is available in each package?

The packages include slides, facilitator notes, practical tools and evaluation guidance.

Your skills should match the package you plan to deliver. In addition, consider whether you have knowledge and expertise in:

• Experience in delivering training or facilitating workshops
• Understanding of wider social factors: health inequalities, poverty, prevention
• Enthusiasm to reduce stigma around mental ill health
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Up-to-date knowledge of mental health, suicide, and self-harm

For Informed Level:

Review the relevant eLearning modules:

• Mental health improvement and suicide prevention
• Promoting children and young people's mental health and preventing self-harm and suicide
• Towards better outcomes : Reducing mental health inequalities and helping to prevent self-harm and suicide    

For Skilled Level:

Review the relevant Learning Byte and the eLearning module:

• Learning Bytes
• Towards better outcomes : Reducing mental health inequalities and helping to prevent self-harm and suicide 

Application Process

Complete an application form for each package. Applications will be reviewed by the team with the outcome being one of the following:

• Approved: Package released to your inbox
• Pending: We may contact you for more information
• Declined: Insufficient evidence of knowledge or skills

Please click here for an application form for:

• Informed Level - Ask Tell Respond Facilitation Package - Adult
• Informed level – Ask Tell Respond Facilitation Package - CYP
• Skilled Level  - Supporting people in distress and crisis Facilitation Package
• Skilled Level - Supporting people at risk of suicide (Adult) Facilitation Package
• Skilled Level  - Supporting people at risk of suicide (CYP) Facilitation Package
• Skilled Level - Supporting people at risk of self-harm Facilitation Package

Join the Ask Tell Respond Facilitator Network to: 

• Stay informed about new developments
• Share experiences and shape future resources
• Build connections across Scotland
• Access peer support and delivery partnerships 

How It Works: 

• Online events via MS Teams
• Updates, guest speakers, and facilitator-led discussions
• Advertised via newsletters/email mentalhealth@nes.scot.nhs.uk 

Consider these resources to strengthen your facilitation skills: 

• Foundations of Adult Education – An eLearning module about the key concepts that underpin the provision of adult education.
• Facilitation of Learning Programme (NMAHP) – A blended programme of self-directed learning and workshops about how to facilitate learning in the workplace.
• Technology Enabled Learning (TEL) – A series of six modules that support an evidence-informed approach to developing and facilitating synchronous and blended learning environments.
• Trauma-Informed Practice – This website provides access to evidence-based training, tools and guidance to support trauma-informed and responsive systems, organisations and workforces in Scotland.
• National Trauma Transformation Programme | Turas | Learn – This Turas site summarises the key trauma training resources from the National Trauma Training Programme that are openly available to support all members of the Scottish workforce: