My life before seemed hopeless. I was self harming and frequently suicidal. Harmless is special because I’ve had counselling and therapy in the past and I’ve never felt so listened to. I don’t know where I’d be without Harmless
You can make a referral into the service click here
Alternatively, please get in touch using the details below.
Email: info@harmless.org.uk
Tel: 0115 880 0280
Professionals
Whether you are a health or social care professional looking to refer someone to our service, or someone in need of some advice in order to improve the care that you offer, Harmless will always do our best to foster a supportive and collaborative relationship.
We work closely with our stakeholder professional partners across all sectors and are a better organisation for it. Harmless also recognises that working with people who are self harming and at risk of suicide can have an emotional impact upon professionals too.
We will always provide responses to requests for professional advice and case load support via email (subject to available resources). Harmless also has a history of delivering bespoke training sessions of tailored development and supervisory work. We are committed to supporting anyone who asks for our help.
Supporting Workers to Support their Service Users
Harmless does its very best to support the workforce that exists outside of its own service. We recognise that our responsibility to those impacted by self harm and suicide stretches far beyond our own walls. As such, we constantly work hard to contribute to the development of good quality research, to influence policy, to collaboratively develop useful resources and services and to support our health and social care colleagues as best we can.
Training
A large part of our work is concerned with delivering specialist training, learning and development opportunities – both in-person and through E-Learning – in order to enhance the skills and understanding held by existing services.
We recognise that most people who self harm will end up reaching out to friends or family members and often, non-specialist or non-mental health services. It is therefore important that these individuals and workers have the appropriate training and skills in order that they offer the best intervention for the individual that they are helping. We also work with senior health and mental health clinicians to develop enhanced interventions and awareness.
All monies raised through the delivery of training goes straight back into delivering our services. If you have training via Harmless, all of the money raised goes into saving and supporting lives. We provide these services locally, nationally and internationally, and can deliver CPD-accredited courses and bespoke responses to your specific learning needs across the subjects of self harm, suicide prevention and bereavement, and mental health. You can find full details of our training here.
Do You Have the Correct Policy in Place?
Whether you are based in education, health, social care or beyond, we advise that all organisations have a specific policy in place relating to self harm and suicide. Creating a well-considered policy enables us to be clear in our thinking when faced with these issues. It can set out what is expected of the offer to the individual concerned, what safeguarding issues we might need to consider, and be clear about expectations concerning confidentiality. If your service does not have a policy in place, we can support you with this and have a policy guidance document available that you may find useful.
National Policy and Guidance
There are various national policies and guides that are readily available for you to read and draw upon. These can help you consider the most up-to-date information about self harm from an evidence-based perspective and can give useful guidance on how to approach working with people that self harm. Harmless works at national, regional and local levels to ensure that the voices of our service users are represented and listened to, and that the decades of specialist experience we have can influence thinking. We contribute to research, attend local suicide prevention groups and also advise to both health and wellbeing boards and government.
If you think there is a role for us in your area or in a piece of work that you are undertaking then please do get in touch and we will do what we can to help.
My life before seemed hopeless. I was self harming and frequently suicidal. Harmless is special because I’ve had counselling and therapy in the past and I’ve never felt so listened to. I don’t know where I’d be without Harmless
You can make a referral into the service click here
Alternatively, please get in touch using the details below.
Email: info@harmless.org.uk
Tel: 0115 880 0280
