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Health & wellbeing

Self-Harm Awareness

Caring for someone who self-harms is difficult. If it is something you have experienced, you are likely to know how helpless one can feel seeing someone's distress manifesting through self-harm. The writer of this course has first-hand experience with self-harm.

What you will learn

  • Understand the key principles and responsibilities covered by this topic.
  • Recognise how the topic affects children, carers and day-to-day fostering practice.
  • Apply practical course guidance to relevant situations with greater confidence.

How the course works

The course is broken into manageable online units and includes knowledge checks or quizzes where appropriate. Progress saves automatically, so learners can pause and return on any device.

A certificate is available when all required course elements are completed successfully.

Who it is for

Foster carers, support carers and fostering-service staff who need practical, up-to-date learning in this topic.