Accredited Learning for Health & Support Professionals

Recognised as the gold standard in suicide intervention training, ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training) is a two-day, interactive workshop in suicide first aid. You will learn to become ready, willing, and able to intervene with someone who has thoughts of suicide, and help them develop a safety plan, access help, and find hope.

Updated continually to reflect new knowledge, LivingWorks ASIST has been training people to provide suicide first aid interventions for 40 years. 

The course offers basic general information about mental health problems. The knowledge presented and understanding developed in the course helps to remove stigma and fear and to give confidence in approaching a person in distress.  

Some of the things covered:

• Guidance on being a Mental Health First Aider
• Attitudes to mental health issues
• Equalities
• The recovery message
• The impact of alcohol and drugs on mental health
• Introduction to suicide intervention
• Listening skills
• Understanding depression
• How to offer first aid to someone experiencing depression
• Understanding anxiety
• How to offer first aid to someone experiencing anxiety
• Understanding psychosis
• How to offer first aid to someone experiencing a psychotic episode  

ABI/DBI Training equips practitioners to confidently identify and respond to substance use through effective, compassionate interventions. The course covers how to spot signs of substance use, understand why interventions are needed, and how to carry them out. Participants learn to identify substances and understand why substance-specific knowledge matters, including tailored approaches for cannabis, cocaine/crack, benzodiazepines, ecstasy/MDMA, and opiates/heroin.  

The training promotes harm reduction, safer alcohol strategies, and awareness of withdrawal symptoms, poly-substance use, and overdose signs. It also explores the Scottish landscape of substance use, including the rise in drug-related deaths. With practical tools, the course empowers professionals to deliver impactful brief interventions and connect individuals to further support.

Know the Script is a 3-hour course offering essential substance awareness. It covers how substances look, taste, and feel, their effects on the body, how quickly they act, how long effects last, and how they make you feel. Participants also learn about common risks, addiction potential, and legal implications, helping build confidence in recognising. 

This COSCA-certified course offers 120  hours of counselling skills training across  four modules. Ideal for those in caring  professions or informal support roles, it uses  experiential learning to help participants  develop and apply counselling techniques  in both counselling and non-counselling  settings. The course provides a professionally  recognised qualification with 40 SCQF credits  at Level 8, making it a strong foundation for  aspiring counsellors or psychotherapists