Basic helper and referral skills for lecturers and support staff

Basic helper and referral skills for lecturers and support staff to assist students who are in crisis or distress workshop

Department: Student Counselling

Course Title:  Basic helper and referral skills for lecturers and support staff to assist students who are in crisis or distress.

Course Presenter: Name: Louisa 

                               Surname: Brits

                               Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Course Dates: 16 August 2024

Start and finish times: 09:00-12:00

Course Duration: 4 hours 

Course Description: Staff are often confronted with student psychosocial challenges and psychiatric emergencies during their work and may feel overwhelmed or disempowered when dealing with these challenges. The aim of the workshop is to give an overview of basic helping skills that may empower the staff member to provide immediate support to the student. This includes skills such empathic and reflective listening, and boundaries management. Furthermore, the workshop will focus on different types of cases that one may be confronted with and discuss practical steps on how to respond and refer the student who may be in distress. During the workshop we will specifically discuss how to respond to a case of GBV and suicide risk.

Contact Person: 

Louisa Brits This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Contact no, cell no.: 021 460 3399

Virtual or classroom: ONLINE via Teams

Maximum number of participants: TBC

Link to book the course: TBC