---
url: "https://www.xcademia.com/courses/train-the-trainer-trauma-and-suicide-awareness"
title: "Train the Trainer: Trauma and Suicide Awareness"
description: "Develop trainer skills in trauma and suicide awareness through mentor-led facilitation, safe role-play, practical scenarios and structured teaching feedback."
publishedAt: "2026-10-12T07:26:46.921249+00:00"
updatedAt: "2026-10-12T07:26:46.921249+00:00"
type: course
code: "HSS-0152"
level: Professional
duration_days: "2"
track: Wellbeing at Work
category: "Health, Safety & Sustainability"
credential_tier: tier2
price_gbp: "1795"
---

# Train the Trainer: Trauma and Suicide Awareness

> Prepare your internal trainers to deliver Trauma Awareness Foundation and Suicide Awareness for the Workplace safely and consistently. Over two practical days, trainers learn to hold emotionally heavy content, respond to disclosure in the room and run scenarios well, then deliver an observed micro-teach with feedback.

## Overview

Organisations that bring trauma and suicide awareness training in-house need trainers who can do more than present slides. This content can stir up personal experiences for learners and for trainers. Trainers need to keep the room safe, respond well when someone discloses, and follow safe messaging, while still keeping the session on track and on time. 

This programme prepares internal trainers, L&D professionals, wellbeing leads and experienced peer supporters to deliver both courses in their own organisation. Day 1 focuses on safety: facilitating heavy content, safeguarding in the room, handling disclosure and safe messaging. Day 2 focuses on delivery: adult learning design, running scenarios and paired practice, quality assurance and evaluation. Every trainer then delivers an observed micro-teach and receives structured feedback. 

The programme is delivered face to face by two facilitators, because the safeguarding practice and the micro-teach need to be observed in the room. Content is aligned with BS 30480 Suicide and the workplace, including its guidance on commissioning suicide prevention training, the UCL competences for self-harm and suicide awareness and prevention training, NICE guideline NG116 on post-traumatic stress disorder and Samaritans media guidelines on safe messaging. Trainers leave with a signed-off micro-teach and a plan for their first sessions.

## Prerequisites

- Experience of delivering training or facilitating groups
- Completion of Trauma Awareness Foundation and Suicide Awareness for the Workplace, or equivalent
- A named support contact or supervisor in their own organisation, and readiness to work with this content (learners may speak to the lead facilitator in confidence beforehand)

## What you will learn

- Plan and facilitate sessions on trauma and suicide that keep learners psychologically safe, using content warnings, ground rules and the right to step out
- Respond to distress and disclosure in the room and follow safeguarding and escalation routes
- Apply safe messaging guidance on suicide to their language, examples and materials
- Use adult learning principles to run discussions, paired practice and scenarios that build skills
- Apply quality assurance and evaluation methods to keep delivery consistent and measure impact
- Deliver an observed micro-teach and use structured feedback to improve their practice

## Skills you will gain

- Safe facilitation
- Safeguarding and disclosure handling
- Safe messaging
- Adult learning design
- Scenario and role-play facilitation
- Training evaluation

## Career progression

- Internal Trainer
- L&D Specialist
- Wellbeing Lead
- Peer Support Lead
- Occupational Health Adviser
- Health and Safety Trainer

## Curriculum

1. **Module 1: The Role of the Trainer**
   - What the two courses cover, and where awareness training stops
   - Training is not therapy: trainer boundaries
   - The two-facilitator model: lead and support roles
   - Your own readiness, wellbeing and support
2. **Module 2: Safe Facilitation of Emotionally Heavy Content**
   - Pre-course information and content warnings
   - Ground rules, the right to step out and a quiet space
   - Pacing, breaks and changing the energy in the room
   - Noticing distress in individuals and the group
   - Closing every session safely with help routes
3. **Module 3: Safeguarding in the Room**
   - What safeguarding means in a training setting
   - When a learner or someone else may be at risk
   - Escalation routes and who to contact
   - Immediate risk: call 999 and stay with the person
   - Recording, confidentiality and its limits
4. **Module 4: Handling Disclosure**
   - Types of disclosure: past trauma, bereavement, current suicidal thoughts
   - Acknowledge, contain and move to a private space
   - Asking directly about suicide when needed
   - Never promising confidentiality when safety is at risk
   - Aftercare for the learner and self-care for the trainer
5. **Module 5: Safe Messaging and Language**
   - Samaritans media guidelines applied to training
   - Say "died by suicide", and never share method or location detail
   - No graphic imagery, footage or case detail
   - Answering difficult questions safely
   - Help routes: 999, NHS 111 option 2, Samaritans (116 123), Shout (text 85258)
6. **Module 6: Adult Learning Design**
   - How adults learn: experience, relevance and practice
   - Matching methods to outcomes: input, discussion, practice
   - Timing and managing a full day
   - Inclusive and accessible delivery
   - Adapting the courses for live online delivery
7. **Module 7: Running Scenarios and Practice**
   - Briefing a scenario clearly and safely
   - Fictional, non-graphic scenarios
   - Running paired practice of asking the question
   - Role-play safety: stepping out of role and de-roling
   - Reviewing practice without reliving
8. **Module 8: Quality Assurance and Evaluation**
   - Staying true to the session plan
   - Co-facilitator observation and peer feedback
   - Pre- and post-course confidence checks
   - Learner feedback and continuous improvement
   - Supervision, refreshers and keeping trainers well
9. **Module 9: Observed Micro-Teach**
   - Preparing a short segment from either course
   - Delivering to peers with a co-facilitator
   - Structured feedback against a delivery checklist
   - Personal development and delivery plan

## Exam & certification

You will receive an Xcademia certificate of completion based on participation and successful completion of labs and scenario simulations.

## Delivery options

- **Live Online** — Join live instructor-led sessions from anywhere. Interactive, engaging, and flexible.
- **Onsite Training** — We come to you. Training delivered at your workplace for teams of 6 or more.
- **Venue-Based** — Classroom training at a professional venue. Ideal for focused, immersive learning.
- **Blended** — Combine online and in-person learning for maximum flexibility and impact.

## Frequently asked questions

**What will trainers be able to deliver after the course?**

Trainers will be ready to deliver Trauma Awareness Foundation and Suicide Awareness for the Workplace in their own organisation. Arrangements for using Xcademia course materials in-house are agreed with each organisation before the programme.

**Why is this programme face to face only?**

Safe delivery of this content is a practical skill. Facilitators need to observe how trainers handle distress, disclosure and scenarios in the room, and the micro-teach is assessed in person.

**Do trainers need a clinical or counselling background?**

No. The courses are awareness training. Trainers need facilitation experience, sound judgement and clear escalation routes, which this programme builds.

**What if a trainee trainer finds the content difficult?**

There are two facilitators throughout, a quiet space is available and anyone can step out at any time. We also cover how trainers look after themselves and where to get support.

**What happens if a micro-teach is not ready for sign-off?**

The trainer receives clear written feedback and an action plan. A further observed session can be arranged once they are ready.

## Course at a glance

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Code | HSS-0152 |
| Duration | 2 days |
| Level | Professional |
| Track | Wellbeing at Work |
| Category | Health, Safety & Sustainability |
| Credential tier | tier2 |
| Price (GBP) | £1795 |

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