Hospitality Safety Planning: Suicide and Domestic Violence

Estimated Course Length: 1 Hour

Course Includes: 14 sections with components in each section (components consist of a mixed media approach with an animated overview video, a subject matter expert fireside chat, role plays, and a knowledge game). 

Companion Videos: 10 companion videos created for enhanced learning on key course topics in Mental Health Competency 1. Over 120 mental health literacy videos on a host of mental health topics.

Downloadable PDFs: 4 downloadable PDFs expanding on relevant course topics 

Target Audience: Hospitality workers

Level of Instruction: Introductory 

Prerequisite: None

Instructional Method: Self-paced, interactive, hybrid of audio, text, video, and learning checks 

Accessibility Accommodations: Closed captioning of all audio and video components

What the learner should know upon course completion:

1. Describe at least three key considerations before developing an intimate partner violence safety plan and two factors in writing the safety plan. The description must include how roles differ and safety plan uniqueness. The safety plan factors' description must include aspects of both emotional and physical safety.  
   
   
2. Summarize suicide risk assessment including four questions that serve as a screener for identifying suicide risk. The summary must include one key consideration to developing a safety plan for suicide and four steps to include in writing the safety plan.

• Pre-Course Assessment
  
  
• Introduction
  
  
• What is a Safety Plan?
  
  
• Intimate Partner Violence
  
  
• Common Myths Often Associated with Intimate Partner Violence
  
  
• Key Considerations for Developing a Safety Plan
  
  
• Developing a Safety Plan
  
  
• Additional Factors of a Safety Plan
  
  
• Suicidal Ideation
  
  
• Risk and Protective Factors Associated with Suicide
  
  
• Common Myths about Suicide
  
  
• Assessing for Suicide Risk
  
  
• Creating a Safety Plan
  
  
• Summary
  
  
• Post Course Assessment