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Training and Consultancy
Dr Kay Inckle is located in the School of Social Work and Social Policy in Trinity College Dublin where she has researched a harm-reduction approach to self-injury and set up a certificate course in understanding and working with self-injury from a harm-reduction ethos. In March 2009 she also convened Ireland’s first ever National Self-Injury Awareness Day, which took place for the second year on March 2nd 2010 and again in 2011. She has a number of publications on self-injury and related issues including her book Flesh Wounds? New Ways of Understanding Self Injury which is just published with PCCS Books. http://www.pccs-books.co.uk/product.php?xProd=529&xSec=116 reviwed in Nursing Ethics 18: 227 (http://nej.sagepub.com/content/18/2/277)
Over the years Kay has worked with self-injury in a variety of contexts, as a social-care practitioner, as a PhD and post-doctoral researcher, as a lecturer, and as a trainer to a broad range of service providers. Alongside her extensive experience as a researcher, lecturer and trainer Kay is committed to her own professional and personal development. For example, in 2008, she completed an advanced person-centred facilitation course with international expert and founder of Zenery, Dr Dale Hunter. She has also completed HSE accredited Children First (child protection) training and has full current Garda vetting.
Courses Kay currently runs courses in “Understanding and Working with Self-Injury: A Harm-Reduction Approach” in Trinity College Dublin from This course may also run in regional locations during January and February depending on demand. The course runs on a Friday evening 6:30-8:00 and Saturday 9:00-2:00 for eight weeks from March 9th - May 19th 2012 (with no classes St Patrick's weekend (16th-17th March), Easter weekend (6th & 7th April) and Trinity Ball weekend (20th & 21st April)). Cost: €650 per person paid in advance. Training Days Download training details pdf here: www.kreativeinterventions.com/Self-InjuryTraining&CoursesDublin2011.pdf
Next Training Day, Dublin: Friday 20th April 2012
** Writing a Self-Injury Policy for Your Organisation ** Help! My Son/Daughter Self-Harms! 2 Day Intensive Workshop for Parents, Family & Carers
Next Training Day, Dublin: December 2011 TBC (full details for each course below or in pdf format above). Kay is also available for in-house training, consultation and policy development work. She is also available to facilitate service-user and peer support groups. She regularly provides information and training sessions to a wide range of services in sessions which range from two hours to two days depending on the service requirements. Training Ethos
The training packages include theoretical perspectives, best-practice interventions and individual skills and policy development. The sessions are interactive and participant-focused in format, using group work, multi-media technologies and drawing on some of the latest research in this area. Participants are provided with handouts, worksheets and relevant resource materials.
Training Evaluations Participant feedback from a range of training sessions includes:
“Incredibly relevant to my work and I think this new awareness will be really useful and add to my effectiveness.”
“Has totally changed my perception on self-injury. Thank you so much for this.”
“It has given me a completely different view on self-harm. I feel much better equipped to work with people who self-harm.”
“Excellent in terms of broadening the perspective when working with someone who self-harms.”
“Excellent. Very well presented and explained.”
Training: Detailed Outlines One-day Training Understanding and Responding to Self-Injury
Duration: 9:30-5:30 (8 hours) Self-injury (often called self-harm) is a widespread experience across all sectors and yet there is little information or resources available which enables people to understand and respond to self-injury. Because of this interactions around self-injury are often fraught with anxiety, confusion and fear. In this training we undertake a deep, critical and holistic exploration of self-injury, the individuals involved, and best-practice responses for those who work with or share their lives with people who hurt themselves. The course is based on a person-centred and a harm-reduction ethos.
The one day training is aimed to provide basic knowledge, skills and good practice interventions for understanding and responding helpfully to self-injury across a variety of contexts. It aims to resource participants to feel confident and knowledgeable in their practice and to implement a range of helpful responses to self-injury both in the immediate and long-term.
Key areas covered include:
The training is interactive and participant-focused, using group work, multi-media technologies and drawing on some of the latest research in this area. Learning is both theoretical and applied, and participants practice and develop interventions and strategies throughout the day. Participants are provided with handouts, worksheets and relevant resource materials.
Accreditation: The course has been assessed by the Irish Association of Social Workers (IASW) and completion of the course entitles Social Workers to 5 Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points.
Availability: This course can be delivered as a tailored in-house programme, it is also run throughout the year in Dublin city centre or on a regional basis on demand. Please email for further info. Supporting People with Intellectual Disabilities who Hurt Themselves One Day Training for Staff, Carers and Supporters.
Rationale Until recently self-injury amongst people with intellectual disabilities was understood in the broad context of what are defined as “challenging behaviours” and often believed to be an organic feature of the disability. However, contemporary research with people with intellectual disabilities has pointed to the need to understand and respond to self-injury in its own right. It demonstrates that self-injury among people with intellectual disabilities has coping, expressive and emotional regulation functions – not unlike people without intellectual disabilities who hurt themselves – but which is often compounded by the individual’s life context and responses to their injuries.
This training workshop is largely based on the findings of a three year research project which was carried out by the Nora Fry Research Centre in Bristol University and The Bristol Crisis Service for Women. The workshop is participant-oriented, interactive and uses a range of media and practical exercises and examples throughout the day. It is designed for anyone who lives, works with or supports a person with an intellectual disability who hurts themself. It can be delivered as a full (eight hour) one day programme or over two half (three and half hour) days.
Key Topics Include: Ø What is self-injury, self-harm, self-injurious behaviour, challenging behaviour? Ø Why do people with intellectual disabilities hurt themselves? Ø Inner world, outer context, personal stories. Ø Responding helpfully: supportive contexts. Ø Active listening (including listening to people who are not verbal) Ø Reflective support. Ø Practice audit. Please email for further information and/or bookings. Writing a Self-Injury Policy One-Day Training Workshop
Policy enables best-practice to take place. However, in Ireland there is currently no policy at national level in regards to responding to self-injury and very few organisations have their own self-injury policy. In order to provide a meaningful and effective service for service-users, and to provide a safe and supportive environment for staff and clients a self-injury policy is essential.
This one day training is designed to enable practitioners from across the spectrum of health and social services to develop a policy framework for their organisation. Participants must have had some prior training in understanding and responding to self-injury.
The workshop is practical, interactive and applied and draws on international best-practice in formulating and implementing self-injury policy. Participants will complete the workshop with a draft policy and/or discussion document specific for their organisation for negotiation and implementation within their team. In order to maximise the effectiveness of the day participants will need to bring along a copy of their organisation mission statement, health and safety, confidentiality and personnel policies. Certificate Course
Understanding and Working with Self-Injury: A Harm-Reduction Approach Course Outline This is an in-depth training programme for people who wish to deepen their understanding of and work with self-injury. It is based on a person-centred and harm-reduction ethos and it is the first of its kind to run in Ireland. It takes a broad, holistic and critical view, enabling participants to understand and apply best-practice responses suited to their particular setting and to work intensively on knowledge, skills, practice and policy development for their field. Participants will leave the course highly resourced in terms of their own practice and also as leaders and developers of innovative responses in their field. The course involves modules on:
The course incorporates theoretical perspectives, best-practice interventions, individual skills and broader policy development for understanding and working with self-injury in a harm-reduction context. It is interactive and participant-focused in format, using group work, multi-media technologies and drawing on some of the latest research in this area. Participants are provided with handouts, worksheets and relevant resource materials. There are total of 52 teaching hours and three small assignments, two class-room based and one written assignment of 1500-2000 words to be completed and assessed as part of the course.
Course Logistics The course runs in Trinity College on a Friday evening from 6:30-8:00 p.m. and Saturday day-time from 9:00-2:00 for eight weeks from commencing in October and March of each year. It is also run in regional locations according to demand. Maximum of 16 participants per course. Previous educational and work experience in a related field is desirable.
Accreditation The course is credited with a certificate from the School of Social Work and Social Policy, Trinity College Dublin. It has also assessed by the IASW and awarded 12 CPD points.
For further information or to register please email. “Excellent as it took the anxiety out of it. …. One of the most positive learning experiences and one I shall have great affection for long into the future.”
“It is in the doing that I learned so much. …. Thank you so much.”
“Excellent – really worthwhile and beneficial.”
“Excellent, varied, fun, thought provoking, inclusive. … One of the best courses I have done for a long time.”
“Very professional and organised. …. Extensive learning, not just appropriate to self-injury but to all issues.”
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