Community Helpers

The Community Helpers Program is designed for adults who naturally provide support for people. CHP is excellent for parents, caregivers, coaches, teachers and more. This program offers mental health awareness and suicide prevention training – equipping participants with essential skills to effectively support peers, loved ones, and themselves.

Why Attend?

• Comprehensive Training: Gain practical skills to help others navigate mental health challenges, including knowing when and how to connect with professional resources.
• Flexible Format: Complete the 6-hour training in a format that suits you—one full day, two half-days or three 2-hour sessions. Available both in-person and online. We also offer in-school learning where we deliver the modules over a semester.
• Interactive Learning: Engage in 9 core modules with interactive discussions, activities and real-world scenarios on topics like understanding suicide, ethical helping, self-care, setting boundaries and learning about community resources.
• Certificate: Earn an official AHS certificate upon completion for your resume & professional development records.
• Tailored Support: We can customize the program to address specific needs with our additional 9 modules which cover topics such as Stress and Coping, Grief and Loss and Healthy Relationships.

“In every community, there are people to whom others naturally turn when they need help. People of all walks of life and ages; they demonstrate compassion, care and empathy.”

The next Community Helpers Programs will be held at The Outreach Centre:

Thursday, February 13 from 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Thursday, April 11 from 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

If you are interested in expanding your natural helping abilities outside of any posted training dates, please contact Dawne at 403.347.2480 or dawne@caoutreach.ca