NSW LHDS – Towards zero suicides initiatives

Links to key resources and documents

NSW Ministry of Health – Statewide requirement documents:

1. Alternative to ED Safe Havens
2. Suicide Prevention Peer Workforce

Orientation Webinar to Alt to ED: Safe Havens Co-Design

Stephen Scott (former Mgr Suicide Prevention), Dr David Alcorn (Clinical Director ISLHD), Carrie Lumby (formerly Lived Experience – Illawarra Shoalhaven Suicide Prevention Collaborative and ISLHD Steering Committee), Bronwen Edwards (CEO, Roses in the Ocean) –

Watch webinar

Webinar – NSW MoH and agency for clinical innovation

Webinar on the co-design process being used in the Zero Suicides in Care initiative, facilitated by Stephen Scott and presented by Margaret Kelly, Stephen Adei, Carrie Lumby, held on 18 March 2020

Watch webinar

Overview of our role in lived experience, Alt to ED: Safe Havens Co-design, SP Peer Workforce Development and Support Services

Presentation to LHDs regarding Lived Experience engagement and Alternative to ED Co-design

Summary document of LHD and Roses in the Ocean responsibilities across various projects

Frequently asked questions and the role of LHDs

Find answers to questions being asked by various LHDs regarding Lived Experience Advisory Groups and the co-design process for Alternative to ED Safe Havens. This is being added to regularly as questions arise.

A lived experience of emergency departments

Caroline shares her experience in an Emergency Department in 2019

Watch video

Participant experience of the online co-design experience

Illawarra Shoalhaven LHD share their experience undertaking co-design online

Watch video

Our involvement in Towards Zero Suicides Initiatives

Lived Experience of Suicide Engagement – Roses in the Ocean has been contracted to support the meaningful engagement of people with lived experience of suicide across all of the Towards Zero Suicides Initiatives. This engagement includes:

• The establishment of Lived Experience Advisory Groups (LEAGs) in some LHDs
• The provision of lived experience training to new members joining existing lived experience networks
• Two lived experience workshops (Our Voice in Action and LaunchPad) being offered to LHDs

Alternatives to ED: Safe Havens co-design – Roses in the Ocean will lead and/or support the co-design of twenty ‘Safe Havens’. LHDs who have experience in co-design and may have already commenced this process will be able to indicate how Roses in the Ocean and Beacon Strategies can further support their work.

Lived Experience ‘Lifekeeper’ training – a pilot is being conducted in two LHD regions (Hunter New England and Western NSW) to build the capacity of community members with a lived experience of suicide to become community ‘TouchPoints’ trainers. These trainers will be able to deliver the lived experience designed and delivered Lifekeeper workshop. Each LHD will receive a total of twelve TouchPoints workshops during the pilot.

Suicide Prevention Peer Workforce Development Services – the SP Peer Workforce Development Service is a suite of training for:

• SP Peer Workers and organisations
• Independent support services (individual peer mentoring, group co-reflection)
• A statewide Community of Practice for the SP Peer Workers recruited into Alternatives to ED: Safe Havens and
  Suicide Prevention Outreach Teams (SPOT)

SP Peer Worker (crisis support) provides a supportive and non-judgmental space for SP Peer Workers to consider the practice guidance provided by general Peer Work courses, such as Intentional Peer Support and the Certificate IV in Peer Work, and gain understanding and skill in applying this in the context of suicide prevention. It specifically focuses on what Peer Work values, principles and approaches mean in the challenging environment of a suicide prevention service and how to manage difficulties that are unique to this environment. Read more here.

Read an overview of Roses in the Ocean’s independent SP Peer Workforce Development Services here.