RESEARCH GOAL
The aim of the scoping exercise is to:
* Establish the extent of the need for an out of hours phone suicide
crisis support line for Travellers.
* Capture the Traveller community?s view on the potential service
* Explore how best to establish a suicide crisis support line for
Travellers with an indication of set up and running costs as well as
the logistics involved.
* Identify any potential barriers that could prevent Travellers
using the proposed service.
* Provide an overview of current national crisis support lines and
the service they are providing. Indicate any lessons that can be
learned from how these crisis support lines function.
* Establish to what extent Travellers are using current phone crisis
support lines and what barriers may be stopping members of the
community accessing these services.
* Explore whether a new bespoke service or an extension of a current
service would better fill current gaps.
* Establish what policy and structures these services have in place
and what we could learn from them.
* Try and establish when a crisis suicide support line is most
needed in terms of days and specific times as well as at what point of
crisis to be people feel they would most need phone support.
METHODOLOGY
It is envisaged that:
* At least four to five focus groups would take place in different
regions of the country with members of Traveller community. Access to
members of the community and practical support could be offered from
both the Traveller Counselling Service and Exchange House Ireland.
* A number of individual interviews with key members of the
Traveller community who would have specific information in regards to
Traveller mental health and delivery of services.
* A number of interviews with a number of key service providers and
key stakeholders. These would include Traveller specific services,
mental health services and crisis support lines.
* Desktop research covering existing evidence on the topic.
TIME FRAME
The scoping exercise would be expected to begin in approximately
mid-July and finish in early September. Some flexibility could be
incorporated if discussed prior to the research beginning. It would be
expected that the timeframe outlined by the researcher would
incorporate regular updates to the 2 services.
EXPECTED OUTCOME
It would be anticipated that the researcher will write a report of the
findings and recommendations and presents these findings to the
steering group. The findings should include recommendations on next
steps in regards to the implementation of an out of hours Traveller
specific suicide crisis support line.
BUDGET
The total budget available to cover this project is ?8,**Apply on
the website**, inclusive of VAT
APPLICATION
It would be expected that the researcher will submit a detailed
research proposal on how they intend to carry out the research
including a timeline and a budget break down.
Closing date for applications is the **APPLY ON THE WEBSITE**RD JUNE
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Type: Permanent
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