TENDER FOR JOBSTOWN SAFETALK PROJECT TO BE REPLICATED IN FIVE
COMMUNITIES IN HSE COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE DUBLIN SOUTH, KILDARE AND WEST
WICKLOW
BACKGROUND TO THE JOBSTOWN SAFETALK (SUICIDE PREVENTION) PROJECT ?
TALLAGHT, DUBLIN
The level of deaths by suspected suicide in the Jobstown, West
Tallaght area of Dublin between **Apply on the website** and **Apply
on the website** were significant and the impact was felt throughout
the local community. Jobstown has a history of strong community
leadership and some of these community leaders contacted the HSE
Resource Officer for Suicide Prevention (ROSP) and requested a
SafeTALK (Suicide Alertness for Everyone) Training. This is in line
with Goal 2 of Connecting for Life which is to support local
communities? capacity to prevent and respond to suicidal behaviour
and also the following objectives in Connecting for Life
1.2 Increase awareness of available suicide prevention and mental
health services.
2.3 Ensure delivery of training and education programmes on suicide
prevention to community based organisations.
3.1. Improve the implementation of effective approaches to reducing
suicidal behaviour among priority groups.
THE TRAINING
SafeTALK is an international evidence based half-day training
programme that supports participants to recognise and engage persons
who might be having thoughts of suicide, and to connect them with
community resources. The programme stresses safety while challenging
taboos that inhibit open talk about suicide. The training is provided
by the HSE to organisations, education settings, local communities and
government bodies.
THE PROCESS
On 2nd March **Apply on the website** community leaders from Jobstown
attended SafeTALK (Suicide Alertness for Everyone) training.
The concept was that once this training was available that every
resident in Jobstown would be 5 minutes from somebody who was ?Safe
to Talk to?. The community then produced a video showcasing this
work and naming the community leaders who were ?Safe to Talk to?.
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