Supporting Someone After A Suicide Attempt
‘Having someone you care about attempt suicide can be incredibly traumatic. You may experience a range of emotions; confusion, anger, fear or sadness. There are resources to help you.
- Guiding their way back – If you are supporting someone who has attempted suicide. This Beyond Blue resource provides information to help you to provide support to the person you care about.
- Finding our way back – A Beyond Blue resource specifically for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people after a suicide attempt. It’s a starting point for working through some of the questions that can come up after a suicide attempt.
- Supporting someone after a suicide attempt – Online information on the Suicide Call Back Service website.
In Schools
Responding to Suicide Attempts in Secondary Schools provides guidance on how to support the school community including the student at risk, staff and any other affected students.
School-Link is the link between the Central Coast Local Health District and the Educational settings of the Central Coast. Our primary focus is on early intervention by supporting school communities.
School-Link supports educational settings to recognise and respond appropriately to young people with emerging mental health problems and/or in a mental health crisis. School-Link strives to build strong connections with schools and support their ongoing practice through the following actions:
- Providing mental health information and clinical guidance to promote understanding, strengthen collaborative practice, and improve access to appropriate supportive services.
- Liaise with school staff via the School-Link consultation line.
- Mental Health Literacy is addressed by providing information on a range of training/workshop activities for both teachers and students. Education is aimed at promoting mental health and well-being and decreasing stigma.
Contact School-Link
Lisa Foster 0434 324 604 or 43941700
Office hours 8:00am-4.30 pm Monday to Friday.
Care Connect
Support after a suicide attempt or crisis.
We will stand beside you and link you in with the supports you need. Care Connect offers aftercare support to people who are at risk of, or have previously attempted suicide. We will walk alongside you, providing support and connecting you to services and community activities.
How do we help?
- One on one support to put in place longer-term supports and community linkages.
- Help you to develop a safety plan to reduce the risk of future harm.
- Link you up with other services to assist you with any challenges such as mental ill health, housing, finances, and relationships.
- Support your closest and dearest while they support you.
- Help you find ways to self-manage your mental and physical wellbeing.
Our Care Connect offices are open from 9 am to 4 pm, Monday through Friday.
Care Connect is delivered by Social Futures and funded by the Hunter New England Central Coast Primary Health Network