Key Area: Supporting the improved co-ordination of efforts by local agencies to develop and implement local suicide prevention action plans.
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Dedicated posts to promote and guide all suicide and self-harm prevention activities. There is a Choose Life office base in Helensburgh, which offers a resource to people looking for advice or information about, suicide and self-harm along with the services and support available locally and nationally.View Argyll and Bute Choose Life Initiative Details
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| Updated: Mon, 16 Oct, 2006 |
This project aims to reduce the stress surrounding potential crisis in mental health by working with people to prepare individualised crisis contact/information cards in times of good health. They will develop resources and activities that promote better mental health and encourage self-help. They also aim to reduce isolation by encouraging participation in leisure/arts activities.View Bute Healthy Living Initiative – Crisis Card and Self-help Support Details
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Funding from Argyll and Bute Council has allowed us to commission a piece of work which will review the Choose Life strategyView Choose Life Suicide Prevention Strategy Review Details
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| Updated: Mon, 16 Oct, 2006 |
Provision of up to date, easily accessible information about risk, protective factors, self-help, etc in relation to suicide and self-harm. We are hoping that the library services of NHS Argyll and Clyde and/or Argyll and Bute Council will be able to catalogue the resources gathered and administer the process of copying or lending these out.View Information Resource Details
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We will work with partner agencies to review current systems for recording suicide, suicidal behaviour and self-harm. Once we have a clearer picture of current practice we can work to develop a more integrated system that will capture the information needed to plan for and develop appropriate services and support.View Integrated Recording System Details
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| Updated: Tue, 4 Jul, 2006 |
An Argyll and Clyde wide group is working on the development of joint protocols for NHS and local authority services in relation to:
Discharge from hospital (general or psychiatric) of people who may be at risk of suicide
Discharge from Prison of people who may be at risk of suicide
Young people presenting (to school, social work or health agencies) with suicidal or self-harming behaviour.View Joint Protocols Details
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| Updated: Tue, 4 Jul, 2006 |
Providing opportunities for staff working with people at risk of suicide or who are self-harming to share good practice, explore common issues/difficulties. Given the geography of Argyll and Bute this will involve identifying a range of opportunities not all of which will include people physically coming together to do this.View Networking Opportunities Details
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A working group will be established to review existing practice and, if necessary, develop joint protocols between NHS Argyll and Clyde, Argyll and Bute Council and relevant voluntary organisations, which will guide the process of referral to mental health and other services.View Referral Pathways Details
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| Updated: Mon, 16 Oct, 2006 |
We aim to identify people in local communities across Argyll and Bute who are willing and able to work with us to raise awareness about suicide and self-harm. We will use Suicide TALK and other awareness raising materials.View Suicide Talks & Other Public Awareness Raising Details
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Key Area: Encouraging and supporting (more) innovative local voluntary services, community-based and self-help initiatives that contribute to the prevention of suicide in local neighbourhoods and communities.
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| Updated: Tue, 4 Jul, 2006 |
Supported self-help pilot projects will be established in Helensburgh, Bute, Islay, Campbeltown and Lochgilphead using the ‘Overcoming Depression’ CD Rom developed by Chris Williams, Senior Lecturer in Psychiatry and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist at the University of Glasgow.View ‘Overcoming Depression’ – Supported Self-help Project Details
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The project will offer couple counselling and psychosexual therapy, by telephone, to those who cannot access one of the counselling centres.View Argyll Couple Counselling – Telephone Counselling Service Details
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| Updated: Tue, 4 Jul, 2006 |
We will develop a booklet for carers and other relatives including some brief carers stories, information about the risks and warning signs for suicide and the local and national sources of support, advice and information. We will also work with carers and carers groups to identify gaps in provision and priorities for development. A limited amount of Choose Life funding can be made available to develop a pilot project to address the gaps identified.View Carer Support, Advice & Information Details
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| Updated: Thu, 9 Feb, 2006 |
The project will run an eight-week stress management group, which will be adapted to suit the needs and wishes of group members. The project will also offer one to one counselling and alternative therapy sessions (including music therapy, aromatherapy, Reiki).View Dunoon Stress Management Project Details
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| Updated: Thu, 9 Feb, 2006 |
Develop an outreach and detached project based in Helensburgh Addictions Rehabilitation Team (HART). Working with young people aged 16 to 24, many of whom are socially and economically excluded and often at risk of harm/ self-harm through problem use of substances.View HART Outreach Project Details
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This project will promote greater understanding and awareness about suicide and self-harm, identify local training needs and deliver training courses (including ‘Dealing with Self-harm’ and ‘Promoting Mental Health – Raising Awareness’) to address these needs, facilitate a family support group, encourage greater involvement in service and action planning and support volunteers to carry out small research projects.View Kintyre Choose Life Project Details
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| Updated: Thu, 9 Feb, 2006 |
This service will link with GPs and accident and emergency to provide a fast track (within 48 hours) counselling service to people presenting with issues of self-harm, attempted suicide or suicidal ideation. The service will work with local agencies to develop joint training for workers. They will link with the school counsellor at Oban High to provide a continuation of support, where necessary, for young people leaving school. They will also link with statutory leaving care services to work towView Lorn Counselling Service – Specialist Suicide/Self-harm Service Details
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The project will recruit advocates to provide advocacy for people living in the Cowal area who have been treated as in patients in the Argyll and Bute Hospital. Volunteers will receive ASIST and Promoting Mental Health – Raising Awareness training in addition to their advocacy skills training. Advocates will have regular contact with their advocacy partners for a minimum period of eight weeks following discharge from hospital.View The Lifelines Advocacy Project Details
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| Updated: Thu, 9 Feb, 2006 |
The project will develop an advice and information outreach service for people with mental health issues. Specially trained volunteer advisers will visit in-patients at Argyll and Bute Hospital and provide free housing, debt, relationship and generalist advice. This support will enable clients to sort out problems they may have had prior to admission, help them to manage their affairs whilst in hospital and help reorientate and support them once discharged to their communities.View The Mental Well-being Project Details
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Key Area: Developing and implementing local training programmes
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We will deliver 6 Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) courses each year across Argyll and Bute.View ASIST Training Details
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| Updated: Thu, 9 Feb, 2006 |
We will recruit and train local people to deliver 6 ‘Dealing with Self-Harm’ courses across Argyll and Bute as part of our training programme. Trainers will also be expected to deliver additional courses in their local areas or organisation.View Dealing with Self-Harm Training Details
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| Updated: Tue, 4 Jul, 2006 |
Development of training programmes and materials for S3/4 pupils.View High School Training Programme Details
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| Updated: Tue, 4 Jul, 2006 |
Provision of Mental Health Awareness Training.View Mental Health Awareness Training Details
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