Contents Acknowledgements Executive Summary 1. Introduction 2. Literature Review 3. Northern Ireland Policy Context 4. Methodology 5. Young People’s Advisory Group 6. Findings 7. Conclusions 8. Recommendations References Full Text: DOWNLOAD PDF
what is Contact? Contact is Northern Ireland’s leading independent Regional Counselling Service, committed to free counselling provision for all at times of crisis. Full Text: DOWNLOAD PDF
Contents Alan Houston, Contact Chair’s Report Fergus Cumiskey, Contact Managing Director’s Report Carrie Montgomery, Contact Director Operations & Implementation’s Report Lifeline – Regional 24/7 Crisis Helpline for Northern Ireland Contact Creative Therapy in Schools Contact Child and Adolescent Northern Trust Project Financial Reports/Accounts Full Text: DOWNLOAD PDF
Contents Tony Macaulay, Chair’s Remarks for Annual Report Fergus Cumiskey, Managing Director’s Report Carrie Montgomery, Director Operations & Implementation’s Report Lifeline – Regional 24/7 Crisis Helpline for Northern Ireland Other Contact Projects Contact Clinical Governance Report Quality Assurance Monitoring Contact Complaints Investigations, January 2013-March 2014 Contact Service User Advocacy Group Appointments Financial Reports/Accounts Full Text: DOWNLOAD PDF
Due to physical, psychological and emotional development, children in each age group will deal with sudden death in different ways. Full Text: DOWNLOAD PDF
Clinical Placement opportunities at Contact (All Health Trust Areas) Work Based Learning Programme We offer opportunities to students in the first year of their counselling foundation degree / diploma to gain work based learning experience providing vital follow–on support to the Lifeline 24/7 crisis helpline. Students who successfully complete a 26–week placement of four hours per week will be considered for face–to–face counselling Clinical Placements in their second The foundation degree / diploma must include a minimum of 150 hours supervised practice. Click here to download ‘Information for Applicants’ and an ‘Application Pack’ Closing date – 4pm, Friday 29th May 2015 Clinical Placement Opportunities Contact annually recruits a bank of trainee counsellors as Clinical Placements. Eligibility criteria include the capacity to remain calm and focused when working with people in distress. While Clinical Placements with Contact are voluntary, with four hours per week optimum commitment, we provide excellent CPD recognised training…
Contact Training Days Venue: Contact HQ Ground Floor, Lanyon Building, North Derby Street, Belfast, BT15 3HL Training Days run promptly 9:30am–4:30pm with lunch provided At Contact we provide outstanding regional services, built on our evidence based reputation for excellent client outcomes. We manage this standard every day with our simple, unrelenting focus on compassionate engagement. We value maturity, optimism, curiosity and a sense of humour at least as highly as the right qualifications and experience. Our training days programme reflects our commitment to clinical excellence, measured by client wellbeing and recovery, and we warmly invite you to join our learning community for the following key training days: November Date TBC Self–Harm & Suicide Risk Assessment Training Day Trainers: Carrie Montgomery/Fergus Cumiskey Delegate fee: £90.00 Contact’s self–harm and suicide prevention risk assessment training day provides essential CPD for counsellors and allied professionals drawing on specialised Lifeline crisis counselling and assessment practice,…
A great opportunity to hear from, learn and network with some of the foremost thought-leaders, researchers and academics working today in suicide prevention. The Conference will take place over two days, our first day raises the voice of mental health recovery; our second day explores themes of suicide attempt survival, towards near-perfect depression care and driving suicide to zero in health care systems. Conference Programme at a Glance Day One Monday 10th November 9.00am – 10.00am Conference Registration & Coffee 10.00am ‘Barrel to the Head’ – Suicide Means Restriction – Documentary Preview 10.30am Fergus Cumiskey, Contact MD: Conference Introduction 10.40am Dr. Sally Spencer-Thomas: Everyone Plays a Role in Suicide Prevention 11.15am Prof. Roy McClelland Queen’s University Belfast: People at Risk of Self-harm or Suicide within Northern Ireland’s Prisons – A Review of Prison Reform 12.00pm NI Assembly Health Minister Jim Wells MLA: Conference Launch 12.15pm Dr. Anne Cleary University College…
Contact Suicide Prevention, What Works? 4th International Conference took place on 10th and 11th November 2014, Titanic Centre, Belfast Below are recordings of conference presentations from both days. Please click on play button to view: Prof. Ed Coffey, CEO Henry Ford Health System (HFHS), Detroit, USA ‘Pursuing Perfect Depression Care: A Model for Eliminating Suicide and Transforming Mental Healthcare’ Kevin Hines, Suicide Attempt Survivor, Internationally Acclaimed Author and Wellbeing Advocate Monday 10th November Dr. Sally Spencer–Thomas ‘Everyone plays a role in suicide prevention’ Prof. Roy McClellend, Queens University Belfast ‘People at risk of self–harm or suicide within Northern Ireland’s Prisons – A review of Prison Reform’ Dr. Anne Cleary, University College Dublin ‘Suicide Prevention Focusing on Men’ Eduardo Vega MA, Executive Director Mental Health Association San Francisco Suicide, Stigma and Disruptive Innovators with Lived Experience of Suicide ‘10 Years Lifeline USA Policy Influencing’ Prof. Jo Smith ‘Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP)…