You are invited to join us at the

StandBy
“Pathways to Care”
Suicide Bereavement Workshop
Local community support for those bereaved through suicide

Morning Session Date: Thursday 11/3/2010

“Pathways to Care"
Time: 9.00am – 12.00 noon
Workshop Purpose
● To establish an effective coordinated Venue: Redcliffe Cultural Centre
community response plan to provide early Downs Street Redcliffe
intervention and ongoing support to families,
Facilitators:
friends and associates bereaved through suicide
by enlisting participation in the StandBy Chris Chicoteau
Response Service Referral Pathways Program StandBy Coordinator
Brisbane
● To showcase the StandBy Response Service
and provide comprehensive understanding of the Lynda Neville
StandBy model for collaborative community care StandBy Coordinator
Sunshine & Cooloola Coasts
● To increase understanding about suicide
Free Registration
bereavement through the contribution of local
Morning Tea & Light Lunch
responders Included

● To increase individual and community capacity

for the care and well-being of those bereaved by For registration, further
suicide information and catering
purposes please RSVP by
5/3/2010
chris.chicoteau@lccq.org.au
or phone (07) 3250 1856

Join more than 400 existing Referral Pathways Partners who are part of the award winning
StandBy Response Service Model

You are invited to join us at the

 StandBy
“Crossing the River”
Suicide Bereavement Workshop
Local community support for those bereaved through suicide

Afternoon Session
“Crossing the River"
Purpose
To equip service providers and community caregivers with
basic suicide bereavement intervention skills. Date: Thursday 11 March 2010
To enhance and further develop the capacity of communities
to respond to suicide, trauma and related issues Time: 12.45 pm – 3.00 pm
Topics Covered:
Preparedness; suicide bereavement experience and
differentials; traumatic loss; complications of grief; crisis Venue: Redcliffe Cultural Centre
intervention approaches; risk review & harm minimization; self Downs Street Redcliffe
care.

Target Group:
Communities implementing a StandBy model including Facilitator:
community workers; volunteers; health care providers, human Chris Chicoteau
resource managers; health, welfare & education professionals; StandBy Coordinator
youth service providers; clergy, people responding to family, Brisbane
friends and associates bereaved by suicide and concerned
individuals.
Free Registration
Featuring: Afternoon Tea Included

• The Edge of the River” - General information about crisis

For registration, further
and trauma
information and catering
• “In the Whirlpool” - Specific suicide bereavement purposes please RSVP by
experience including shock, trauma, lived experience and 5/3/2010
differentials of suicide loss. The Way it was and the Way it chris.chicoteau@lccq.org.au
is now - The bereavement condition, the emotional
or phone (07) 3250 1856
experience of grief and dynamics of suicide bereavement
• “Crossing the Waters” - Crisis Intervention approaches,
risk review, harm minimization, and providing bereavement
care
• “On a New Shore” - Managing the Effects on the Carers
& Supporters: Individual and Community Strategies for self
care & vicarious traumatisation

Our Vision: community respect, understanding and support

for the health and well-being of people bereaved by suicide