Challenge of Lived Experience Suicide Prevention Support in Regional NSW
Tracks
Room - Stanley C
Friday, November 10, 2023 |
11:10 AM - 11:40 AM |
Overview
Glenn Cotter, Grand Pacific Health + R U OK? Community Ambassador
Speaker
Mr Glenn Cotter
Lived Experience Peer Worker, Suicide Prevention Consultant
Lived Experience Advocate + R U OK? Community Ambassador
Challenge of Lived Experience Suicide Prevention Support in Regional NSW
Abstract
As a Lived Experience Peer Worker in Suicide Prevention in a regional area it is challenging to find the much-needed support for our community
With many of the services being prohibitive distances away as well as many having only single staff the opportunities to provide safe & supportive care in the postvention field is becoming increasingly difficult
Let's celebrate the human value of bringing Lived Experience in Suicide Prevention Support & talk about those challenges & golden moments that remind us every day that we are working side by side with real people, not numbers or case files
Let's talk about how we can do better in supporting those who need help during times of mental distress & how we can work in a collaborative fashion with existing local regional support services.
With many of the services being prohibitive distances away as well as many having only single staff the opportunities to provide safe & supportive care in the postvention field is becoming increasingly difficult
Let's celebrate the human value of bringing Lived Experience in Suicide Prevention Support & talk about those challenges & golden moments that remind us every day that we are working side by side with real people, not numbers or case files
Let's talk about how we can do better in supporting those who need help during times of mental distress & how we can work in a collaborative fashion with existing local regional support services.
Biography
Glenn Cotter
Glenn works as a Lived Experience Peer Worker with Grand Pacific Health in the Next Steps program across the Bega Valley on the NSW Far South Coast and member of the Bega Valley Eurobodalla Suicide Prevention Collaborative & a R U OK? Community Ambassador
Glenn is a member of the SPA Lived Experience Speakers Bureau and NSW|Act Regional Advisory Panel along with being recognised in the Barbra Hocking Awards in 2021 & nominated for a Australian Mental Health Award for work in Suicide Prevention in 2022and for Services to the Community by Bega Valley Shire Council in 2018