A guide for workplaces: Supporting your staff and organisation after a suspected suicide
Description
Caution: Some people may find parts of this content confronting or distressing. Please carefully consider your needs when reading the following information about suicide and suicidality. If this material raises concerns for you, free call or text 1737 any time for support from a trained counsellor or see other ways you can seek help.
This resource offers practical ways to support people affected after a suspected suicide and provides a path towards healing and hope.
It has been developed alongside people with lived experience of suicide in the workplace, and clinical specialists. Its steps provide clear guidance on the immediate actions that need to be taken to support people in your workplace.
To share the overall responsibility for effectively using this resource’s guidelines within a workplace, we recommend forming a postvention response team.
To help guide your postvention response, this resource is divided into critical time periods and includes checklists, key information and templates. These resources can also be downloaded separately here.
It also includes guidance on supporting a team member if they have experienced the suicide loss of a whaanau member or close friend outside of work.
Click here to view our resource for workplaces that are supporting staff who are experiencing suicidality, including after a suicide attempt.
Click here to read more about suicide prevention.
More information
For more information or if you are seeking further support, visit our list of helplines and support services or see our complete range of suicide prevention resources, free to order or download.
