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As part of a government-wide initiative under the Tasmanian Suicide Prevention Strategy, DECYP has become a signatory to the National Communications Charter – A unified approach to suicide prevention and mental health.
The Charter is an evidence-informed document that provides a nationally consistent approach to communications about mental health and suicide. It provides best-practice guidance for governments, individuals, organisations, and communities on how to communicate safely about mental health and suicide.
Signing the Charter serves as a formal commitment to use safe and consistent communication about mental health and wellbeing, mental health concerns, and suicide. It is an agreement to put the guiding principles into practice to reduce stigma, minimise harm, and promote help-seeking and help offering. Through a shared commitment and combined actions, we can work together to reduce stigma and discrimination, and communicate in ways that are safe, inclusive, and hopeful.
All Tasmanians are encouraged to sign the charter online as individuals.
To further support signatories action the Charter, two online learning modules have been designed to develop skills in understanding how to communicate about mental health and wellbeing, mental health concerns, social and emotional wellbeing, and suicide.
Course participants will delve into the practical application of the seven principles of the Charter, gaining valuable insights into how evidence informed communication can be effectively applied in various settings.
This online training consists of two modules, including:
- Module 1 (15 minutes): Provides foundational knowledge of mental health, social and emotional wellbeing, mental health concerns and suicide.
- Module 2 (15 minutes): Explores the Charter’s principles and how to apply them across settings.
We invite you all to complete the short training modules to develop skills in understanding how to communicate about mental health and suicide.
Take a moment
Talking and reading about suicide can be distressing. If you’re worried about how you’re feeling and need help, please contact:
- Wellbeing Connect
- Lifeline on 13 11 14
- or if life is in danger, call Triple Zero (000).