School social workers: Working with youth suicide in Australian secondary schools

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School social workers: Working with youth suicide in Australian secondary schools

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    • School social workers: Working with youth suicide in Australian secondary schools

    Key dates

    10/07/2023 – 14/10/2024

    Recruitment is now open

    Participants sought

    Qualified social workers throughout Australia:

    • with at least two years’ social work experience;
    • who have worked in a secondary school within the last three years;
    • who have worked with students experiencing suicidal behaviours, including suicidal ideation;

    About

    There is limited Australian social work research about suicide amongst secondary school young people. This study aims to understand the significant role of school social work in responding to youth suicide within the most at-risk Australian youth populations, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and LGBTIQA+ young people, those living in rural or remote areas, young refugees and asylum seekers, those who have been connected to the statutory care or justice systems, young people with experience of mental illness or substance abuse issues, and other at-risk youth populations.

    What is involved

    A 60-90 minute online interview.

    How to get involved

    Please contact the researcher, Donna Teekens for more information.

    Institution and investigator contact

    RMIT University
    Principal Researcher/PhD Student:
    Donna Teekens
    E: [email protected]
    M: 0412 536 436