Manual of Resources for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention

∘ Staying Safe & Well ∘

Stay Strong Care Plan

Clinicians & Front Line Workers, Families, Friends & Elders, Individuals / By

This strengths based mental health and wellbeing tool aims to improve culturally safe care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people by offering a holistic, person-centred approach to having a yarn about wellbeing. It is aimed at strengthening connections, goal setting and self-management of mental wellbeing.

The interactive tool allows users to select different options or to write down:

the people that keep them strong
the strengths in their life
the worries that can take their strength away
the goals that can make change.

Abstract adapted from Menzies School of Health Research

Source: Menzies School of Health Research

Woven Together: Yarns Heal artwork

Communities, Families, Friends & Elders, Individuals, Young People / By

This artwork was created by graphic artist Riki Salam for the Yarns Heal – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, LGBTIQ+, BrotherBoy and Sistergirl Suicide Prevention Campaign, in collaboration with Indigilez, Gar’band’jee’lum and the Yarns Heal Community working group.
This resource describes how the artwork was created and the meaning of its symbols.

Source: Yarns Heal – funded by Brisbane North PHN

Always was, always will be our stories

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This podcast series features conversations with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people about their experiences, roles and achievements. It is hosted by writer and broadcaster Marlee Silva, a proud Gamilaroi and Dunghutti woman born and raised on Dharrawal country, south of Sydney.

Episode 11 is Coming Out Blak, with Matika Little and Courtney Hagen, who are black, gay and proud.
Connected online through their common experiences of being Aboriginal and identifying as lesbian, they have built a platform for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LGBTQIA+voices on Instagram @comingoutblak.
In this podcast they share their own experiences, discuss the issues that matter to them and offer solidarity to people struggling with their sexual identity.

Source: Marlee Silva

Yarn Up

Families, Friends & Elders, Individuals, Young People / By

Yarn up is a safe space for First Nations young people to connect with community, hear from others, and access wellbeing resources and support. It has been co-designed with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff and young First Nations people, and includes:

– videos about social and emotional wellbeing and community connection
– strategies for self-care when people are feeling not good
– cartoons for younger kids.

Many of these resources are also included individually within the Manual of Resources.

Source: ReachOut Australia

Best Practice Screening & Assessment

Clinicians & Front Line Workers / By

CBPATSISP Tools & Checklists

This link takes you to listings of clinical tools and checklists on the main CBPATSISP website, with separate sections for:
– Social and emotional wellbeing assessment
– Mental health outcome measures
– Stress and trauma assessment
– Youth Assessment
– Suicide risk assessment
– Perinatal mental health assessment

Feeling Deadly, Working Deadly

Clinicians & Front Line Workers, Communities / By

This toolkit, designed to support the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander alcohol and other drugs workforce, may also be valuable for mainstream workers supporting Indigenous clients with AOD and social and emotional wellbeing issues. It addresses issues including:

Heavy work demands
Defining roles and boundaries
Role stigmatisation
Translating mainstream work practices to ensure they are culturally sensitive
A lack of cultural understanding and support
Geographical isolation.
The toolkit comprises workbooks, case studies and a discussion guide as well a collection of fact sheets for supervisors to support their teams:

The complex personal lives of Indigenous AOD workers

Indigenous ways of working

Rewarding workers

Mentoring

Recruiting and retaining workers

Clinical supervision

Developing teams.

And fact sheets for workers to prevent stress and burnout:

Worker wellbeing – A Guide For Workers

Mentoring – A Guide For Workers

Clinical Supervision – A Guide For Workers

Goal setting – A Guide For Workers.

Source: NCETA

Yarning about Mental Health – English

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Yarning about Mental Health

These videos from Menzies School of Health Research, contains strength-based messages around mental health and wellbeing. It also highlights the importance of culture, family and community in maintaining good mental health and provides tools that can be used to promote wellbeing. The video was developed with First Nations Australians in the Northern Territory.

Yarning about Mental Health – Eastern/Central Arrernte

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Yarning about Mental Health

These videos from Menzies School of Health Research, contains strength-based messages around mental health and wellbeing. It also highlights the importance of culture, family and community in maintaining good mental health and provides tools that can be used to promote wellbeing. The video was developed with First Nations Australians in the Northern Territory.

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