Thank you for taking time to provide feedback on the Department for Child Protection draft Suicide Prevention Action Plan (the Plan), which can be viewed here. Your feedback on the draft helps us to determine what actions we will include and prioritise for our staff and those individuals in contact with the Department, as well as their families and communities.
Please take the time to read the draft Action Plan before you do the survey below. The survey will take approximately 10 minutes to complete, depending on how much you write in your responses. You are able answer with ‘prefer not to answer’ for any of the responses.
All personal data will be kept confidential in line with the South Australian Government’s Information Privacy Principles and handled in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 1991, and other applicable legislation.
The impact of suicide is far reaching, socially, culturally, psychologically and economically. The grief for those bereaved by suicide is often long lasting and traumatic.
Suicide is complex and not generally caused by a single event or condition. Life stressors like financial hardship, relationship stress and insecure housing can contribute to suicide related distress for some people. For others, these life stressors can interact or compound with other challenges across a lifespan such as the death of a loved one, a health condition, gambling, alcohol and other drug use.
Experiencing challenges or life stressors does not necessarily mean a person will think about or act on thoughts of suicide. There are different personal and environmental factors that help protect people from distress. Suicide is preventable.
