Suicide Prevention Participation Network - Meeting 8

Key learning

• Increased understanding of the work of the Suicide Prevention Youth Advisory Group

• Increased understanding of the work of the Suicide Prevention Participation Network

• Increased knowledge of opportunities for young people’s participation in policy making relating to Suicide Prevention Scotland

The participation network is aimed at practitioners in Scotland working with young people with experience of suicidality, young people who have lost someone to suicide or young people who experience poor mental health.

Background

In 2022, Children in Scotland started its work delivering the national suicide prevention Youth Advisory Group in partnership with the University of Stirling.

In addition to the main work of the group, we are facilitating a participation network, in recognition that there will be many other children and young people who are not part of our advisory group but who have experiences and opinions that could and should inform our work.

Focus of the meeting

In this eighth meeting of the network, we will continue to share the work of the group so far, including their work on training and learning. This event will focus on a mixture of policy and practice and we will be sharing details of the topics shortly.

The meeting is open to anyone who works with children and young people in the area of mental health and suicide prevention in Scotland and those with an interest in policy development in this area. You do not need to be a member of Children in Scotland to attend.

The network is intended to be a place for attendees to share learning and for us to gather further evidence and examples of good practice in work relating to suicide prevention to support our work with the Youth Advisory Group.

Becoming part of the network will not commit you to any specific pieces of work. Engagement with us and the network will be voluntary and shaped by your own interest and availability.

If you wish to find out more about the group before attending, please contact Parisa Shirazi on pshirazi@childreninscotland.org.uk.

Facilitator

The meeting of the group will be delivered by Chris Ross and Parisa Shirazi from Children in Scotland alongside Dr Lynne Gilmour from the University of Stirling.

System requirements for attendees

This training will be delivered using Zoom. You can attend from anywhere using a compatible computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone connected to the internet.

Please note, some organisations have additional security settings that may prevent you from accessing Zoom on a work device.

Please check that your organisation permits access to Zoom. If they don’t provide access, we encourage you to use a personal device with Google Chrome instead. Otherwise, please speak to your IT team to gain access or ask them to change the security settings on your work device to access Zoom.

Closed Captioning and Live Transcription

Zoom enables Close Captioning and Live Transcription. Once you have joined the Zoom, you can access this by:

1. Click the “CC Live Transcript” button
2. Click one of the following:

• Show Subtitles – Displays captioning on the bottom of the video. You can also select Hide Subtitle once subtitles are selected to hide them.
• View Full Transcript – Opens a panel/pop-up and displays captions in real-time with both the speaker’s name and time stamp.

Accessibility

The Children in Scotland Learning & Events team are committed to doing all we can to ensure our learning opportunities are accessible to everyone. If you require any adjustments to assist your learning, whether they be in relation to course materials or delivery format, please do contact us at events@childreninscotland.org.uk to discuss.

Copyright and data sharing

Recording and/or distributing the training in any form is prohibited. This training may be recorded for internal review and use.

Please note that your personal details may be shared with the trainer for training purposes. These details will be deleted once the training has taken place.

If you have any questions or concerns, please email events@childreninscotland.org.uk.