SUICIDE PREVENTION AT WORK: WHY WE NEED WORKPLACES WHERE PEOPLE FEEL SAFE TO TALK ABOUT SUICIDE


When?

HELD ON TUE 11 SEPT 2018

What Time?

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

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ONLINE

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ABOUT THE WEBCAST

10 September is World Suicide Prevention Day and 13 September is R U OK? Day in Australia. Whether you are a health professional, workplace manager, community member or an individual, everyone has a role to play in working together to prevent suicide and supporting each other to live well.

Learn from four leaders in the Australian suicide prevention sector. Join the panel as they answer your questions and share their knowledge and experience:

  • Suicide in Australia, the big picture
  • Making suicide prevention at work, work
  • Signs that an employee needs help and where to get it
  • Creating a safe workplace culture
  • Creating a mentally healthy workplace.

Asking R U OK? needs to be every day and, when that conversation gets too big for us to handle alone, we all need to be equipped with the tools and knowledge to get to that next level of support.

At the end of this session you will be better informed how to have those difficult conversations as well as how to navigate the numerous support avenues available to us in Australia.

Nieves Murray, CEO Suicide Prevention Australia

Throughout her 30+ year career in the social sciences, Nieves has lived and breathed her passion for enabling vulnerable people to have more choice and control over how they live their lives. She spent over a decade at the helm of IRT Group, one of Australia’s largest community-owned seniors’ lifestyle and care providers, driving record growth, customer satisfaction and social impact. She’s held non-Executive leadership roles in financial services, tertiary education, property development, retail, research, health, aged care and retirement living since 2001. As a long-term Lifeline and Vinnie’s Van volunteer and previous Director of Coordinare, South Eastern NSW Primary Health Network, Nieves has been at the front line of homelessness and mental health in Australia.


Mark Leopold, Head of Workplace Engagement, beyondblue


Prior to beyondblue, Mark gained 25 years of operational and management experience across a diverse array of industries. He joined beyondblue because he understands the benefit that professional men and women can gain by working in mentally healthy workplaces; as a member of the beyondblue team he helps to stimulate more conversations within Australian organisations.
He's passionate advocate of Heads Up - an initiative of beyondblue and the Mentally Health Workplace Alliance (headsup.org.au). Heads Up is all about giving individuals and businesses the tools to drive change and create more mentally healthy workplaces.
Mark keeps mentally and physically healthy by working, running, lifting strumming, golfing and laughing. His wife Sara and two daughters, Annalise and Sienna, are a great support to each other.


Chris Lockwood, National CEO, MATES in Construction, Mining & Energy

Chris has a passion for delivering better mental health outcomes for workers and reducing the incidence of suicide across construction, mining, energy and allied industries. MATES in Construction, Mining & Energy improves the mental health of all of us at work through trusted workplace development programs, on site workshops, individual case management and helpline services. Prior to leading MATES, Chris worked in Industry Super for 10 years managing strategic relationships with industry partner organisations and drove the fund’s member health strategy and initiatives aimed at reducing the incidence of suicide.

Kevin Figueiredo, General Manager Group Safety, Health and Wellbeing, Woolworths

Kevin is a safety, health and wellbeing professional with over 20 years' experience implementing large scale cultural change and business transformation programs in diverse, complex and multinational companies. He's a Non-Executive Director on the Australian Network on Disability Board and has a passion for advocating for the inclusion for people with disabilities, mental health and suicide prevention.

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