The South Western Sydney Suicide Prevention Lived Experience Advisory Group (SWS SPLEAG) provides organisations, services and initiatives in South Western Sydney with access to expert and timely consumer and carer advice related to suicide prevention.
Drawing on lived experience perspectives, the group seeks to strengthen the development, co-design and continuous improvement of suicide prevention services, ensuring they are responsive, effective and sustainable in meeting community needs.
SWS SPLEAG is a collaboration between SWSPHN, Roses in the Ocean, Lifeline Macarthur and Western Sydney and South Western Sydney LHD. It recognises suicide and suicidality involve unique experiences, needs and considerations, and lived experience of suicide brings its own expertise.
SWS SPLEAG members
SWS SPLEAG members are adults living, working or studying in South Western Sydney who have a lived or living experience of suicidality, including people who:
- have experienced suicidal thoughts
- have survived a suicide attempt
- have supported a family member, friend or loved one experiencing suicidal distress
- have experienced the loss of a loved one to suicide
Group members are supported through training and development opportunities delivered by Australia’s national leading lived experience of suicide organisation, Roses in the Ocean.
SWS SPLEAG’s role
The advisory group guides and influences suicide prevention work across the region.
This includes:
- shaping and co-designing services supporting best practice in community and clinical settings
- informing workforce planning and recruitment
- helping create safe, supportive environments for people with lived experience
Who can access SWS SPLEAG support?
The group, although initially being established by SWSPHN, aims to be something that can be accessed and tapped into by broader community and organisations across South Western Sydney.
Support could be accessed by:
New or existing suicide prevention services seeking co-design, consultation, and guidance to embed lived experience into business-as-usual practices
Mental health and community organisations requiring consultation on suicide-related initiatives, programs or service delivery
Services and organisations needing support with recruiting, onboarding, and sustaining lived experience roles
NSW Health and other government agencies looking to inform policy and frameworks
Background
SWS SPLEAG is a specialist advisory group integrated into the SWSPHN governance structure.
Members are supported through training and development opportunities delivered by Australia’s national leading lived experience of suicide organisation, Roses in the Ocean, and are remunerated for their time.
LGAs serviced: Bankstown, Campbelltown, Camden, Fairfield, Liverpool, Wollondilly, Wingecarribee.
Commissioned provider: Roses in the Ocean
Roses in the Ocean is a leading lived experience of suicide organisation. It was founded on and operates through the lens of lived experience of suicide.
The organisation delivers non-clinical peer-led services, capacity-building workshops, supports the suicide prevention peer workforce, supports organisations through co-design, consultation and advice, and contributes to systemic policy, advocacy and research.
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