Key dates

23/05/2024 – 24/12/2024

Recruitment is now open

Participants sought

Qualified social workers in South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania & ACT.

• with at least 6 months’ social work experience;
• who have worked in a secondary school within the last three years;
• who have worked with students experiencing suicidal behaviours, including suicidal ideation.

If you fulfil this criteria, please contact the researcher.

About

There is limited Australian social work research about suicide amongst secondary school young people. This study aims to understand the significant role of school social work in responding to youth suicide within the most at-risk Australian youth populations, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and LGBTIQA+ young people, those living in rural or remote areas, young refugees and asylum seekers, those who have been connected to the statutory care or justice systems, young people with experience of mental illness or substance abuse issues, and other at-risk youth populations.

What is involved

A 60-90 minute online interview.

How to get involved

Please contact the researcher, Donna Teekens for more information.

Institution and investigator contact

RMIT University
Principal Researcher/PhD Student:
Donna Teekens
E: [email protected]
M: 0412 536 436