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Suicide Postvention Response | Lakes | Te Whatu Ora
Public Service, Mental Health, Mental Health & Addictions
Description
Formerly Lakes DHB Suicide Postvention Response
Te Whatu Ora - Lakes has developed an organised response providing hope and healing support after a suicide.
Staff
Contact person:
Debbie Ronald
Administrator Suicide Prevention & Postvention, Te Whatu Ora, Lakes Dristict
Phone: 07 349 7971
Email: debbie.ronald@lakesdhb.govt.nz or Post.Vention@govt.nz
How do I access this service?
Contact us
Please feel free to contact Debbie on 07 349 7971 or via email debbie.ronald@lakesdhb.govt.nz (please add Postvention in the subject line to ensure your email comes through).
Make an appointment
Referral
Website / App
Fees and Charges Categorisation
Free
Hours
Monday - Friday 0730 - 1600
Languages Spoken
English
Programmes
Te Whatu Ora - Lakes has developed an organised response in the aftermath of a suicide. The aim is to accomplish any one or more of the following: to facilitate the healing of the grief, trauma and distress resulting from a suicide death to lessen other negative effects of exposure to suicide to prevent suicide among people who are at high risk after exposure to the suicide to help organisations (workplace settings, schools and other community groups) respond more effectively after a suicide has occurred. Our service works directly with those needing support following a suicide. We can see you: in your home in a community setting in a clinic at one of our premises We work alongside multiple agencies in the Lakes district to give the best support possible. See the information brochure attached for more information. We are developing this service to be further inclusive of Kaupapa Māori frameworks and work closely with Kaupapa Māori providers in the region to provide wrap-around suicide support in this way.
Te Whatu Ora - Lakes has developed an organised response in the aftermath of a suicide. The aim is to accomplish any one or more of the following: to facilitate the healing of the grief, trauma and distress resulting from a suicide death to lessen other negative effects of exposure to suicide to prevent suicide among people who are at high risk after exposure to the suicide to help organisations (workplace settings, schools and other community groups) respond more effectively after a suicide has occurred. Our service works directly with those needing support following a suicide. We can see you: in your home in a community setting in a clinic at one of our premises We work alongside multiple agencies in the Lakes district to give the best support possible. See the information brochure attached for more information. We are developing this service to be further inclusive of Kaupapa Māori frameworks and work closely with Kaupapa Māori providers in the region to provide wrap-around suicide support in this way.
- Programme Areas
Mental health
- Programme Type
Community based support - mental health, Non-acute specialist mental health community services
- Regions
Lakes
- Age Groups
Child / Tamariki, Youth / Rangatahi, Adult / Pakeke, Older adult / Kaumātua
- Referral Types
Self referral, GP, DHB clinical services
Referral Process
Te Whatu Ora - Lakes Postvention Consultant receives notification of any suspected suicide that occurs in the Lakes region and will contact the friends and families involved to walk alongside them in the next 18 months.
Our service can also be contacted directly by anyone who has been bereaved by suicide and may need support, irrespective of how long ago or how recent their loss may have been.
Who do we see:
- People of any age impacted by an identified suspected suicide of a loved one (family member or friend)
- People who are feeling low, sad and struggling to cope after suicide loss
- People who cannot understand why a suicide has occurred
- People who may not be related to the person who has taken their life but have been involved as a result of the death (e.g. found the deceased person).
Description
Te Whatu Ora - Lakes has developed an organised response in the aftermath of a suicide. The aim is to accomplish any one or more of the following:
- to facilitate the healing of the grief, trauma and distress resulting from a suicide death
- to lessen other negative effects of exposure to suicide
- to prevent suicide among people who are at high risk after exposure to the suicide
- to help organisations (workplace settings, schools and other community groups) respond more effectively after a suicide has occurred.
Our service works directly with those needing support following a suicide. We can see you:
- in your home
- in a community setting
- in a clinic at one of our premises
We work alongside multiple agencies in the Lakes district to give the best support possible. See the information brochure attached for more information.
We are developing this service to be further inclusive of Kaupapa Māori frameworks and work closely with Kaupapa Māori providers in the region to provide wrap-around suicide support in this way.
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Additional Details
Face to face / Kanohi ki te Kanohi
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Website
Contact Details
Rotorua Hospital
Lakes
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Phone
07 349 7971
Email
Website
Corner Arawa Street and Pukeroa Road
Rotorua
New Zealand
Street Address
Corner Arawa Street and Pukeroa Road
Rotorua
New Zealand
Postal Address
Rotorua Hospital
Private Bag 3023
Rotorua Mail Centre
Rotorua 3046
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This page was last updated at 2:28PM on March 27, 2024. This information is reviewed and edited by Suicide Postvention Response | Lakes | Te Whatu Ora.