California health and behavioral healthcare professionals are encouraged to apply by June 14th for an online Zero Suicide Academy®, sponsored by The California Department of Public Health’s Office of Suicide Prevention.
About the Academy
Join Zero Suicide Institute Senior Project Associate Wykisha Thomas-Mckinney, for a two-day, online Zero Suicide event.
The Zero Suicide Academy is a two-day training for health and behavioral health organizations seeking to dramatically reduce suicides among those in their care. Using the Zero Suicide model, participants learn how to incorporate best and promising practices into their organizations and processes to improve care and safety for individuals at risk. Zero Suicide faculty provide both interactive presentations and small group sessions, collaborating with participants to develop organization-specific action plans.
Dates
Registered applicants are expected to commit to participation in Zero Suicide Pre-Academy and Post- Academy in addition to Academy dates.
- Pre-Academy: Tuesday, June 18, 2024 from 10:00am- 11:00am PST
- Two-Day Academy: Monday, June 24 and Tuesday, June 25, 2024 from 8:30am- 4:30pm PST
- Post- Academy: Thursday, July 25, 2024 from 10:00am- 11:00am PST
Can't attend in June? The California Department of Public Health’s Office of Suicide Prevention will be sponsoring another Zero Suicide Academy in July.
Eligibility
California health and behavioral healthcare professionals are eligible to apply.
How to Apply
- Participant Eligibility
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Applicants are to attend the Zero Suicide Academy with a team of 3-6 individuals including the person identified as the lead for the system's Zero Suicide initiative. Recommendations for team composition include:
- Person(s) responsible and with authority for implementation decisions (e.g. Directors, Managers, Supervisors, etc).
- Senior leader/management (irrespective of discipline area).
- Person(s) responsible for managing your electronic health records (EHR) system, quality improvement, or risk management.
- Person(s) that provide care to patients daily (e.g., case manager, psychologist, social worker, nurse, other).
Zero Suicide implementation team members should include persons who can both champion Zero Suicide with passion and those who have some power and influence in your system. This can include clinical directors, senior clinical staff with coordination over a certain area or department, information technology, risk management or quality improvement, or a person with lived experience.
All organizations wishing to be considered for the Zero Suicide Academy will submit the application by June 14th
- Application Instructions
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A complete application will be required including 3-6 team members selected to attend. Please note, only one application submission is needed per team. Applications are due by Friday, June 14th
The Zero Suicide Academy application consists of:
- A narrative that, in two to four pages, responds to the following:
- Briefly describe the members of your team and the relevant skills, knowledge, and experience they bring to the Zero Suicide Academy.
- What are your team’s goals for participating in the Zero Suicide Academy and what does the team hope to learn during the training?
- A narrative that, in two to four pages, responds to the following:
- Organizational Self Study
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Each implementation team will need to complete a Zero Suicide Organizational Self-Study by the date of your post academy.
We offer two versions of the Organizational Self-Study: the General Organizational Self-Study and the Inpatient Organizational Self-Study. Organizations can choose to take one or both available Self-Studies.
If you would like to review the questions before taking the survey, we offer a PDF of each version of the Self-Study. To access these resources, you will need to create an account on the Zero Suicide website.
