Have you worked or volunteered with LGBTQ+ people experiencing suicidal distress?
We are currently recruiting practitioners (staff and volunteers) to take part in an interview based study about LGBTQ+ suicide prevention. The aim of this research is to find out more about what, from practitioners perspectives, is working well in LGBTQ+ suicide prevention, what the challenges are, and what resources are needed to overcome them.
We are really interested in connecting with people from a wide range of professional backgrounds and who have had a variety of experiences of suicide prevention practices. You do not need to be working in a role that is suicide prevention focussed to take part in this research, in fact we know that a lot of the practitioners who are doing suicide prevention are often in roles that might not on the surface seem like suicide prevention. Similarly, you do not need to have primarily worked with LGBTQ+ people, but it would be useful to us if you have had some experience of working with LGBTQ+ people previously.
If you see your paid or voluntary work as suicide prevention and have some experience working with LGBTQ+ people we want to hear from you. We’re also happy to chat if you’re not quite sure if you’re elligible, just get in touch with hazel.marzetti@ed.ac.uk
You will receive a £20 voucher for your contribution to the project.
For more information about the project please see our participant information sheet, by downloading it here: Participant Information Sheet
What will the inteview be like?
The interview will be an informal chat with the researcher, Hazel Marzetti (you can find out more about her here), either online via a video call or in person, depending on your preference. Before the interview, we will have a separate phone or video call as an opportunity to get to know each other and for you to ask any questions that you might have about the research more widely and about the interviews specifically. We are keen to make the interviews as comfortable and accessible as possible, so this will also provide an opportunity to discuss anything that might help improve this for you.
The interview will focus on your practices, in particular what is working well, what challenges you face, and what resources you would need to overcome them. We will be record the interview on a digital recorder, so that we can make sure that we have an accurate record of what is said. This will be transcribed and then anonymised to safeguard confidentiality.
Who can take part?
You do not need to work or volunteer in a specialist crisis or suicide prevention service to take part in this research, as we are interested in the perspectives of practitioners across the many varied types of suicide prevention that are available. You also do not need to have primarily worked with LGBTQ+ people, but it would be useful to us if you have had some experience of working with LGBTQ+ people previously.
We encourage people who are involved in both a clinical and non-clinical capacity, this includes but is not limited to: youth workers, social workers, social care workers (including PAs), teachers and other practitioners working in educational settings, counsellors and psychotherapists, doctors, nurses, coroners, psychologists, peer support workers and those involved in facilitating peer support groups, Third Sector practitioners, commissioners and policy makers.
To take part, you must:
- Be aged over 16
- Be based in the UK
- Have worked or volunteered with LGBTQ+ people experiencing suicidal distress
We are really looking forward to hearing from you.
