Company Name: Tap Into Safety
Announcement Date: 13/04/2016
Announcement Category: Other
Announcement Content:
Susanne Bahn from Tap into Safety has penned this open letter to Minister Hastie in response to the front page article WA’s Teen Suicide Crisis in the West Australian today 13th April 2016.
Dear Minister Hastie,
I read with extreme sadness the article on the front page of the West Australian this morning about the teen suicide crisis that is currently occurring in the southern suburbs of Perth. Eight young people in this area of the state have taken their lives since December 2015.
I applaud your efforts in leading a bipartisan delegation of regional leaders and high school children in talks the Prime Minister to seek additional funding for local health and social programs.
Mental health services are stretched to their limit, particularly in areas where population growth exceeds the capacity of available health services. In addition to this, one of the biggest issues is that most services require teenagers to actively self nominate and seek help.
Teens who are suicidal, particularly young males are very unlikely to self nominate to engage with the services that can help them through a crisis situation.
Tap into Safety would like to invite 20 schools to utilize our Wellbeing Awareness & Assessment for Schools (WAA for Schools) Program delivered on site in the high school health lessons free of charge. We have recently redesigned our iPad/desktop application to specifically suit the needs of at risk teenagers to cover some common topics such as social media bullying, substance abuse, self-harm, teen pregnancy and violence. We would also like to offer access to an accredited resilience program as part of our offering to provide services to 20 schools free of charge.
We applaud your steps Minister to support early intervention programs that assist at risk teenagers from getting to crisis point. Supporting the mental health and wellbeing of our youth is paramount to what drives our team and we would like to support yourself and at risk youth with this offer of services.
Yours sincerely,
Dr Susanne Bahn,
Director/CEO Tap into Safety, Pty Ltd
Announcement URL: http://www.tapintosafety.com.au/teen-suicide-crisis-an-offer-of-support-for-minister-andrew-hastie-member-for-canning/
About Tap Into Safety:
Tap into Safety is on a mission to keep workers physically and mentally safe. We have two solutions on the Platform that are available across smart devices and on the web.
The safety training solution uses our signature 360/180 degree panoramic scenarios to deliver a 'walk through' of the users workplace that they work within to learn about how to work safely in their environment. We also draw on gaming techniques, animation, images and audio to deliver engaging training that has seen our customers achieve a drop in their workplace injury rates by at least 10%.
Our early intervention mental health solution that has been designed for business to provide training on topics that impact mental health, e.g. change and burnout. IEmployees are 'one click' away from help and support. Data shows business staff groups in early mental health decline. This information has not been made available to business in the past and using this data they can tailor their well-being programmes to those who need it most.
Both solutions produce comprehensive visual reports to show the gaps in safety knowledge and the users who are experiencing issues with their wellbeing. The platform is cost effective and suited to meet the budgetary constraints of all businesses as it is supported by a per use credit model with no lock in contracts, annual license or subscription fees.
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