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Suicide Prevention Competencies Released for Faith Leaders
Collective guidance aims to provide all faith leaders
with essential life-saving skills
Research shows that people who are struggling with thoughts of suicide are increasingly turning to faith leaders for help and support. To equip faith leaders with the capabilities needed to prevent suicide, and provide care and comfort for those affected by suicide, the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention (Action Alliance), the nation’s public-private partnership for suicide prevention, and its Faith Communities Task Force released new Suicide Prevention Competencies for Faith Leaders: Supporting Life Before, During, and After a Suicidal Crisis. The new resource provides feasible, practical, research-based actions faith leaders can adopt immediately to help save lives and restore hope in faith communities nationwide.
 
The competencies, informed by faith community leaders and national suicide prevention experts, is part of the Action Alliance Faith.Hope.Life. Campaign— a national initiative that provides resources and information to help faith communities promote mental health and suicide prevention. The new resource helps to integrate and coordinate suicide prevention across sectors and settings, like faith-based organizations and places of worship, a key goal of the Action Alliance’s National Strategy for Suicide Prevention
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LEARN ABOUT THE FAITH COMPETENCIES
Suicide Prevention Competencies for Faith Leaders: Supporting Life Before, During, and After a Suicidal Crisis is designed to help faith leaders – serving in both congregational and unique ministry settings (e.g. hospital, civil, and military chaplaincy) – develop the suicide prevention knowledge, attitudes, and skills required to effectively promote hope, help, and healing. The competencies address six key areas for faith leaders:
 
·     Pastoral Prevention
·     Pastoral Intervention
·     Pastoral Postvention
·     Pastoral Communication
·     Pastoral Leadership, Support, and Mentorship
·     Unique Organizational Ministry Settings
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