Self Harm and Suicide

The LSCB has developed a self-harm support pathway, practice guidance and training package for practitioners in line with the 0-19 level of need threshold document.

The pathway is aimed at practitioners and tackles the causal factors for suicide, attempted suicide and self-harm issues of children and young people.

1. 1. Guidance for Staff working with CYPS at risk of self-harm
   2. Schools Self-harm Guidance

These resources are also available through the MindEd site for those health staff who need to record they have accessed these documents.

MindED Link to Universal – for all those caring for children in all services and agencies.

MindEd link to Specialist – Additional sessions under specialist for all Mental Health leads within School and Agencies and all GPs/Medical Practitioners.

14 July 2020 – Briefing Paper : Child Suicide during Covid. Click the title to access a paper completed by the National Child Mortality Database (NCMD) which looks at the impact of Covid-19 on children and the risk of suicide.