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Suicide Prevention and Community Chaplains EVERYONE PLAYS A ROLE ---PAGE BREAK--- WHAT IS A COMMUNITY CHAPLAIN??? • Community Service Chaplains are lay people who will establish and maintain a workable and beneficial relationship between our secular and religious/spiritual segments of our society for the purpose of serving in the marketplace and community. • Community Service Chaplaincy officially began in 1994 and continues through The International Association of Community Service Chaplains (TIACSC) • The priority of Community Service Chaplaincy is the anticipated response and need for pastoral care, spiritual and emotional assistance, as well as guidance in times of personal or community crisis. • A Community Service Chaplain is committed to provide spiritual and emotional guidance, thus giving an atmosphere of peace, trust and confidentiality ---PAGE BREAK--- WHO ATTENDS THE COMMUNITY SERVICE CHAPLAIN TRAININGS?? • Clergy • Social workers • First responders • Hospital personnel • School personnel • Caring community members ---PAGE BREAK--- LEVELS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE CHAPLAINCY • Community Service Chaplaincy, Basic level I • Community Service Chaplaincy, Basic Level II • Community Service Chaplaincy, Basic Level III • Disaster Response (CERT) • Specialty courses • Domestic Violence • Clinic and Suicide • Suicide • Specialized Chaplaincy Ministries • Corrections ---PAGE BREAK--- COMMUNITY SERVICE CHAPLAIN TRAINING, BASIC LEVEL I • Training topics • History of chaplaincy • Samaritan mentality • Ethics and privilege • Sensitivity, diversity and inclusiveness • Emergency Service Personnel Profile • Understanding Stress • Understanding PTSD • Critical Incident Stress • Suicide and QPR • Violence Cycle • Death Notifications ---PAGE BREAK--- ---PAGE BREAK--- COMMUNITY CHAPLAINS-EVERYONE HAS A ROLE-BISMARCK • Where the ND chaplaincy program started • Northern Plains Community Chaplaincy • Sam Sayler • Local Pastor • Community Service Chaplain trainer • Member of the ND Cares committee • Law enforcement chaplains • Bismarck and Mandan police departments, Highway Patrol, Burleigh and Morton County Sheriff Departments • Burleigh County Jail • Crisis Response team for the schools and colleges in Bismarck/Mandan area • Death Notifications ---PAGE BREAK--- COMMUNITY CHAPLAINS-EVERYONE HAS A ROLE-MINOT • 2011 Minot flooded • Conducted Chaplaincy training to assist in community outreach. • Chaplain candidates were from the Minot surrounding area as well as Canada • Weeks of follow up with Minot citizens, outreach and community clean-up ---PAGE BREAK--- COMMUNITY CHAPLAINS-EVERYONE HAS A ROLE-DICKINSON • Trained community members in Community Service Chaplaincy Basic Level I • Also trained community members in Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) • Member of ND Cares • Developed the Southwest Disaster Behavioral Health Coalition • Conduct debriefings for community disasters • Develop and disseminate the Mental Health Toolkit • In Development: • Chaplains will follow up with citizens cited and released for several citations • DUI, driving under suspension, simple assault, domestic assault • Mentorship and collaboration with new chaplains ---PAGE BREAK--- COMMUNITY CHAPLAINS-EVERYONE HAS A ROLE-WILLISTON • Heart of the Bakken • Services stretched • Law enforcement and first responders chaplains • Increased the suicide prevention training in this region’s class • Class interests involve • Suicide Prevention • Domestic Violence • Substance Abuse issues • Human Trafficking • Will partner with the Southwest Disaster Behavioral Health Coalition ---PAGE BREAK--- RESOURCES • The International Association of Community Service Chaplains • http://www.tiacsc.com/pc/ro/top/prima-pagina/ • Northern Plains Chaplaincy • http://www.northernplainschaplaincy.org/home.aspx ---PAGE BREAK--- • Micki Savelkoul, MA • Suicide Prevention Program Director • Division of Injury Prevention and Control • North Dakota Department of Health • 600 East Blvd. Ave., Dept. 301 • Bismarck, ND 58505 • Phone: [PHONE REDACTED] • Fax: [PHONE REDACTED] • Email: [EMAIL REDACTED] CONTACT INFORMATION