Suicide Prevention

The guides in this section cover three key areas

Awareness

Enabling workplaces to create open, supportive cultures. This includes tackling stigma and myths, understanding risk factors, developing the right language and recognizing the warning signs that someone may be struggling.

Intervention

What to do if someone is at risk. It covers how to ask about suicide directly, how to respond appropriately, how to develop policies and safety plans and how to manage confidentiality and care in the moment.

Support after a suicide

Guidance on caring for those bereaved or affected. This includes advice for line managers and HR, planning for return to work and how to communicate with care, confidence and consistency.

Suicide and the workplace – A practical first steps guide

This step-by-step guide is designed for people affected by suicide and assists organisations to act with clarity, confidence and care in a manageable and realistic way.

It has been developed to help organisations of all sizes gain:

a clear understanding of why suicide is a workplace issue
practical actions to take and adopt straight away
advice on adapting these steps for smaller organisations and freelancers.

This guide complements the BSI Suicide and the workplace – Intervention, prevention and support publication (scroll below to access).

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Suicide and the workplace – Intervention, prevention and support for people affected by suicide

This guide is the UK’s first workplace standard dedicated to suicide, helping organisations to take practical, informed action.

It summarises measures that organisations can take for suicide prevention, intervention and support for those affected by suicide, along with guidance on creating and sustaining safe, supportive work environments, where people can thrive and survive in life and through crises.