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Immediate help
Call 000 if an emergency – police, fire, ambulance
Government schools
- Call your Education Director.
- SWISS 8314 4100.
SWISS is the Social Work Incident Support Service (Department for Education login required). - Employee Psychological Services on 8226 0744.
Catholic and Independent schools
- Call your organisation’s chief executive.
- headspace Schools in SA: 0448 381 280.
First 24 hours
- CAHMS Connect: 1300 222 647.
- Police assistance: 131 444.
Days 2 and 3
Counselling for staff
- Department for Education: Employee Psychological Services on 8226 0744.
- Catholic Education SA and Association of Independent Schools of SA:
ACCESS – confidential counselling 1300 66 77 00.
Media liaison
- Department for Education: Media Liaison Officer: 8226 7990.
- Catholic Education SA: Media Liaison Catholic Communications: 8210 8147.
- Association of Independent Schools SA: Chief Executive: 8179 1400.
Now and later
- Lifeline: 13 11 14.
- Suicide Call Back Service: 1300 659 467.
- Alcohol and Drug Information Service: 1300 13 1340.
- Ascend Suicide Intervention Program (Centacare): 8303 6660.
Mental health
- www.beyou.edu.au
- www.youthbeyondblue.com
- www.wch.sa.gov.au/services/az/divisions/mentalhealth/traumainf/index.html
- www.headspace.org.au
- schools.au.reachout.com
Sector-specific resources
- Department for Education
Child protection policies and guidelines - Catholic Education SA
Safe environments for all - policies and publications - Association of Independent Schools of SA
Child protection (login required)