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Suicide and Self-Harm: Samaritans 'Listener Scheme' Case Study

Name: Suicide and Self-Harm: Samaritans 'Listener Scheme' Case Study
Uploaded: 2016-06-01
Duration: 20 min 58 s
Description: The listener scheme, ran by the Samaritans, is a service to help support people who are struggling to cope with prison life. The Samaritans train prisoners to become "listener volunteers" and provide peer support within prisons. That support can help reduce suicide risk and self-harm within prisons by providing a confidential outlet for prisoners.

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  Scowcroft, E., Sanders, J., & Slade, K. (Practitioners). (2016). Suicide and self-harm: samaritans 'listener scheme' case study [Video]. SAGE Knowledge. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781473988897
  
  Scowcroft, Elizabeth, Jim Sanders, and Karen Slade. "Suicide and Self-Harm: Samaritans 'Listener Scheme' Case Study." In SAGE Video. : SAGE Publications, Ltd., 2016. Video, 00:20:58. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781473988897.
  
  Scowcroft, E., Sanders, J. and Slade, K., 2016. Suicide and Self-Harm: Samaritans 'Listener Scheme' Case Study, SAGE Video. [Streaming Video] London: SAGE Publications Ltd. Available at: <https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781473988897 & gt; [Accessed 24 May 2022].
  
  Scowcroft, Elizabeth, et al. Suicide and Self-Harm: Samaritans 'Listener Scheme' Case Study. Online video clip. SAGE Video. London: SAGE Publications, Ltd., 1 Jun 2016. doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781473988897. 24 May 2022.
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The listener scheme, ran by the Samaritans, is a service to help support people who are struggling to cope with prison life. The Samaritans train prisoners to become "listener volunteers" and provide peer support within prisons. That support can help reduce suicide risk and self-harm within prisons by providing a confidential outlet for prisoners.