Restore: Improving Reviews and Responses to Suicide
A Restorative Just Culture (Dekker, 2016) approach to suicide-related incidents (Turner et al, 2020; Turner et al, 2022) engages the people most impacted to identify human hurts and needs while providing a path toward healing and growth through learning and improvement. A restorative, just, and learning culture is better for families, clinicians, and organizations when it comes to incident postvention and post-traumatic growth. Restore provides leaders with a trusted network for collaboration with other external organizations working to build a more restorative, just, and learning culture.
Leaders and organizations across various sectors can find value in the Restore program with it being particularly beneficial to leaders in primary health, mental health, youth services, alcohol, and other drugs services, police, and military settings.
Shifting from “what went wrong?” to “who has been hurt?’
There are three key areas of benefits of using Restore to implement the review and response processes of a Restorative Just and Learning Culture?
Better for Families
The perspectives of loved ones of the person involved in the incident are heard so their feedback on what went wrong can feed directly into the recommendations. It’s an open-facilitated conversation where the organization steps through the care that was provided to their loved one, what they learned, and what will change.
Better for Clinicians
Impacted staff are brought into the conversation and the process also acknowledges the systemic factors that might have contributed to the incident.
Better for Organizations
The recommendations developed through the process are more specific and of better quality. Also, by having impacted individuals involved in the process towards improvement, they feel a part of it and have an investment in rolling it out.
Equip Yourself with Restore's Resources
Alongside a network of contacts, Restore provides leaders access to a range of educational resources developed in partnership with and featuring subject matter experts pioneering the approach. Learn from their research and experiences, and find out how you can put it into practice.
Network of Leaders
Once accepted, leaders join monthly meetings with others in the Restore network who are at various stages of leading change in their organizations. Each member also receives access to resources to learn and then educate and advocate for change within their organizations towards a more Restorative and Just Learning Culture.
Comprehensive Learning
Restore gives you access to live, interactive education, self-paced modules, and materials that prepare you to confidently lead using a Restorative Just and Learning Culture approach.
Collaborative Tools
Benefit from a curated and growing library of resources for you to choose from, which includes an educational video library, PowerPoint slides and talking notes for presentations, introductory eLearning modules to educate your teams, and other resources.
Evidence Informing Restore
Restore resources have been developed in partnership with international leaders and features videos and content that draws directly from their influential work.
Restorative Just Culture Outcomes
Transforming Healthcare: Humanizing Harm for Healing
Addressing Inconvenient Truths in Suicide Prevention: A Call for a Restorative Just Culture
Frequently Asked Questions
Get answers to your most pressing questions about joining Restore.
Restore provides leaders with a network for collaboration with other external organizations working to build a more restorative, just, and learning culture. Alongside a suite of educational resources, monthly working meetings supported by each other and subject matter experts will be a space to share progress, unblock issues, and plan the next steps.
Leaders and organizations across various sectors, including primary health, mental health, youth services, alcohol and other drugs services, police, and military settings, can find value in the Restore Program.
Unlike traditional models that often focus on what went wrong leading to feelings of blame, Restorative Just and Learning Culture encourages exploring the needs of those affected by incidents and fostering an environment of healing, learning, and improvement.
Once accepted, leaders join monthly meetings with others in the Restore network who are at various stages of leading change in their organizations. Each member also receives access to resources to learn and then educate and advocate for change within their organizations towards a more Restorative and Just Learning Culture. This curated and growing library of resources for you to choose from and customize includes an educational video library, PowerPoint slides and talking notes for presentations, introductory eLearning modules to educate your teams and other resources.
Restore’s resources have been developed in partnership with health services that have led the way in changing their culture. We have been fortunate to have many voices informing these resources which include the perspectives of the families affected, clinicians who have experienced the review process, and service leaders and executives who are committed to bringing about a Restorative Just and Learning Culture.
Find out how to start your journey
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