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The NOSP works closely with the HSE Resource Officers for Suicide Prevention

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NOSP Team

Catherine Brogan

Currently Acting Director for the National Office for Suicide Prevention and National Specialist Planner in Mental Health. Her background is as a nurse having qualified in both Intellectual Disability and Mental Health. She has worked as a Development Officer with Mental Health Ireland, a National Voluntary Organisation supporting people with mental health difficulties and their families and in promoting mental health. Catherine was also the Resource Officer for Suicide & Mental Health Promotion for 5 years (HSE). She has completed a Hdip in Health Promotion in NUI Galway, Certified Project Manager and Events Manager and is a Trained Trainer in the ASIST Programme (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training).

In a voluntary capacity Catherine co-ordinates a support service for those bereaved including those bereaved by suicide which is now 10 years in existence. She is also a Director with the Celbridge Mental Health Housing Association & Alcohol Action Ireland which is the only NGO on Alcohol in Ireland.
Contact details:
Tel: (01) 6352179

Susan Kenny

Susan Kenny is Training and Development Officer for the National Office for suicide prevention and is responsible for the development of training and education programmes around suicide prevention and mental health nationally. Susan worked as a community dietitian and nutrition lecturer before joining the health promotion department of HSE/Dublin North East in 2003 where she has been responsible for devising local strategies to reduce alcohol related problems in line with the DOHC Strategic Task Force Reports on Alcohol. Her role involved the formation of effective alcohol policies and training programmes across a range of population subgroups and community settings. She is a member of the national HSE Alcohol Implementation Committee. Susan completed her M.Sc. in Community Health from TCD in 2001 and is currently undertaking a B.BS in Healthcare management.
Contact details:
Tel: 041 6850671

Anne Callanan
Anne Callanan is the Assistant Research & Resource Officer with the NOSP. Her responsibilities include the national co-ordination of the ASIST training programme and the management of the national data on deaths by suicide. Previous research experience include examining the health service needs of homeless men and examining alcohol consumption levels of the general population. Anne completed her Master's in Health Psychology in 1996 and is currently training in psychotherapy.
Contact details:
Tel: 091 775388

Paula Forrest
Paula Forrest joined the NOSP team in November 2010 as the Senior Executive Officer. Prior to this Paula worked in Children's Disabilty Services and High Support Residential Care within the HSE. This followed many years working in Northern Ireland and Scotland, primarily in the areas of mental health, youth work, addiction and homelessness. Her responsibilities include the development, review and monitoring of service arrangements and grant aid agreements with all NOSP funded agencies and administration of the budget. Contact Details:
Contact details:
National Office for Suicide Prevention,
Health Promotion Department,
St. Brigid's,
Ardee Co. Louth.
Tel: 041 6860712

Reach Out Strategy - National Implementation Group

The National Office for Suicide Prevention is currently formulating a Reach Out Strategy National Implementation Group to help oversee and evaluate the actions from the Reach Out Strategy. Further updates will be provided in due course.