Essex County Council is hiring a public mental health and suicide prevention officer with an advertised salary of up to £37,357.
The job advert states: ‘Suicide rates in some parts of Essex have historically been higher than the national average, so this role presents a real opportunity for the right candidate to make a difference.’
The successful applicant would work in Colchester and Tendring, where the suicide rates were above the average for England.
The BBC reported that, according to data from the Office of National Statistics, 13.8 people for every 100,000 in Tendring took their life each year between 2019-2021, and 15 per 100,000 in Colchester.
The average figure for England was 10.6 during that period, the BBC said.
The job advert says the mental health officer would support the north east Essex suicide prevention programme, and work alongside with local district and borough councils, Essex police, hospitals and GPs.
‘Essex County Council aspires to become an outcome focussed and evidence-based commissioning authority’, it states.
