Trauma - Post Incident Support Staff
Date: 24 September 2010
Duration: One Day
Duration: 10am-4.30pm
Held at: ROCC, Fairways House, Mount Pleasant Road, Southampton, SO14 0QB
Suitable for: All managers and supervisors who have responsibility for supporting staff after an incident at work.
Course Aims and Objectives
To help prepare managers to respond appropriately to staff in the immediate aftermath of an incident (e.g. an assault, a suicide, an allegation). By the end of the course participants should:
- Have a good understanding of the psychological and emotional needs of staff following an incident at work
- How to prepare themselves in anticipation of an untoward incident at work
- Be clear as their own role in the immediate aftermath of incident
Trainers for this course
Dr Ian Bourne
Has worked in mental health since 1979 – in both psychiatric and voluntary agencies. He was principal training consultant for The Richmond Fellowship for nine years before starting his own independent training company which specialises in suicide and self harm, trauma and dangerous behaviour.