LE/PS Workplace Support and Development
Peer Team Policy Development
Establish program goals and practices to define parameters and address common concerns, such as confidentiality for Critical Incident Stress Management Team/Peer Team Policy Development.
Guidance in Peer Team Program Launch
Stake Holders: Management champions and department leadership
Selection/Deselecting Team
Team Coordinators
Team members
- Prevention Liaisons
- Intervention Counselors
- CISM or PFA
Marketing Plan to ensure personnel have a clear understanding of the available resources
Focus Group - Utilize current or previous peers for buy-in and support
- Include command staff as advocates
Training and Workshop Course Development
- Town-wide Pre-Crisis Training
- Peer Team – ICISF Coordination
- Critical Incident Strategic Planning
- Activation and Deployment Process – Table Top Workshop
- Peer team ethics
- Role conflict
- Limits and Liability; Confidentiality
- Supervisory Mental Health Awareness
- Listening and Attending Skills
- De-escalation skills: Psychological CPR and PFA
- Cultural and Diversity Issues within the Scope of Service
- Peer Wellness, Stress Management, Resilience, and Self-Care
- Grief Management
- Debriefing the Debriefers
- Suicide Assessment and Prevention Training: Provided by the Police Psychologist
- Organizational Stress and Communication
- Operating within the CISM system