DOMAIN 1: RESILIENCE-BUILDING, STAFF HEALTH, AND WELLNESS

Item 13

To what extent does your staff have regular access to a mental health consultant?

Strategies:

• Seek support from staff mental health consultants or mental health partners in the community. These community partners and mental health consultants can be called on to provide STS education and/or support to staff as appropriate. For example, mental health consultants who help staff with difficult cases could also be available to staff for consultation related to STS. Another example could be a staff therapist providing regular individual or group processing sessions for forensic interviewers.

Identifying Workplace Supports for Staff

It can be helpful to create a map of workplace supports, such as an Employee Assistance Program and mental health benefits, with details on how staff can access these supports. This could be a 1-2 page resource list that is shared with all staff.

Reducing Stigma

Recognize that there may be stigma related to seeking help and/or mental health services. They therefore should strive to normalize and promote the benefits of the use of these services. Leaders and supervisors can do this by role modeling (using the services themselves and sharing their experience with staff) and by normalizing that taking care of our mental health is just as important as taking care of our physical health.

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