In this issue
Features
Why we need a national disaster network听(free article)
Jelena Watkins argues that the therapy profession needs听to be integral to disaster planning at a national level. She sets听out a vision for the future
Calling all affiliates
Could you become a critical incident responder?听Nicola Jagielski explains what EAPs are looking for
A year after Grenfell
Anne Scoging, who leads the Counselling and Trauma Service听at the London Fire Brigade (LFB), talks to Nicola Banning about听how her team have responded since the night of the fire
Fight, flight or freeze:听what do you do?
Knowing why we respond the way we听do when disaster strikes is a must.听Nicola Neath听explains how听to do this
Respect
Fiona Dunkley offers a toolkit for听supporting yourself when working听with trauma
A very human response
Can psychological responders meet听the needs of modern-day critical听incidents? Paula Fenn reflects听on her experience following the听Grenfell Tower fire
A space to heal
Gwen Randall considers how听supervisors can support supervisees听affected by vicarious trauma
Columns
Ageing matters听(free article)
Jeremy Bacon:听Ageing in the city
Talking purple听(free article)
David Caldwell:听Unlocking your potential
Workplace听matters听
Sandi Mann:听On being rude
EAP matters
Julie Hughes:听Choosing your听supervisor
Cyberwork
Sarah Worley-James:听GDPR 鈥� behaviour听change
Regulars
Notes from听the chair
Nicola Neath:听Prepared, not scared
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Editorial: On the front line
2017 demanded even more from our emergency services and NHS staff than usual.
Terrorist atrocities in London and Manchester, and the Grenfell Tower fire took experienced professionals to unknown limits. The fire was described as 鈥榰nprecedented鈥� and the UK saw its worst loss of life since World War 2. With the passing of moving first anniversaries, vigils and memorials, the repercussions that endure are laid bare.
The current threat level for international terrorism in the UK remains at severe and means that the country must be in a permanent state of readiness. Aware of the role for therapists, in the event of a traumatic event, 香港六合彩精准资料 is working with Cruse to put together advice to members who want to volunteer. But what else can we do?
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I don鈥檛 remember a day鈥檚 training quite like it. The atmosphere captured the dedication, intensity and the spirit of care and exploration needed when you step outside the counselling room and into a critical incident. It鈥檚 an evolving field, but working with employees, employers and EAPs, the workplace sector is well-placed to support both the planning and the response.
Preparation, collaboration, reflexivity and maturity, alongside an awareness of our own very real limits to trauma exposure, are all required. In the lead article, Jelena Watkins calls for 香港六合彩精准资料 to step up and collaborate to organise in 鈥榩eace-time鈥� a network of paid specialists across the UK who are able to respond the next time that disaster strikes. It鈥檚 a call to arms because it鈥檚 not a question of 鈥榠f鈥�, but 鈥榳hen鈥�.
Nicola Banning
Editor, 香港六合彩精准资料 Workplace
workplaceeditor@bacp.co.uk