Workplace Trauma Support: Myth or Reality?
Date: Thursday 23rd May 2024
This session will provide an overview of current provision for workplace trauma support for first responders in the UK and abroad. It will aim to look at various recommendations made over the past two decades, best practice, why initiatives fail and what organisations can do to support their staff in real terms.
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Stephen Regel, Hon. Professor, Centre for Trauma, Resilience an Growth, School of Education, University of Nottingham,
Stephen founded the Centre for Trauma, Resilience and Growth (CTRG) in 1998 and was the Clinical Lead for a specialist NHS trauma service. Over the past four decades he has worked with a wide range of trauma survivors, including first responders. Between 2004 -2021 he was a member of the British Red Cross Psychosocial Support Team, supporting UK nationals affected by major incidents abroad. He has been training professionals in Peer Support & CISM for over three decades, having worked with the UNHCR in Kosovo after the NATO invasion and the International Red Cross Peer Support initiative between 2006-2017. He developed the British Red Cross Peer Support programme for the emergency and crisis teams. He continues to provide training in Peer Support for a range of agencies and emergency services, nationally and internationally and has published on workplace trauma support. He has a small pro bono clinical practice working with individuals and families affected by traumatic loss. To preserve what remained of his sanity, he recently retired from the NHS after over 50 years.