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Chapter 45 - Case Study 1: Caring for Teams – An Organisation-Wide Approach to Wellbeing, Psychosocial Care, and Mental Healthcare

from Section 5 - Sustaining and Caring for Staff During Emergencies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 January 2024

Richard Williams
Affiliation:
University of South Wales
Verity Kemp
Affiliation:
Independent Health Emergency Planning Consultant
Keith Porter
Affiliation:
University of Birmingham
Tim Healing
Affiliation:
Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London
John Drury
Affiliation:
University of Sussex
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Summary

This case study illustrates approaches to promoting the wellbeing of and initiating psychosocial care to support the mental health of the staff of public sector services in the UK. It focuses on staff who work in emergencies, including in the fire and rescue, police, ambulance, and search and rescue services, often referred to in the UK as the Blue Light services. This case study provides information illustrating what can be done to assist the work of employing organisations to promote the mental health of all employees – that is, senior, middle, junior, general, and professional managers and their staff. It describes important concepts in planning and in delivering interventions.

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Major Incidents, Pandemics and Mental Health
The Psychosocial Aspects of Health Emergencies, Incidents, Disasters and Disease Outbreaks
, pp. 337 - 344
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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