Mental Health First Aider Volunteers and TRiM practitioner volunteers

April 20, 2020

The Trust is looking for volunteers to be trained in the coming weeks and months to support each other through the stress and impact of our human response to the Covid 19 pandemic.  Dealing with traumatic events and situations naturally gives rise to feelings of guilt, stress, panic or a reduction in our resilience. This can impact on our health, sleep and relationships at work and at home. The Trust is partnering with ‘March on Stress’ a well known company who have experience supporting individuals dealing with the impact of war and significant events. We are now looking for 3 types of volunteers, from across all professional groups and grades.

1. Volunteers to undertake ‘train the trainer’ sessions during May and June. These people will then train all our front line supervisors in ‘how to have psychologically savvy conversations
2. Mental Health First Aiders – who will undertake half a day’s training (remotely) in May  and will provide more in depth support to colleagues and
3. Volunteers to train as TriM practitioners. This training will take place in June over 2 days (in a socially distanced way) and these practitioners will be required to be released to support colleagues in the coming months and years as we move in to our recovery phase.

Please volunteer your name to Raffaela Goodby, Director of People and OD   r.goodby@nhs.net.

If you are experiencing trauma and need support right now, please use our helpline numbers and visit the Well Being pages on Connect and the My Connect App. There is 24/7 support in place for you and your colleagues.