Local Government Training
& Agency Training

VCC Emergencies Ministry has been delivering a training program titled “Introduction to Personal Support” to Local Government staff for over 10 years.  

Introduction to Personal Support – LGA

This course provides an introduction to personal support and facilitating self-recovery following an emergency. It will provide you with the opportunity to learn simple, safe ways to support those affected by emergency events, your colleagues and yourself. It will cover how stress and critical incidents affect us, and how we can be better prepared to work through these challenging times and come through well. Intro to Personal support training was developed by VCC EM in conjunction with the NW Metro collaboration of councils and has recently had a full refresh.

Target audience:  Emergency Management staff & volunteers of Local Government Agencies (LGA)

Purpose & Objectives:

To Understand:

  • Individual and community affect following disaster
  • Recovery and the Victorian Psychosocial Recovery framework
  • Psychological reaction to stress and trauma
  • The importance of role clarity
  • The importance of self care

Components include:

  • Victorian Psychosocial Framework
  • Personal Support within the Recovery Framework
  • Impact of trauma on affected persons
  • Principles of Recovery
  • Skills to support recovery
  • Psychological First Aid
  • Self Care

Delivery is 5 hours face to face .

Local Government – Self Care in the Workplace 

This program is heavily underpinned by Self Care & care of immediate work colleague

Target audience: LGA workers not involved in Emergency management eg Local Laws Officers, Customer Service Officers, Parking Inspectors etc

Purpose & Objectives:

To understand:

  • Impact of stress and trauma
  • Stress reactions
  • Supportive skills
  • Psychological First Aid
  • The importance of self care

Components include:

  • Psychological and neurological impacts of stress
  • Different forms of stress
  • Reactions to stress
  • Loss and grief
  • Skills to support
  • Psychological First Aid
  • Self awareness
  • Self management
  • Self care

Delivery is 3-4 hour face to face session.

Introduction to Personal Support – Community 

Target audience: Community Leaders working with community

Purpose & Objectives:

To understand:

  • Stress reactions
  • Psychological First Aid
  • The importance of self care

Components include:

  • Impact of stress and trauma on affected persons
  • Understanding stress
  • Skills to support recovery
  • Psychological First Aid
  • Self care

Delivery is 3.5 hours face to face.

Supporter Strategies

A short 2 hour program targeted at those working with affected persons, farmers in particular.

Why Use VCC EM

VCC EM has been working in the Emergency Management space providing support to communities following emergencies and disasters for over 40 years.  All our trainers have significant first hand experience in EM settings such as Relief Centres, community outreach, SIA’s etc.

Agency Training 

VCC EM has adapted this package and produced other packages that have been delivered to community members as well as agencies such as RFDS and legacy.

For more information about organising training to be run for your council or agency please contact the VCC EM office via 7037 6010 or info@vccem.org.au 

(This training is offered on a fee for service basis)


 

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