All employers have a duty of care to put in place measures
to reduce the risk of staff being impacted psychically and psychologically in their
line of work, this can most commonly be done physically with the use of risk
assessments for Display Screen Equipment (DSE) or through physical protection
(PPE).
What about psychologically?
How can we monitor and put in place something to assist with the identification
of the exposure to traumatic material or events as a result of an employees’
role?
Many organisations are now looking to develop an in-house
trauma screening programme to assist with this, including referral pathways to
support and treatment. This type of health surveillance is become more common
for the following roles
Emergency services first responders
Emergency services call handlers
Journalists
Film and TV documentary roles
Social workers
Those in the legal profession
Carers and Care workers
Medical professionals
At Blue Light Trauma Services, we can look at how you can
develop an inhouse screening programme to provide health monitoring to be able
to look after your staff, we can work with existing Occupational Health services
to inform best practice including
How screening would work
What screening tools to use
Clinical cut offs
What treatment to access and where
Latest clinical guidance
How to introduce screening in a positive way
Guidance documents including FAQ’s and guidance for managers and HR
Contact us to find out more, or to see if trauma screening is something your organisation needs to consider