Here are some of the helpful and practical things that carers have told us they find helpful: Get organised Planning is key to reducing the number of decisions you have to make. Try to do this in as many areas of your life as possible to minimise...
“A carer is anyone, including children and adults who look after a family member, partner or friend who needs help because of their illness, frailty, disability, a mental health problem or an addiction and cannot cope without their support. The care they give is unpaid”...
At KRTS International, we’re passionate about reaching as many people as possible with effective trauma solutions. One of the ways we do this is through collaboration with specialist employee assistance programmes such as Health Assured who deliver our digital PTSD programme KRTS Power to Recover®. This week’s...
Trauma is a global issue. We only need to listen to the news to see distressing and shocking images of natural and man-made disasters, war-torn regions and displaced people, quite apart from the traumatic events that impact less widely but more frequently. At KRTS International, we’ve...
Children do not always have the words or ability to convey how they are feeling or reacting to a traumatic event. They may “regress” to behave more like a younger child with bedwetting, nightmares and fears of the dark or of being left alone. Adolescent children...
A major incident is a large-scale Psychological Critical Incident (PCI)* with the capacity to directly affect the psychological wellbeing of large numbers of people. For workplace trauma, as well as providing substantial exposure to traumatic material, major incidents usually require longer, more demanding shifts and therefore...
Following a traumatic (or critical) incident, many organisations will bring in external professionals to conduct a Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD) as part of their support processes for those involved. However, it’s not unusual for people who have been invited to attend to feel concerned...
When looking at a clear rationale for intervention, It is important to consider exactly what you are trying to achieve by implementing a crisis or trauma support programme. There may be things that the organisation is seeking to improve, address or change. Each organisation will...
The procedure following a critical incident can be very briefly simplified into three stages each requiring its own detailed process. Developing procedures and resources include the following: Identification of critical incident and those in need of support: Managers are the obvious choice for doing this...
The larger the organisation the more potential stakeholders there will be to consult with. In the real world, we often see change being driven either from a grassroots level or from the top-down, but different agendas and priorities may cause disengagement or conflict. It’s really all...