If you are currently looking to improve or would like to start a Peer Support training course within your department, Chaplains International peer Support training for responders provides support for Firefighters, law enforcement officers, emergency medical services (EMS) personnel, and other first responders and disaster responders. Includes reflective listening and other types of emotional support, as well as helping with response after a critical incident. Chaplains International Peer support can help responders cope, lower stigma, and build team cohesion. Responders understand stressors their peers face as others may not. Peers can model healthy behaviors and share information about sources of support.

• Selecting the right peer support teammates
• Coordinating & managing team members
  • Supervising
  • Scheduling
  • Assigning roles
  • Finding strengths & weaknesses
  • Promoting teamwork
  • Team & individual resiliency
  • Sharing the load
  • Self-care
• Earning team & leadership respect
• Getting leadership support
• Networking & connecting with outside resources.
• Mental health fundamentals
• Crisis / suicide intervention
• Trauma on the job
• Anxiety, Stress & Burnout
• Depression
• Earning peer respect
• Group & individual debriefing (Post-Action Strategic Debriefing)
• Networking & connecting with other peer support teams and leaders.
• Teammate self-care & accountability
• Duties & roles of a peer support team (Crisis, Connection, Care & Camaraderie)
• Boundaries & limitations
• What to do when you don’t know what to do