Training relief and aid workers having to work in the highly specialised field of emergencies insures an agency cost-effective and successful outcome of their programmes. For an individual working in insecure environments, this means not only developing professionalism and expertise in their specific fields of intervention, but also knowing how to develop their resilience, resistance to high levels of stress and potentially traumatic events.
Two areas of CHP Training
- Mental Health and Psychosocial Support to victims: relief workers need to train in the new field of humanitarian mental health and psychosocial support to victims of natural disasters and conflicts. This is a offshoot of emergency psychology and needs specialised training.
- Staff welfare in insecure environments, with the objective of helping strengthening aid workers’ levels of resistance to stress and resilience.
Who needs such training?
- Relief workers: they require a minimum of information concerning the psychological risks when working in the field. This may happen as much when working in a development program as in an emergency setting.
- HR or Medical Departments: they are responsible for recruiting staff and providing not only everyday stress monitoring, but also informed support when there has been security incidents.
- Managers and team leaders in the field: they should be able to monitor their team’s level of stress and know how to react and support their colleagues with acute critical incident stress reactions.
- National staff pause challenging issues in terms of psychosocial protection and support. This is an ethical issue for Western agencies who recruit local staff. They also need specialised training in stress management and handling everyday violence.
- Donors need to have more understanding of what is at stake when aid workers cannot fulfil their job because the environment is dangerous and threatening to their mental health.
The CHP Team of Trainers
For every module a consultant attached to the CHP runs the workshop. The consultant is trained in Humanitarian Psychology and reflects the spirit of the organization, with its philosophy and objectives.
Training Format
An interactive learning methodology will be applied throughout the course. Different techniques will be used, including group discussions, role-playing, videos, simulations, questionnaires, evaluations, counseling techniques…
Training material is given on the spot. All the courses are based on a one day workshop format (running from 9am to 5pm, with one hour break for lunch). For a two day workshop, the fees are simply doubled…
Course fees
All the courses are based on a one day workshop format (running from 9am to 5pm, with one hour break for lunch). For a two day workshop, the fees are simply doubled…
Fees for one day are as follows:
- Agencies, NGOs: CHF300 / € 200
- Individuals: CHF 225 / € 150
For more information
Email to: info@humanitarian-psy.org - mentioning the title of Training module in the Subject window
or call +41 (0) 22 800 21 15
or fax +41 (0)22 800 21 16
