Team Member Job Description

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Team Member

Job Summary: Provides an organized approach to the management of stress and responses of emergency service workers having been exposed to, or showing signs of, traumatic stress experienced in the line of duty.

Accountability:

  1. Responds to calls from the team debriefing coordinators and, in collaboration with the assigned mental health worker and team members, provides an established debriefing process at the incident location, or subsequent, to incident, in a defined meeting place.
  2. Offers encouragement and support to affected emergency service workers who request a debriefing. May make recommendations to the Mental Health Professional regarding follow -up to the well-being of affected workers.
  3. As per team protocol, completes the required records of activities. This includes records of expenses incurred during debriefings and total hours engaged in debriefings or training activities. The Mental Health Professional will take the lead and will complete the debriefing report within 72 hours. The senior peer will assume responsibility for completing this report if assigned.
  4. Delivers in-house educational programs as needed and approved by the outreach and training coordinator. Promotes the benefits of critical incident stress debriefings.
  5. Serves as assigned, or volunteered, on the team’s sub-committees.
  6. May write articles or provide relevant information to CISM Team Newsletter Editor.
  7. Maintains strict confidentiality regarding debriefings held, including topics discussed and personnel involved. Any breach of confidentiality will result in immediate removal of the individual from the team and program.

Minimum Qualifications:

  1. Emergency service worker in good standing with their agency, or with the approval of the executive board. This could include retired personnel.
  2. Complete orientation training and participate in the annual training and other required training sessions as summarized in By-Laws Article 2.
  3. Ability to volunteer a flexible number of hours needed for support activities, i.e., subcommittee member, data research, in-house educator, etc.