Humanitarian Policy & Practice Committee

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Staff Care

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Resources and Links

ISSUE

Staff Care refers to self-care techniques and institutional responses to stress among humanitarian workers in particularly difficult and stressful environments.

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS

Monday Developments: The Importance of Staff Care
In the September issue of Monday Developments, we highlight low-cost and high-impact options to improve staff retention and the completion of assignments, and decrease the costs associated with frequent staff turnover.

IASC Guidelines on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings
These guidelines enable humanitarian actors to plan, establish and coordinate minimum responses to protect people’s well-being in the midst of an emergency.

EPN Nairobi 2008: Staff Care Simulation
A collaborative effort, focusing on how better to prepare and train managers in staff care with the aim of recognising weakness and empowering managers in this area.

NGO Staff Well-being in the Darfur Region of Sudan & Eastern Chad
An InterAction-commissioned assessment on the adequacy of policies and programs currently in place to support the well-being of humanitarian staff in Sudan and Chad.

WORKING GROUP

Staff Care
NEXT MEETING: Wed., Jan. 7 10:30a-12p
RSVP: Jillian Robbins

RESOURCES

Psychosocial.org

Headington Institute

Antares Foundation

Emergency Personnel Network

Aid Workers Network

Road to Resilence (APA)

RELATED DOCUMENTS

Monday Developments: Staff Care (6.2MB| Adobe Acrobat (pdf))

IASC Guidelines on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings (816KB| Adobe Acrobat (pdf))

Joint Statement of the World Psychiatric Association and the World Health Organization of the Role of Psychiatrists in Disaster

Understanding and addressing staff turnover in humanitarian agencies (676.6KB| Adobe Acrobat (pdf))

Managing Stress in Humanitarian Aid Workers: The Role of the Organization (53KB| Microsoft PowerPoint)

Managing the Stress of Humanitarian Emergencies (566.2KB| Adobe Acrobat (pdf))

Selection, training, and support of relief workers: an occupational health issue (392.4KB| Adobe Acrobat (pdf))