TRAUMATIC INCIDENCE RESPONSE PLAN
Rationale:
To provide the
staff with clear concise guidelines for dealing with any traumatic incident which affects the school, its staff, the pupils, or their direct
families.
Guidelines:
Traumatic Incident Management Team:
Principal, Senior Staff, BOT Chair or delegate
Staff who hear
of a death or very serious injury involving students, their family, or staff
members (including families), should contact one of the above team.
Crisis Management Team’s Initial Tasks:
·
Contact
other team members and arrange meeting
·
Collect
necessary information – family, police, others involved
·
Write
the message to give all staff
·
Contact
staff
·
Develop
plan for informing students (note some staff are very uncomfortable with
telling students)
- which students - individuals
- what group
limitations
- message
- who delivers the message
·
Class
teachers of victims – notify – do they need extra information? Support
·
Support
Structure for Students – Consider class support person to attend classes, if
necessary
· Guidance Team – Co-ordinated by Principal/D.P.
Who will be available within the school?
Any
other person deemed necessary
·
Organise regular meetings of guidance personnel
·
Identify
students at risk – by history – relationship to victim/s
·
Media:
All media requests to be handled by the Principal
·
Contact
with family: Who makes initial contact? On going contact
Short Term Plan:
·
Memorial
Plan for attending public
service
Suitability of school
memorial
Demarcation of
responsibility of school/family
· Target
Students
Guidance team to
identify students most distressed / at risk
Revise strategies according
to needs
Monitor attendance
·
Long Term Plan
Things to consider:
·
At risk students
·
Grieving
students
·
Student
education
·
Teacher
Education
·
Parent
education
Contact Numbers of Resource Professionals
and Groups:
Specialist Education Services
Phone: 2182442
Address:
Email: sessouth@ses.org.nz
Fax: 2182171
Local Medical Centre
Contact person: Dr Fernando
Phone: 2158333
Address:
Mental Health Services
Acute Assessment Team
Contact person: Invercargill Mental Health Team (over 18)
Phone: 2145786
All the calls – out
of hours
Youth Mental Health Services
CAFS
Phone: 2145783
After hours: Emergency Social Work only (2146580)
CYP&F Service (DSW)
Phone: 2146580
Address:
Community Support Agencies and Resource
People:
Parish Priest Fr Chris O’Neill Ph 2168466
Cultural Advisers and Support People
Contact person: Selwyn Henry
Phone: 2182197
Address: Youth for Christ
Contact
person: Rarotongan
Ana and Teri Gillett
Other:
Contact person: Arieta Kerr
Phone: 2141729
Address: Samoan Advisory Council /
Ashburn Hall
Contact person: Tim McKerror
Victim Support
Contact: Police – Don Wisely
Phone: 2110400
Public Health Resource People (eg. Nurse)
Phone: 2145773
Address:
Child and Family Services
Contact person: PSS Diana Halstead
Phone 21866140