Fire and Rescue personnel develop their skills at Northumbria
Five personnel from Tyne and Wear Fire & Rescue Service have received awards from Northumbria University following training on how to help other crew members cope with the aftermath of attending traumatic incidents. |
The Professional Practice in the Context of Trauma Support in Fire & Rescue Services certificates were presented to five members of the Trauma Support Team within the Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Services.
The Trauma Support Team provides a service for personnel following attendance at potentially traumatic incidents.
Working within Northumbria University’s School of Health, Community and Education Studies, the team members participated in a work-based learning programme to achieve their qualification. The programme is the result of a unique tri-partite arrangement between the School of Health, Community and Education Studies at Northumbria University, Tyne & Wear Fire and Rescue Service, and the Newcastle Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Centre
Garth Rhodes, Head of the Flexible Learning Centre, in the School of Health, Community and Education Studies, said: “Work-based Learning programmes are becoming increasingly important as a vehicle to enable individuals to gain academic credit and qualifications through developing their personal and professional repertoire of skills and knowledge, and also as a mechanism to improve organisational practice.
“Utilising the University’s work-based learning framework, the bespoke programme incorporates the necessary practical skills required to carry out trauma support as well as the theoretical and structural underpinnings essential for providing a successful service.”
A second cohort of Trauma Support Team members is currently studying for the recently validated Professional Practice Award (PPA) programme, which provides the opportunity to undertake negotiated work-based study at an individually appropriate academic level.
Date posted: September 8, 2009
