This webinar empowers clinicians to provide more effective treatment services to fire fighters, paramedics and emergency dispatchers through cultural competency.
Treating Fire Service Professionals: Cultural Competency for Clinicians
Estimated watch time: 1 hr 35 mins
Available credits: none
Objectives and Summary:
In this community education webinar for mental health clinicians and other community partners, Molly Jones, LSW, Clinical Coordinator at the IAFF Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health Treatment and Recovery, helps empower clinicians to increase cultural competency in the fire service and provide more effective treatment services to fire fighters, paramedics and emergency dispatchers.
She includes information about day-to-day life at the firehouse and the potential impact of aspects of the job on well-being, such as exposure to trauma, shift schedules and mental health stigma.
After watching her presentation, the viewer will be able to:
- Common behavioral health issues experienced by fire service members
- Substance abuse trends among this unique population of professionals
- Treatment techniques that have proved successful at the Center
