Critical Incident Stress Management

Southwest Ohio Team

 

Membership Criteria

 

 

1.     The following criteria are considered in screening new applications for membership in a CISM Team.

  1. Completed application form
  2. Signed Memo of Understanding
  3. Professional service experience and background 3-5 years experience
  4. Experience as a mental health professional
  5. Training in areas of stress/psychology
  6. Evaluation of reasons for wanting to be on the team
  7. Accessibility for interventions and team activities
  8. Respect and trust of peers
  9. Ability to keep confidences
  10. Ability to express self
  11. Maturity
  12. Sensitivity to others
  13. Ability to work within an established framework
  14. Self identified assets/deficits
  15. Type of professional service represented
  16. Geographic location of candidate

 

2.     Training Requirements - ICISF approved training:

1.     Individual Crisis Intervention and Peer Support

2.     Group Crisis Intervention

3.     Advanced Group Crisis Intervention

4.     School Crisis Intervention A CISM Approach

5.     Additional suggested courses:

a.     Suicide Prevention, Intervention, and Post Vention

b.     Pastoral Crisis Intervention

c.     Healthcare CISM

d.     Line of Duty Death

e.     Psychological Response to Disaster and Terrorism

f.      Psychotraumatology

 

3.     Mental health professionals should have at least an MA in psychology, social work, or a related field, or a MS in Nursing with psychiatric specialty, and employed in one of the following areas:

a.     Social Services

b.     Psychology

c.     Psychiatric nursing

d.     Counseling

e.     Psychiatry

 

4.  Mental health professionals should have specific training and experience in the following:

1.       Crisis intervention

2.       Stress response and stress management

3.       Group process

4.       Directive intervention

5.       Communications skills

6.       Post traumatic stress disorder

7.       Cross training in with appropriate special groups or be willing to obtain this experience

5.  Evaluation of renewal applications include the criteria listed and:

1.               Outcome of Peer Review Board procedures

2.               Past accessibility for interventions and education presentations

3.               Attendance at team meetings

 

Word Document Format:    Membership Criteria.doc

Southwest Ohio Critical Incident Stress Management Team Inc.

P.O. Box 62445

Cincinnati, Ohio 45262-0445

SWOCISM Team 24 hour contact number (800) 212-1322