The First Responder Assistance Network will provide professional counseling and therapy to all police officers, firefighters, emergency medical technicians and dispatch center workers.
First responders know how to care for each other, to be sure, like these folks mourning fallen Mount Holly Springs firefighter Jerome Guise in 2020. But sometimes, the strains of the job require professional help. A new Cumberland County program aims to provide it. March 10, 2020. Dan Gleiter | [email protected] a first responder is not for the faint of heart. Never has been.
That’s due to the First Responder Assistance Network, a new county-funded program intended to provide occupation-specific, professional counseling and therapy to all police officers, firefighters, emergency medical technicians and dispatch center workers who - after a particularly bad situation, or an accumulation of bad situations - signal that they need someone to lean on for a bit.
The Cumberland program, which is eligible on a free and confidential basis to all volunteer or professional first responders, is being offered through State College-based first responder counseling service “On The Job And Off,” which has specifically educated counselors on the ins and out of the emergency services practices.
The First Responders Assistance Program provides support that could touch on any variety of problems, including stress, depression, anxiety, grief, eating disorders, gambling, substance use, and more. It also Includes crisis intervention and group debriefings for departments and clear paths to in-patient mental health or substance use treatment.
Snyder praised the county commissioners for agreeing to this enhancement of the existing program, which he said is a huge benefit in a county as diverse as Cumberland.
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