Staying Well Service Wellbeing Support

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Wellbeing Support/Counselling in person for individuals Lot 1: Dumfries and Galloway Council Justice Social Work Programme Delivery Team employees are delivering complex and challenging programmes to male sexual offenders and male domestic abuse perpetrators as well as support services to female victims of domestic violence. This work presents staff with demanding, difficult and potentially distressing interactions with individuals whose behaviour has been harmful to their victims and the discussion of which can be disturbing for staff. The cumulative effect upon staff, which allied to other factors, may result in an increase in work related pressure and can lead to stress. These accredited behaviour change programmes and the victim support service requires the local authority, as the employer, to provide staff with access to independent counselling to help manage the risk of any vicarious trauma they might experience as a result of undertaking this kind of work. The Service The Service Provider will: · Deliver individual in person counselling sessions that will reflect on the individual’s personal safety plan · Deliver up to 3/4 sessions per year to the identified staff group, amounting in total to 60 - 70 sessions in the year. Services must be delivered in person and will be within Dumfries and Galloway