Professional Wellness in Victim Services
Intersection of professional role, ethics, and wellness in victim services. Learn strategies and resources for promoting professional well-being in challenging situations. Real-life scenarios highlight the importance of ethical standards and maintaining clear roles in providing support to victims.
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Learning Objectives 1 Define professional wellness. 2 Discuss the intersection of professional role, ethics, and wellness. Identify personal strategies and agency-supported resources that promote professional wellness. 3
Professional Role Making the Connection Professional Ethics Professional Wellness
Professional Role Victim Services as a developing profession Responsibility to maintain clear roles
Role Intersections Peer Support [role description] [intersection with Victim Services] Chaplain Program [role description] [intersection with Victim Services] Critical Incident Response Team [role description] [intersection with Victim Services] Mental Health Co-Response Team [role description] [intersection with Victim Services]
Officer Robertson responded to a scene with two vehicles involved in a crash. A pickup occupied by an adult male failed to stop at a red light and hit a car occupied by an adult female and a child. The driver of the pickup was unconscious, smelled strongly of alcohol, and multiple beer cans were observed in his vehicle. The driver of the car had multiple cuts on her face and arm. The child in the car was obviously deceased. Officer Robertson requested EMS and Medical Examiner response. A death notification will need to be made.
Professional Ethics Standards of conduct Competent & responsible practice Exploitation protection Reputation of profession
Code of Ethics Law Enforcement Code of Ethics Victim Services Code of Ethics [Agency Code of Ethics] [Agency Victim Services Code of Ethics]
Investigator Rashid was assigned to a sexual assault case involving an adult female victim. Investigator Rashid asked the victim services specialist to contact the victim, coordinate a time for an interview at the precinct, and convince her to pursue charges. During contact with the victim, she relayed that her boss is the suspect s friend. The victim expressed concerns about asking for time off for the interview and getting fired once her boss found out about the investigation. She is the only working adult in her home and needs her job to support her two children and her mother.
Professional Wellness Healthy environment Effective & collaborative relationships High-quality performance
Professional Wellness Resources Agency-supported Employee Assistance Program Insurance Carrier Providers Leave Policies Adequate and Discipline-Specific Supervision Peer Support and Debriefings Personal Friends and Family Faith Community Hobbies and Wellness Activities Colleagues Online Resources/Apps
A victim services specialist is assigned to provide response and services to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault cases in addition to on-call response one week of each month. A colleague was recently diagnosed with COVID-19 and a return- to-work date is unclear. The victim services specialist was assigned additional responsibilities of response and services to homicide co- victims and two additional on-call weeks in the next three months. The victim services specialist has no prior experience with homicide co-victims. The first on-call week since these new responsibilities involved a response to a homicide involving three family members.
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