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Start Time & Date: |
16/05/2024, 8:30 am |
End Time & Date: |
16/05/2024, 12:00 pm |
Contact Info: |
Venue: PED Building, Gold Coast University Hospital, Hospital Boulevard, Southport GCPHN Events Team |
Working in disaster management requires you to work in a storm: literally and figuratively. The nature of working in emergency and disaster response and recovery is volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous. Large workloads and stories of harm can be distressing to workers. Alongside these pressures, the action/reaction/inaction of organisations and their leaders often adds to the pressure.
This session details the overlap between trauma exposure and organisational stressors by exploring the research on ‘moral injury’ and then provide employees with tools to keep working in literal and organisational storms whilst not losing your sense of worth and identity.
Speaker: Mark Layson – Chaplain, NSW Ambulance
Rev Dr Mark Layson CESM MAIES has served as a sworn police officer, full-time firefighter, paramedic chaplain and currently works as the NSW Operations Manager for the Disaster Recovery Chaplaincy Network. Alongside almost 25 years frontline disaster and emergency experience, he has completed doctoral research on moral injury in Australian first responders. He has presented his research across Australian and internationally, and regularly consults with first responder organisations to help them create systemic responses to improve staff wellbeing in ways that align with psychosocial risk regulations.
The session includes a networking lunch (catering provided).
Parking: Car park facilities next door to hospital. There is also paid parking available at Southport Sharks parking.
This project is jointly funded by the Australian and Queensland Governments under the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements.
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