Question

what policies relate to debriefing and crisis procdeures in life organisation

Answer 1

Some episodes of intoxication may constitute a critical incident. After a critical event there are certain tasks that you need to complete. Your organisation should have policies and procedures that deal with such events, but generally procedures are as follows:

Contact Manager/Supervisor and debrief

Log actions, incident reports etc.

Debrief with young person (if possible and appropriate) and others who witnessed the event (separately)

Examine your own work practices to check if they may have contributed to the episode.

The debriefing process can also be a helpful learning opportunity to identify what we did well and what we could have done differently. Analysing incident sheets and sharing experiences with others can be a useful team-learning strategy if the process is structured and solution-focused. An analysis of your skills and values can help you to identify and address those areas that you would like to develop further.

At this point you should speak with your facilitator and together assess whether you can:

Describe the principles and models of working with intoxicated young people

Assess the level of intoxication and potential risks

Identify and respond to behaviour or physical state inconsistent with AOD use e.g. mental health issues

Respond to crisis and emergency situations in order to reduce harm to the young person, yourself and others

Monitor and manage intoxicated young people

Implement harm minimisation through brief interventions.