Belgian Red Cross , French speaking Community

Who is responsible for psychosocial support (PSS)?

The Psychosocial Emergency Assistance Unit (Sisu)

Contact for PSS

Phone: +32-2-371 34 23

Fax: +32-2-347 36 67

e-mail: sisu@redcross-fr.be

Website of the national society or PSS

http://www.croix-rouge.be

http://www.redcross.be/

Field of psychosocial support at the moment

• Technical domain: Crisis psychology and victimology
• Contexts:
  • major incidents
  • Workplace violence and accidents
  • International projects
  • European projects
  • Public Minstries

• Scope of activities:
  • Training, information
  • Crisis management  
  • Psychosocial support
  • Psychological help / therapy
  • Professional advices for organizations where it is needed.

For 2008 we’ll manage 23 PPS projects.

Some examples:

• EURESTE (http://www.eureste.org) Promotion of EU resources for victims of terrorism
• To help various cies to integrate PSS aspects in their Business continuity Planing & Disaster plans
• Training of internal resources in risks’ contexts (councilor of the EU, NATO, Prisons, …)
• Supporting BRC volunteers through an institutional project
• ...