News item | 18-03-2025 | 18:30
Professionals in the front line receive better care and aftercare in the event of major events
From today, the Psychosocial Support Directive within High-Risic Boeken is available. On March 18, 2025, Minister of Justice and Security David van Weel officially received the Directive.
This revised guideline offers employers and organizations concrete tools to better support employees in high-risk calls after major events. The guideline has been developed to promote sustainable employability and to prevent stress -related complaints or psychotrauma as much as possible.
Why this guideline?
Police officers, firefighters, ambulance personnel, defense staff and other professionals in high-risk borous calls are regularly confronted with threat, aggression, violence and human suffering during their work. These intense experiences can have a major impact on their well -being and functioning. Timely and targeted psychosocial support is essential to prevent complaints and to let employees do their work safely and healthy.
To improve this support, the Task Force has commissioned our care providers Safe ARQ Knowledge Center Impact of disasters and crises to revise the guideline. This happened in close collaboration with representatives from different high-risk calls
A broad cooperation for a safe working environment
The revised guideline is based on the latest scientific insights and practical experiences from the field. This makes it a current and evidence-based quality standard, which has been endorsed and embedded in existing laws and regulations by a broad representation of professionals.
Pieter Verhoeve, chairman of the Task Force Our care providers Safe: “Employees in high-risk calls are committed to our safety on a daily basis. That is why it is of great importance that they themselves also get the right support, both preventively and in the aftercare after incidents. This guideline helps employers to organize this properly.”
Fieke Bruggeman-EVERTS, project leader Arq, emphasizes the importance of continuous cooperation: “With this guideline, employers can optimize their processes for psychosocial support. For example, we ensure that employees do not continue to walk around unseen with complaints. It is also crucial to maintain the exchange of knowledge, so that we can further improve reception and aftercare.”
What does this mean for employers?
The directive offers employers in high-risk calls a concrete guideline for:
- Setting up effective psychosocial support within organizations
- Recognizing and identifying psychosocial complaints among employees
- Improving care and aftercare after major events
- Strengthening preventive measures to reduce work failure
With the implementation of the guideline, organizations are taking an important step in promoting safe and healthy working within high-risk soups.
Want to know more?
The Psychosocial Support Directive within High Risk Professions is available from today.