Working with refugees and torture survivors: help for the helpers

Shackman, Jane and Reynolds, Jill (1996). Working with refugees and torture survivors: help for the helpers. In: Heller, Tom; Reynolds, Jill; Gomm, Roger; Muston, Rosemary and Pattison, Stephen eds. Mental Health Matters: A Reader. Basingstoke: Macmillan/Palgrave, pp. 355–363.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-25209-1_44

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Abstract

We look in this article at the needs of people working with asylum-seekers and refugees in the UK, drawing on our experience with different refugee agencies over the last 15 years in reception-centre work, training, supervision and programme evaluation. We examine the nature of work with refugees and what kinds of stress workers experience. We suggest that workers need some balance between giving and getting support and consider how organisations can help.

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• Item ORO ID
• 20085
• Item Type
• Book Section
• ISBN
• 0-333-67848-6, 978-0-333-67848-0
• Keywords
• stress; refugee; distress; vicarious traumatisation; organisation; help; supervision; training
• Academic Unit or School
• Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS) > Health, Wellbeing and Social Care
  Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS)
• Copyright Holders
• © 1996 The Open University
• Depositing User
• Jill Reynolds