VWSU provides psychosocial support to San Juan North staff

The Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice’s Vic­tim and Wit­ness Sup­port Unit (VW­SU) has pro­vid­ed psy­choso­cial sup­port to staff at San Juan North Sec­ondary School fol­low­ing the as­sault and rob­bery of a teacher on the school com­pound.

The in­ter­ven­tion took place on Mon­day, with 30 mem­bers of staff par­tic­i­pat­ing in a de­brief­ing ses­sion aimed at al­low­ing them to dis­cuss their con­cerns, process the im­pact of the in­ci­dent and ac­cess pro­fes­sion­al psy­choso­cial sup­port.

The ses­sion was con­duct­ed by two VW­SU sub-teams and in­clud­ed mem­bers of the school’s se­nior staff.