Heartbeat of Humanity
Heartbeat of Humanity is a podcast about mental health and psychosocial support. The podcast is mainly for staff and volunteers in the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement, especially staff and volunteers working in mental health and psychosocial support services. The podcast is produced by the Psychosocial Centre, an IFRC reference centre providing service to the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement. The Psychosocial Centre assists in facilitating mental health and psychosocial support, promotes psychosocial wellbeing for affected groups, staff and volunteers, and increases awareness of psychological reactions in times of crisis or social disruption.
Heartbeat of Humanity
Basic Psychosocial Support across Sectors
In this episode of Heartbeat of Humanity, IFRC Psychosocial Centre Communications Officer Jesper Guhle interviews Sarah Davidson, Head of Psychosocial & Mental Health at British Red Cross, and Sarah Harrison, Technical Team Lead in the IFRC Psychosocial Centre.
Sarah and Sarah are co-leading one of the five working groups within the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement implementing the Movement's MHPSS commitments. Working Group one dedicated to Basic Psychosocial Support across Sectors.
Working group one have put together resources and produced spreadsheets as part of their work. Some of the products created are: Assessment Monitoring Tools and Preparedness Plans, Resources Challenging Mental Health Stigma and Mapping of Basic PSS Training Courses.
In the podcast, the MHPSS Framework is mentioned several times. Find more information about the MHPSS Famework here: https://pscentre.org/what-we-do/movement-resource-room-mhpss-policy-and-resolution/the-mhpss-framework/
You can also find more information about the work of implementing the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement Roadmap, Resolution and Policy on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support on the PS Centre website: https://pscentre.org/what-we-do/movement-resource-room-mhpss-policy-and-resolution/