Kalinga social workers, offices train for psychological first aid

Tabuk City, Kalinga – The Provincial Local Government Unit of Kalinga will no longer have to request for service providers on psychological first aid from outside with the reorganization of the Kalinga Psychosocial Processing Team.

As part of the reorganization, social workers and other offices concerned undergo a 3-day Psychological First Aid and Psychosocial Processing training at the Davidson Hotel from April 5 – 7, 2022.

In an interview with Judith Puday, Social Welfare Officer IV at the Kalinga Provincial Social Welfare Development Office, she mentioned that those who were trained for psychological first aid in the province have already retired which is why they were seeking for service providers from outside to attend to those in need of psychological intervention.

With this, Kalinga Provincial Social Welfare Officer Rosemaritez Oyawon initiated the training in order to reactivate the Kalinga Psychosocial Processing Team which compose of the PSWD, Philippine National Police, Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office, Non-government organizations, and the social workers from the academe.

“Initiative iti province daytoy kasi siyempre diay ngay kasla rising diay need tayo, nu kastoy a disasters ket awan ngay iti ready nga available a trained a mapan mangted iti psychological first aid after disasters,” Puday said, citing that these disasters include the death of a loved one and the victims of unfortunate circumstances and accidents.

Puday further said that included in the training are the social workers from the different municipalities in Kalinga so that they could also organize a municipal psychosocial processing team in their places and that the province will only augment if there are requests.

Meantime, the 3-day Psychological First Aid and Psychosocial Processing training has also a Continuing Professional Development units.

In his Facebook post, Governor Ferdinand B. Tubban lauded the move and said that one of the priorities of the province is health, which includes mental health. Tubban said it is important to capacitate workers in this area so they become a positive force to help the community.

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