CST 101
The original name of CST before the new CST mission change.
What is the Crisis Support Team?
An event that causes a lot of stress.
What is a traumatic event?
A signed agreement between a selected off-site shelter and BOP.
What is an MOU?
Two CST staff members (local &/or regional) make rounds every 8-12 hours.
What is a pair?
Obtain emergency contact information from this department.
What is Human Resources?
What is wellness?
What is PTSD?
A place to ensure that family and close friends of staff have a place to shelter or get information in there is a crisis.
What is a safe haven?
The contents of conversations with staff are not allowed to be disclosed.
What is confidentiality?
What is the Chaplain?
The physical, mental and emotional toll of working in corrections.
What is burnout?
An approach that can benefit anyone impacted by psychological trauma.
What is Psychological First Aid?
What is High Level?
The term for strengthening relationships and building trust.
What is rapport?
An expression of sympathy, especially on the occasion of a death.
An evidence-informed self-care and peer support model.
Stress First Aid
What is the Warden?
This CST member has a higher bar for reporting when in doubt about confidentiality.
What is the CST Psychologist?
a phrase that is overused or may portray insincerity
What is cliche?
A CST team with additional responsibilities that respond to large-scale, long-term incidents.
What is the Regional CST?
The first principle of Psychological First Aid that ensures the removal of an actual or perceived threat.
What is Safety?
When the FSC is activated, a communication plan is established and reported to an entity.
What is the Command Center?
The first 72 hours after an incident, the CST identifies immediate needs of staff.
What is the Initial Response?
An established group to include someone trained in notifications or someone who had a working relationship with the person.
What is a notification team?