Phelps Health’s Employee Support Team: forYOU

The forYOU Team is a multidisciplinary group of Phelps Health employees who have been selected and trained in crisis support and stress management. A member of the forYOU Team is available to employees who need support and guidance while experiencing a normal reaction to a stressful event or outcome, also called “second victim.” The forYOU Team helps to increase institutional awareness of the second victim phenomenon, provide consistent and targeted system-wide guidance and support of the second victim and provide additional resources for the management team to effectively support second victims.

The forYOU Team will:

• Provide “emotional first aid” to our staff who have been involved in unanticipated or stressful events
• Provide one-on-one or group peer support and explore the staff member’s normal reactions and feelings that often occur after a stressful or traumatic event
• Provide the second victim with a “safe zone” to express thoughts and reactions to enhance coping
• Provide the employee assurance that they are experiencing a normal reaction
• Ensure that information shared is strictly confidential

Referral forms can be emailed to foryou@phelpshealth.org or submitted electronically here. 

_{This program has been adapted from MU Health Care.}