Secondary Traumatic Stress Informed-Organizational Assessment (STSI-OA) Survey

1.Agency(Required.)

3.Q1 b The organization promotes resilience-building activities that enhance monitoring the impact of STS on professional well-being.

4.Q1 c The organization promotes resilience-building activities that enhance maintaining positive focus on the core mission for which the organization exists.

5.Q1 d The organization promotes resilience-building activities that enhance a sense of hope (e.g., a belief in a clients' potential for trauma recovery, healing and growth.

6.Q1 e The organization promotes resilience-building activities that enhance specific skills that enhance a workers sense of professional competency.

7.Q1 f The organization promotes resilience-building activities that enhance strong peer support among staff, supervisors and staff and/or outside consultants.

8.Q1 g The organization promotes resilience-building activities that enhance healthy coping strategies to deal with the psychological demands of he job.

9.Q2 a To what degree does the organization promote a sense of safety? The organization protects the physical safety of staff using strategies or techniques to reduce risk (e.g. panic buttons, security alarms, multiple staff, etc.)

10.Q2 b To what degree does the organization promote a sense of safety? Staff in the organization are encouraged to not share graphic details of trauma stories unnecessarily with co-workers.

11.Q2 c To what degree does the organization promote a sense of safety? Periodically, the organization conducts a safety survey or forum that assesses worker perceptions of psychological safety.

12.Q2 d To what degree does the organization promote a sense of safety? Periodically, the organization conducts a safety survey or forum that assess worker perceptions of physical safety.

13.Q2 e To what degree does the organization promote a sense of safety? Organizational leaders manage risk appropriately and protect workers as much as possible from dangerous clients and/or situations.

14.Q2 f To what degree does the organization promote a sense of safety? The organization provides training on how to manage potentially dangerous situations (e.g., angry clients).

15.Q2 g To what degree does the organization promote a sense of safety? The organization has a defined protocol for how to respond to staff when critical incidents occur.

16.Q3 a How STS-informed are organizational policies? The organization has defined procedures to promote resilience-building in staff (e.g. self-care workshops)

17.Q3 b How STS-informed are organizational policies? The organization has defined practices addressing the physical safety of staff.

18.Q3 c How STS-informed are organizational policies? The organization has defined practices addressing the psychological safety of staff.

19.Q3 d How STS-informed are organizational policies? The organization's strategic plan addresses ways to enhance staff resiliency.

20.Q3 e How STS-informed are organizational policies? The organization's strategic plan addresses ways to enhance staff safety.

21.Q3 f How STS-informed are organizational policies? The organization has a risk management policy in place to provide interventions to those who report high levels of STS.

22.Q4 a How STS-informed are the practices of leaders (executive directors, CEO's, COO's, administration, etc..)? Leadership actively encourages self care.

23.Q4 b How STS-informed are the practices of leaders (executive directors, CEO's, COO's, administration, etc..)? Leadership models good self-care.

24.Q4 c How STS-informed are the practices of leaders (executive directors, CEO's, COO's, administration, etc..)? Staff provides input to leaders on ways the organization can improve its policies and practices regarding STS.

25.Q4 d How STS-informed are the practices of leaders (executive directors, CEO's, COO's, administration, etc..)? Supervisors promote safety and resilience to STS by routinely-attending to the risks and signs of STS.

26.Q4 e How STS-informed are the practices of leaders (executive directors, CEO's, COO's, administration, etc..)? Supervisors address STS by referring those with high levels of disturbance to trained mental health professionals.

27.Q4 f How STS-informed are the practices of leaders (executive directors, CEO's, COO's, administration, etc..)? Supervisors promote safety and resilience to STS by offering consistent supervision that includes discussion of the effect of the work on the worker.

28.Q4 g How STS-informed are the practices of leaders (executive directors, CEO's, COO's, administration, etc..)? Supervisors promote safety and resilience to STS by offering additional supervision during times of high risk for STS

29.Q4 h How STS-informed are the practices of leaders (executive directors, CEO's, COO's, administration, etc..)? Supervisors promotes safety and resilience to STS by intentionally managing caseloads and case assignments with the dose of indirect trauma exposure in mind

30.Q4 i How STS-informed are the practices of leaders (executive directors, CEO's, COO's, administration, etc..)? Leadership responds to STS as an occupational hazard and not a weakness.

31.Q5 a How STS-informed are other organizational practices? The organization provides formal training's on ways to enhance psychological safety?

32.Q5 b How STS-informed are other organizational practices? The organization provides formal trainings on enhancing resilience to STS

33.Q5 c How STS-informed are other organizational practices? The organization offers activities (besides trainings) that promote resilience to STS

34.Q5 d How STS-informed are other organizational practices? The organization discusses STS during new employee orientation

35.Q5 e How STS-informed are other organizational practices? The organization has regular opportunities to provide team and peer support to individuals with high levels of exposure

36.Q5 f How STS-informed are other organizational practices? The organization provides release time to allow employees to attend trainings focused on resilience building or STS management

37.Q6 a How well does the organization evaluate and monitor STS policies and practices? The organization assesses the level of STS in the workplace

38.Q6 b How well does the organization evaluate and monitor STS policies and practices? The organization routinely monitors workforce trends (e.g. attrition, absenteeism) that may signify a lack of safety or an increase in STS

39.Q6 c How well does the organization evaluate and monitor STS policies and practices? The organization responds to what it learns through evaluation, monitoring and/or feedback in ways that promote safety and resilience

40.Q6 d How well does the organization evaluate and monitor STS policies and practices? The organization routinely seeks feedback from the workforce regarding psychosocial trends that may signify an increase in STS (e.g. increased conflict, social isolation)

41.Q7 What is your gender?

female

male

43.Q9 Within which of the following services systems do you do the majority of your work with traumatized clients?

Other (please specify)