Projeto Erasmus+ PROTECT
The project aims at achieving holistic results in approach to the individual, which will improve Mental Health and Life Quality of the Law Enforcement operatives and a general increased well-being in organizational terms, the improvement of skills in managing stress reductors and the enhancement of knowledge on identifying those stressors and use the correct strategies to reduce high levels of suffering and preventing illness. These results are based in the principles of inclusion and tolerance and transcend the tangible results of the project. The project PROTECT aims at: Enhancing life quality of Law Enforcement agents; Promoting inclusion and equity in Law Enforcement agents regarding access to training programs; Enhancing self-strategies to manage stressors in the performance of their professional activity; Augment the agents health knowledge and behaviors; Developing VET tailored answers, related to real needs and in job necessities.
In order to contribute to the up stated goals, the project PROTECT will address four training modules aimed at improving Law Enforcement skills on managing stressors to well-being and reducing psychosocial risks and its impact:
1. Emergency Stress Reduction.
2. Strategies for Normative Mourning.
3. Healthy Phasing-Out.
4. Work-Life Balance.
Regarding tangible Results we will achieve four training programs each one leading to a Training Manual, in the areas already above stated: 1. Emergency Stress Reduction; 2. Strategies for Normative Mourning; 3. Healthy Phasing-Out; 4. Work-Life Balance. The integration of these training programs in the regular training practices of the institutions will guarantee sustainability.