Optimalisasi Kompetensi Pendamping Psikososial Penyintas Bencana Melalui Workshop Psychological First Aid Bagi Relawan Rumah Zakat Action

Abstract

Indonesia is in the ring of fire area, making Indonesia very vulnerable to natural disasters. These disasters cause conflicts and traumatic conditions that have the potential to have a psychological impact on individuals or groups. Psychosocial support, known as psychological first aid (PFA), is really needed by those affected by disasters. In order to support the effectiveness and efficiency of psychosocial assistance in the form of PFA, the readiness and capacity of the volunteers involved is required. Increasing the capacity of psychosocial assistants can be done through workshops for providing psychological first aid. This psychological first aid workshop activity not only prepares psychosocial assistants to handle individuals directly affected by disasters, but also to work in teams. The aim of this service is to increase the competency of psychosocial assistants in disaster situations through psychological first aid workshops for volunteers at Rumah Zakat Action, South Sulawesi Province. This service is carried out based on a module that has been designed based on the results of a needs analysis. The activity stages are pretest, opening activity, PFA material, role play, discussion, post test and closing. Based on the results of the evaluation that has been carried out, it can be seen that there has been an increase in participants' understanding through psychological first aid.