Traumaclinic
offers 24-hour assistance for people needing help with
recovery from any kind of personal or work-related traumatic
experience.
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It consists of a national
network of 200 practitioners specially trained in trauma
support.
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Access to this day/night
standby service is through our emergency 24-hour nationwide
traumaline: 084 944 9444.
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We offer face-to-face emergency
support in all the main centres of the country, but can
reach anyone telephonically.
Our
Goal
To promote the recovery of trauma
victims by
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providing professional
support to assist with the post-trauma recovery process
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optimising support structures
to facilitative successful recovery
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early identification of persons
at risk of developing complications in their recovery,
and
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initiating immediate interventions
where treatment is indicated.
Mission
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We are committed
to providing an effective and professionally accountable
support service to anyone affected by trauma. We strive
to make this emergency support service accessible and
affordable to as wide a population as possible
Other
Trauma-related Services
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Apart from
post-trauma support traumaClinic provides training in
trauma counselling and other trauma-related topics to
management and staff in industry, as well as professionals
working in the field.
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Our staff provides voluntary
services in various NGO’s and community organisations
on an on-going basis.
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In particular traumaClinic
is committed to assisting the professional development
of persons from previously disadvantaged communities
through providing internships, training and bursaries.
Competencies
and Accomplishments
Longstanding
Experience in the Field of Trauma Support traumaClinic
is made up of a network of professionally qualified and specially
trained psychologists and counsellors who offer counselling
and support to people affected by personal or work-related
trauma. The experience of these professionals in dealing with
personal trauma as well as work-related trauma in most sectors
of commerce and industry spans a period of more than 20 years.
Client
Profile
In addition
to the large number of private clients served by traumaClinic
over the past ten years of its existence, we have built up
an extensive list of clients from fields such as the security,
retail, petroleum, media, insurance, banking and health industries.
This growing list of client organisations and institutions
which have benefited from our services includes:
ABSA
Ackermans
ADT
Afrox Occupational Health
Auto & General
BPB Gypsum
Caltex
City Of Cape Town
Discovery Health
Eastern Cape Dept of Health
Ellerines
Engen
Eskom
Foschini Group
Henderson Risk Limited (Bath, U.K.)
i’Sentials
Media24
Mondipac
Murray & Roberts
Nedcor
Netcare911
Penny Pinchers
Pick‘n Pay
Provincial Administration of Gauteng: Dept. of Health
Provincial Administration W. Cape: Depts. of Education,
Health and Tourism
Provincial Admnistration of KwaZulu-Natal: Dept. of Health
Road Accident Fund
Shell
Shoprite Checkers
Shoprite Checkers/Usave
Standard Bank
Suremed
Tiger Brands
Tiger Foods
University of Cape Town
University of the Western Cape
Vodacom
Woolworths
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Through the provision
of emergency psychological services traumaClinic works
hand in hand with with Netcare 911 who provide emergency
medical services.
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All Vodacom subscribers -
a population exceeding 11 million - have free access to
our emergency support services.
