Chapter 3 – Personnel, Training, and Employee Relations

33050.4.6 Peer Support Team Members

• Employee volunteers who serve as PST members serve at-will, therefore the member can resign or the PST Administrator can remove a member, for cause, from the PST without notice. Peer support services may occur on or off-duty. PST members do not maintain paid on-call status, therefore; PST members are not eligible for on-call or call-back compensation when providing PST services. Overtime is only authorized upon approval from their Hiring Authority.

  • PST members shall:

    • Sign and adhere to the Peer Support confidentiality participation agreement and adhere to all policy and procedures.

    • Provide confidential peer support services to the affected employee(s) at the request of either the individual employee, the referral by the employee’s supervisor, the Hiring Authority, or the PST Leaders.

    • Attend and successfully complete training as required in DOMDepartment Operations Manual section 31040.4.12.

    • In accordance with DOMDepartment Operations Manual section 31040.4, and without negating their assigned classification, make themselves available to provide peer support services when approached by employees for peer support.

    • Attend meetings as requested by the PST Administrator, PST Leader, or Statewide PSP Coordinator.

    • Assist in the facilitation of training requested by the PST Administrator or PST Leaders.

    • Adhere to the OEW PSP Manual.

    • Be willing to manage time effectively for minimal impact on primary classification duties.

    • Maintain satisfactory performance evaluations.

    • Notify the PST Leaders of potential conflict of interest/ or roles when providing peer support to individuals who they work with, directly or indirectly supervise, or have a personal relationship with.

    • Record incidents into the PSP SharePoint site as soon as feasible but not to exceed three calendar days after the call out occurred.