CIMA - Crisis Intervention & Management Australasia Information

Crisis Intervention and Management Australasia (CIMA) is a not-for profit foundation dedicated to the prevention, mitigation and effective management of critical incident stress and trauma for personnel in emergency services, police, corrections, health, welfare and related services – providing training and support for workers in managing the impact of disabling psychological stress and trauma in their work. CIMA also provides advocacy and consultancy services to small enterprises seeking help with local workplace incidents as a conduit between these groups and qualified personnel. Our origins go back to the mid 1980s through connection with the American based International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF). Agreement was later reached to adopt much of their training material which is being used by a wide range of major organisations including the United Nations, World Vision International, the US National Fire authority and major international airlines. Formerly known as the Critical Incident Stress Management Foundation of Australia (CISMFA), our name was changed to reflect our broader educational focus over the past two years. CIMA’s main activity is to deliver a range of one and two-day training courses throughout Australia - delivered by a highly qualified group of trainers with extensive professional experience. Our range of courses has grown over the past two years in response to an identified need and includes a new course on Managing Violence in the Workplace and one on Communicating Bad News, which is often traumatic for the deliverer. Of particular interest is a new two day course in Psychological First Aid, developed by renowned expert Dr. Rob Gordon, from experiences and material over more than 25 years of dealing with Australian and International disasters. CIMA hosts a biennial international conference with presentations and workshops from leaders in their field – our 8th conference will be held Nov 30-Dec 1, 2015 in Melbourne.