Investigation of Cases Under Prevention of Corruption Act 1.
UNDER INVESTIGATION
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GreenWood Mentors Ltd Support Anger Being under investigation has been described as death by 1,000 arrows Those under investigation are often dealing with several agencies at once: the professional organisation, the employer and perhaps even the police. They are on the defensive and required to report on events that may have happened years ago. They have a strong sense of injustice at being placed in a position of shame and being unable to communicate with colleagues who are also friends. After investigation is over, anger is often the emotion that lasts the longest and can permanently damage the person’s enjoyment and sense of meaning in their work as well as loyalty to the employer. Performance at work is affected as anger is demotivating and the individual becomes risk averse. 1 Contact www.greenwoodmentors.com Professionals identify with role • When a doctor, nurse, lawyer or other professional is under investigation they lose their role and become vulnerable to despair. 28 medics under investigation by the GMC committed suicide or suspected suicide between 2005 and 2013 • http://cms.pulsetoday.co.uk/uploads/ 2014/12/18/a/s/r/Internal-review-into- suicide-in-FTP-processes----FINAL- EMBARGOED.pdf Depression • Depressed mood or even clinical depression increases risk of suicide attempts. Depression comes from loss of role, meaning the person no longer has work on which to focus and endless time to ruminate on their situation Shame • Those in professional life are usually proud of their work and contribution, and hold considerable status and reputation. When this is publicly questioned they naturally experience shame, guilty or not. Shame is a powerful emotion and often intolerable Under Investigation: when a professional is suspended
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Anger Being under investigation has been described as death by 1,000 arrows!Those under investigation are often dealing with several agencies at once: the professional organisation, the employer and perhaps even the police. They are on the defensive and required to report on events that may have happened years ago. They have a strong sense of injustice at being placed in a position of shame and being unable to communicate with colleagues who are also friends. After investigation is over, anger is often the emotion that lasts the longest and can permanently damage the person’s enjoyment and sense of meaning in their work as well as loyalty to the employer. Performance at work is affected as anger is demotivating and the individual becomes risk averse.
�1Contact www.greenwoodmentors.com
Professionals identify with role
• When a doctor, nurse, lawyer or other professional is under investigation they lose their role and become vulnerable to despair. 28 medics under investigation by the GMC committed suicide or suspected suicide between 2005 and 2013
• http://cms.pulsetoday.co.uk/uploads/2014/12/18/a/s/r/Internal-review-into-suicide-in-FTP-processes----FINAL-EMBARGOED.pdf
Depression
• Depressed mood or even clinical depression increases risk of suicide attempts. Depression comes from loss of role, meaning the person no longer has work on which to focus and endless time to ruminate on their situation
Shame
• Those in professional life are usually proud of their work and contribution, and hold considerable status and reputation. When this is publicly questioned they naturally experience shame, guilty or not. Shame is a powerful emotion and often intolerable
Under Investigation: when a professional is suspended !
Reducing risk
Know the signs
• train your people in how to relate skilfully with those under threat
how you interact with those under investigation has a dramatic effect on their experience
• build in formal and informal risk screening
use evidence-based screening to monitor ongoing risk
• target your support
different people at different times will be high risk: stay near; increase intensity of support with increased risk
Protect your people
• emotional resilience training
provide basic training in how to survive situations of reduced status and reduced perceived respect
• accessible non-shaming individual support
provide mentoring from independent experts for those under investigation
• repair the damage
afterwards people remain angry, distrustful and demotivated-fix this
Provide support reduce risk"!• skilful relating"
• screening"
• target support"
• repair the damage"
•contact us at
www.greenwoodmentors.com"
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