UKHOMISHANA uLisa Townsend usenxuse ukuthi kuqwashiswe kabanzi ngezinselelo zempilo yengqondo ezibhekene namaphoyisa nabasebenzi.
Ekuvakasheni ku I-Police Care yase-UK indlunkulu eWoking, Lisa uthe kuningi okumele kwenziwe ukuxhasa abasebenzi bamaphoyisa ezweni lonke, kulo lonke umsebenzi wabo nangale kwalokho.
Kuza ngemuva kokuthi umbiko othunyelwe yinhlangano esiza abantulayo uveze ukuthi cishe oyedwa kwabahlanu kwalabo abasebenza namaphoyisa e-UK bahlushwa yi-post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - izikhathi ezine kuya kweziyisihlanu izinga elibonwa emphakathini jikelele.
Inhlangano njengamanje yeseka isilinganiso samacala ayi-140 ngenyanga avela kulo lonke elase-UK, futhi isilethe izikhathi zokwelulekwa eziyi-5,200.
Iphinde ixhase ngezimali ukwesekwa kwezokwelapha lapho kungenzeka khona, okuhlanganisa nokuhlola okujulile kokwelapha okuhlala amasonto amabili, okutholakala kuphela ngeminyango yezempilo yasemsebenzini. Kubantu abayi-18 abeze kulesi sikhungo kuze kube manje, amaphesenti angama-94 akwazile ukubuyela emsebenzini.
Bonke abazohambela umshayeli wendiza kuze kube manje batholakale benabo i-PTSD eyinkimbinkimbi, okubangelwa ukuhlukumezeka okuphindaphindiwe noma isikhathi eside ngokuphambene nesipiliyoni esisodwa esibuhlungu.
I-Police Care UK isekela umphakathi wamaphoyisa kanye nemindeni yawo ngokunikeza usizo oluyimfihlo, lwamahhala, ngokugxila ngokukhethekile kulabo abaye bashiya inkonzo noma abasengozini yokunqanyulwa komsebenzi wabo ngenxa yokulimala kwengqondo noma ngokomzimba.
Lisa, ngubani ukuhola kuzwelonke kwezempilo yengqondo kanye nokugcinwa kwe-Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC), yathi: “Mhlawumbe akumangazi ukuthi amaphoyisa nezisebenzi zisengozini enkulu yokuba nezinkinga zempilo yengqondo kunomuntu ovamile.
“Njengengxenye yosuku lwabo lokusebenza, abaningi bazobhekana ngokuphindaphindiwe nezimo ezimbi ngempela, njengokushayisana kwezimoto, ukuhlukunyezwa kwezingane nobugebengu obunobudlova.
Ukusekelwa kwabaswele
“Lokhu kuyiqiniso nakubasebenzi bamaphoyisa, okuhlanganisa nababambe izingcingo abakhuluma nalabo abadinga usizo ngokushesha kanye ama-PCSO asebenza eduze nemiphakathi yethu.
“Ngaphezu kwalokho, kumele futhi siqaphele ukuthi impilo yengqondo enkulu engaba nemindeni.
“Inhlalakahle yalabo abasebenza namaphoyisa aseSurrey ibaluleke kakhulu, kimina nakumina Isikhulu sethu esisha uConstable Tim De Meyer. Kuvunyelwene ngokuthi indlela 'yamaphosta ne-potpourri' empilweni yengqondo ayifanele, futhi kufanele senze konke esingakwenza ukuze sisekele labo abanikela kakhulu kubahlali baseSurrey.
“Kungakho nginxusa noma ngubani odinga usizo ukuba afune usizo, kungaba ngokwamandla akhe ngokuhlinzekwa kwe-EAP noma ngokuthintana nePolice Care UK. Ukushiya umbutho wamaphoyisa akusona isithiyo ekutholeni ukunakekelwa nosizo - inhlangano esiza abantulayo izosebenzisana nanoma ngubani othole ukulimala ngenxa yeqhaza lakhe lobuphoyisa.”
I-Police Care UK idinga ukusekelwa ngokwezimali, neminikelo yamukelwe ngokubonga.
'Iphupho elibi ngempela'
Isikhulu esiphezulu uGill Scott-Moore uthe: “Ukubhekana nezinkinga zempilo yengqondo njengoba ziphakama kungasindisa amasosha amakhulu ezinkulungwane zamaphawundi minyaka yonke.
“Isibonelo, izindleko zokuthatha umhlalaphansi ngenxa yokugula zingafinyelela ku-£100,000, kanti inkambo yokwelulekwa okujulile yomuntu othintekile ayishibhile nje kuphela, kodwa ingase ibavumele ukuthi babuyele emsebenzini wesikhathi esigcwele.
“Lapho umuntu ephoqeleka ukuthi athathe umhlalaphansi ngaphambi kwesikhathi, kungaba nomthelela omkhulu oqhubekayo empilweni yakhe yengqondo nasenhlalakahleni.
“Siyazi ukuthi ukwesekwa okufanele kungakha amandla okumelana nokuhlukumezeka, kunciphise ukulova ngenxa yokugula futhi kwenze umehluko wangempela emindenini. Inhloso yethu wukuqwashisa ngomthelela wesikhathi eside nokusiza labo abasidinga kakhulu.”
Ukuze uthole ulwazi olwengeziwe, noma uthinte Police Care UK, vakashela policecare.org.uk