Jo Dover – Mental Health, Resilience & Wellbeing
Jo is the Director of Jo Dover Consulting, and is a trained trauma and resiliency focused victim support specialist who has extensive experience working with people impacted by conflict, war and terrorism both nationally and internationally. She has provided support and training to victims and survivors of 9/11, Boston, the Northern Ireland ‘Troubles’, terror attacks in the UK (Manchester Arena, London Bridge etc.), as well as for people affected by attacks across Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Africa.
Jo has been providing consultancy services to the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism on victims of terrorism issues since 2018, focusing on victim-centric and trauma informed victim engagement, developing guidance, providing technical assistance to Member States on developing Comprehensive Assistance Plans, and working on the annual International Day of Remembrance of and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism, and the UN Global Congress for Victims of Terrorism. Jo recently joined the UN Office on Drugs and Crime’s Terrorism Prevention Branch to work on projects to strengthen the support to victims of terrorism in Nigeria, Pakistan and Iraq.
In March 2024 Jo became the Project Manager for the European Union Centre of Expertise for Victims of Terrorism (EU CVT), leading on its engagement strategy and developing and delivering training on the needs and rights of victims of terrorism.
Jo is a certified Community Resilience Model (CRM) teacher, teaching communities and organisations wellbeing and peer support skills using a trauma informed/resiliency focused approach in areas of conflict and terrorism. She has recently delivered these courses in the UK, Ireland, Myanmar, Jordan, Iraq and New Zealand with victims of terrorism, emergency responders, investigators and humanitarian aid workers.
Jo is the co-editor of a book (November 2016) about the impact of the Northern Ireland ‘Troubles’ in Britain and co-authored a chapter about her dialogue work between victims and formers in a book on Ireland and Victims (2012). She is also a Member of the International Network Supporting Victims of Terrorism and Mass Violence (INVICTM) and a Board Member and Fellow of the UK Institute of Welfare.
Course Information
Courses can be delivered on a stand-alone basis, and packages can also be tailored for organisations to
meet the particular health and wellbeing needs of their staff, by providing a suite of training to prevent,
intervene or to promote recovery from the effects of mental ill health. Courses can be delivered at your
premises, or at a venue of your choice.
The Human Aspects of Major Incidents
The impact of major incidents on people is far reaching, from the early days after the event, to the medium and long term, and for many years afterwards.
Strengthening Personal Resilience
This programme places personal resilience in the context of the workplace and highlights the influences, techniques and approaches that help individuals develop and sustain personal control and resilience at work.
The Manager’s Role in Resilience
The aim of this programme is to help Managers strengthen their own resilience and to provide them with some approaches to help the resilience of their people.
MHFA Adult Two Day
Become a Mental Health First Aider.
MHFA Adult is an internationally recognised, evidence-based course. The course lasts two days, and can be delivered flexibly to meet your organisation’s needs.
Stress Management and Self Care for Responders
Responding to a critical incident, particularly those that are high profile and life changing for those affected by them, can also impact on the responding community.
MHFA Adult One Day
Become an MHFA Champion.
Based on the MHFA Two Day course, this training has been designed specifically with the workplace in mind. As a one day course, it fits flexibly into training timetables.
MHFA Adult Half Day
Become MHFA Aware.
MHFA Adult Half-Day is an introductory mental health awareness course.
MHFA Youth
Become a Youth Mental Health First Aider.
The Youth Mental Health First Aid course is an internationally recognised course designed specifically for those people that teach, work, live with or care for young people aged 8 to 18 years.
MHFA Armed Forces
Based on the MHFA Adult Two Day course, this training has been tailored to the unique culture and mental health needs of the Armed Forces community.
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