Mission Statement:
Provide a ministry of presence to public safety personnel and their families and provide crisis intervention and spiritual support for residents of San Mateo County.
Purpose
The purpose of the SMCC is to provide training for qualified individuals to serve as volunteer Chaplains with our Public Safety personnel to serve people impacted by critical incidents such as accidents, fire, death and crime. The training SMCC provides also equips Chaplains to provide counsel and spiritual support to Law Enforcement Officers, Firefighters and Dispatchers.
These volunteer chaplains will respond to the scene of critical incidents when requested by any police officer or Firefighter to serve the people involved. The services provided to the residents will include grief support, referral to appropriated community resources and to provide critical incident stress management to decrease the future impact of the traumatic event.
San Mateo County Chaplaincy (SMCC) will provide training to clergy and other qualified volunteers in the areas of:
Death Notification and grief support
Critical Incident Stress Management
Ethics, Policies and Procedures for on-scene presence Compassion Fatigue
Line of Duty Death Protocols
Agencies Served by SMCC:
San Mateo County Sheriff Department
Redwood City Police Department
Atherton Police Department