FOI 351-2025 / Mar 2025 / Welfare officer
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 351-2025
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 24th March 2025.
Please find the Warwickshire Police response set out below.
Response:
Q1. Whether Warwickshire Police Force provides Trauma Risk Management (TRiM) training to staff? If so, since which date/year?
Q1 response: Warwickshire Police do not use TRiM, therefore our response is no information held.
Q2. Annual expenditure on TRiM training between 2018 and 2024 (or since this began, if later).
Q2 response: Not applicable.
Q3. How much does TRiM training cost per person?
Q3 response: Not applicable.
Q4. Is TRiM training delivered in-house, or by an external provider?
Q4 response: Not applicable.
Q5. If available, provide an annual breakdown of the number of qualified mental health first aiders for staff employed by Warwickshire Police Force between 2015 and present; if this is not available, or would exceed the permitted cost limit, please disclose the current number of qualified mental health first aiders.
Q5 response: There are currently 101 trained Mental Health First Aiders, made up of both civilian staff and officers.
Q6. What training do these mental health first aiders receive?
Q6 response: A 2-day course.
Q7. How much does it cost to train an officer/staff member in mental health first aid?
Q7 response: This training is delivered in house.
Q8. Does Warwickshire Police Force utilise a Welfare Liaison Officer scheme to provide support to staff?
Q8 response: No.
Q9. If yes, please provide an annual breakdown of the number of Welfare Liaison Officers Warwickshire Police Force has had between 2015 and present; if this is not available, or would exceed the permitted cost limit, please disclose the current number of Welfare Liaison Officers.
Q9 response: Not applicable.
Q10. What training do these Welfare Liaison Officers receive regarding mental health and trauma among staff/officers?
Q10 response: Not applicable.
Q11. How much does it cost to train a Welfare Liaison Officer?
Q11 response: Not applicable.
Q12. The force's annual expenditure on Welfare Liaison Officers between 2015 and present, or if the previously noted considerations apply, for the most recent complete financial year (2023-24).
Q12 response: Not applicable.
Outside the Freedom of Information Act and to provide assistance, I can advise that we do have a designated wellbeing team.
Every effort has been made to ensure that the information provided is as accurate as possible.
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Yours sincerely
Freedom of Information Officer
Freedom of Information Unit
Warwickshire Police
PO Box 4
Leek Wootton
Warwickshire
CV35 7QB