Director, Mental Health Crisis Response Education and Applied Training Program

Position Summary

The Centre for Public Safety and Well-Being (CPSW) is within the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences (FHSS). CPSW offers exciting learning opportunities through professional development programs for people working or aspiring to work in a wide range of industries, including public safety, health, wellness, and well-being. The Mental Health Crisis Response Education and Applied Training Program (MHCR) is housed within CPSW.

The MHCR is a hybrid, scenario-based curriculum that offers an evidence-based, standardized training protocol on de-escalation and mental health crisis response for police services, with the objective to further develop de-escalation and communication strategies, mental health awareness, empathy, and cultural safety for police response to citizens in a mental health crisis. As of April 1, 2024, the Ministry of the Solicitor General mandated that all police officers in Ontario complete this training annually in complian...