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File Note

 

On Friday 9 June Sand 1 visitedl2 This meeting

was arranged following a meeting with OH and squad management on 5 May in order to
discuss current arrangements whereby3 can be called upon to assist SDS on an ad hoc
basis and seeking4 advice regarding regular counselling interviews with field officers.

Our discussion covered a wide range of issues but on the point of regular counselling interviews
indicated some surprise at every 3 months and suggested that unless a problem was evident
a debriefing session with a counsellor following termination of Operations would probably be
sufficient and beneficial. 6 cautioned against the current practice of over 
people's problems, which can lead to the situation becoming more acute. However?said that
in the first instance it would be better to seek the views of field officers as to when and what

problems they had experienced. We would then be in a position to judge timing and frequency of

interviews.

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was happy to continue to assist when necessary. I suggested that we would like to consider

ptting the arrangements on a more official footing. 9 indicated that10 department now had

agency status and that they would undoubtedly seeking cross charging, the alternative would be

for11 to inform 12 that13 was doing some private work and 14 would bill us direct.
This is not an uncommon practice for15 colleagues to do. The advantage of this arrangement
would be that it could be kept 'in house'. We did not discuss fees, which would have to be

negotiated at a future date should we go down this route.

 

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