GS Leaders Weekly Check-in - Week of Jan 06!
Happy New Year, GS Stars!
I hope everyone is doing well.
This week I need each one of you to spend some time in your focused room as well as in our regular rooms even if it's just for 30 minutes or so. Go out there and engage yourself with the community. Let them know you are there for them to listen and support.
I need your support, help, and guidance to ensure rooms get opened more while they stay moderated and engaged for everyone. We are under the transition phase. And your role in this phase is a significant one! In the next week's check-in, we will share our experiences of how it went.
Here are a few things for you to do this week.
1. Group Mod Get to Know You- If you are a mod and didn't share about yourself, please tell us about yourself here!
2. Tips for Global Moderators on How to Mod Specific Rooms- I think it will be useful not only for global mods but even CC Mods and room supporters too to ensure a good environment.
3. Group Moderation – Guidance and Tricks -
4. Useful Links For Group Moderators
Pass these to anyone in the community who wants to know the community mod schedule and the recent updates related to group support. It could help us spread the word and bring transparency in what we are doing.
2. Master post for Group Support Updates!
Reminder, tockify is not accepting event submissions right now. If you are scheduling an event, then inform a support team leader, BrilliantTurtle89, KindSoul10 or me and we will get your event up on the tockify.
If you have concerns, suggestions or anything in between, share it in comments! We will discuss it together.
Thank you all for the great work!
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@ASilentObserver
Hey Obs I dont know how much I can do as a Support Session Leader from Safety but Ill do whatever just let me know either here, or through my pms... I am on self care as you know but Im hoping to be well enough to return full time on January 12th (Ill keep you posted on that). However half an hour isnt a long time so if you need me to pop in a room to help out I dont mind just let me know what days, and where!
Thanks for the tag Obs!
Sincerely, @AriannaPink (Arianna) 💗...
@AriannaPink I appreciate your help, Arianna. Thank you for doing all the great work in the support rooms You are a wonderful leader.
@ASilentObserver
Aww thank you so much!!! Its my honor really Im so blessed to be here so of course I dont mind helping out! Seriously though my pms are always open so if you need someone in one of the rooms just shoot me a message, please dont be a stranger! 😁💗...
- @AriannaPink (Arianna)
@ASilentObserver Great, thank you for the information!
@lavenderpeach1107 you are welcome peach!
@ASilentObserver I noticed that the LSR was more animated than usual which shows more listeners active.
But there was also confusion on how to handle chats of people who are having thoughts of self harm versus people who are actually self harming while we talk to them. Sending someone to a crisis center does not seem to help those thinking of self harming. They need to talk with someone not be shown the door with a crisis number. Can we do an update on how to deal with people who are struggling but not actually in a crisis?
The applications for peer support and group mod have changed. People ask me for them but I have the old one. Have a link?
Discussions seem more supportive than open chats where anything goes attitudes are more difficult to moderate even if a moderator is present.
The Transitioning teens are posting in that thread but do not seem to be getting answered. It seems the Teen Transition program needs to be strengthened for transitionin teens. Some ask me how to listen to teens. Is that an ATL application or are they still allowed to listen to teens. Seems like they need a way to stay connected with teen friends they know.
@soulsings Hey Soul, Thank you for bringing those questions.
We can absolutely do an update on how to support when one struggling with SH thoughts but not in crisis. I was earlier digging my drive and I found this master sheet which I think could be helpful not only for listeners but also for moderators to manage specific topic scenarios- https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yk_7ffWXZ13uHlqB2Al-NL3Kl8AZa3_jd-9ain4UtdU/edit#gid=1407073545
I do not have a new PS App link and I believe @Power can do the needful to this. For CCM Mod and Global Mod apps are here and here respectively.
I agree with you guided discussions have a better structure than open chats. But, as per many members' inputs, they find guided discussions as forced ones. So, that is why we mixing up with the open chats so they don't feel like we are biased to guided discussions as we find it easier to host. I hope it makes sense.
For transitioning stuff, I believe @Hope can help us better than me.
Thank you for all your great work in the community. <3 I am grateful to you.
@ASilentObserver thanks for the links saved them for future reference.
@ASilentObserver @soulsings
We can absolutely do an update on how to support when one struggling with SH thoughts but not in crisis.
I have been using the 7 Cups Crisis Policy resource found here
There is a special page devoted to SH, as there was a lot of discussion and confusion over it last year.
https://help.7cups.com/hc/en-us/articles/360037199794-Self-Harm-ideation-vs-Suicidal-ideation where it says
We consider individuals who are not actively self-harming but who are having thoughts or urges to not be in immediate crisis. It is okay to talk about self-harm ideation with a listener.
Listening - One Step At A Time!
@MistyMagic thanks for the links and info.
@soulsings @Asilentobserver
Thank you for the tag Obs! Hi Soul, at the moment the teen transitioning support system is not active however we are working on reviving it and soon we will have more clarity on it. As for listening to teens, adults still need to apply to be an adult teen listener and go through the process before they can listen to teens. Here is the application for ATL.
Can you please send me the thread in which teens are posting for transitioning support?
@Hope There have been a few aged up teens in LSR asking for support, I usually explain about ATL and some don't even know about it. I wonder if there is a way to target all nearly 18 and just 18 listeners and give them a sheet of information? I know a lot used to keep in contact with their teen members via the feed, and although the forums could work the same way it's not so personal or easy to find.
Listening - One Step At A Time!
@MistyMagic
That is an important point you brought! We are working on establishing a system where we can ensure support for aged up teens. We will soon have more information on it. At the moment they are welcome to post in the teen-only zone of listener sub-community.
They can also apply to be an adult-teen listener here!
@Hope thanks for the link.
You asked for transition thread www.7cups.com/forum/TeenOnlyZone_123/TheOldieCorner_1473/Agingupasateen_149939/ that teens are turning or have turned 18.
@soulsings
thank you for the link!
@Hope maybe one way to get some support for transitioning teens might be to set up places in the forum where they can keep in touch with friends even though not in PM.
Also having discussions for transitioning teens may be a help. If you have a transitioning teen that is interested in cohosting this kind of discussion but they need assistance creating a script and or cohosting discussion(s), then feel free to give them my name and we can try a collaboration and see if that works.
@soulsings
Those are some great ideas soul! I really appreciate your willingness to support! we will surely let you know if we need your assistance <3 We are working on a few things and we can surely include forums and chatrooms as a way to connect.
