Industry Support

INDUSTRY SUPPORT AND MENTORSHIP PROGRAMME

The mentorship service includes:

Direct telephone support by the NRGP’s Mentorship Programme Manager during a crisis and debriefing after traumatic events.
An email and telephone facility for dealing with queries.
Mentoring and support to all employees who deal directly gamblers.

FORMAT OF MENTORING/SUPPORT SESSIONS

Average: 3 sessions per day

Time: approx 2.5 hours per session

Size: 5-10 per group

Content: The latest on gambling and gamblers, the NRGP and the service it provides. The most important are discussions around the specific problems employees encounter working in the gambling industry and ways to deal with this through knowledge of their clients and self-knowledge.

The mentoring manager is led by the need of the group but discussions could include
the following:

Topics

Gambling amongst casino employees, Casino employee stressors, Gambling patron sub-types, Stress management, Anger Management, Crisis management & antidotes for crisis, DSM5,In conversation with a gambler (do’s and don’ts), Managing difficult and abusive

clients (gamblers), NRGP stats on problem gambling in SA.

With Who Should Attend

All employees who deal directly with gamblers i.e. all gaming floor staff (dealers and slots), cashiers, VIP desk, marketing, surveillance, security, food and beverage.

For Bookings Of All Industry Support And Mentorship Programme Training Please Email:

training@responsiblegambling.org.za