The Community Development Authority in Dubai revealed the formation of a team that includes an elite group of psychologists and sociologists in the Authority, whose mission is to provide moral and psychological support to the Authority’s employees, including the injured employees who are still in quarantine, and will create what is necessary to spread the spirit of positivity and reassurance in the hearts of returning employees. To workplaces, and to help them overcome the changes and conditions witnessed by the previous stage and the gradual return to normal life with a sense of safety in light of the strict measures taken by the government and the authority to protect them.

The team will develop solutions to maintain feelings of reassurance with the work teams to ensure that they continue to perform their tasks with satisfaction by listening to the opinion of the employees who joined the work from the authority’s headquarters as well as those working remotely, on what the authority and the Dubai government provided for their protection and support.

The team will provide psychological counseling to provide support to injured or locked employees in their homes, as well as to spread awareness among all employees of the authority about the importance of respecting the feelings of others who have contracted the disease and provide support and sympathy and not hold them responsible for their injury.

The Executive Director of the Development and Social Welfare Sector at the Community Development Authority, Hariz Al-Murr Bin Hariz, said that the past period witnessed the spread of a very large amount of conflicting information, many of which lack inaccuracy, and that the spread of the Corona pandemic surprised all countries and peoples of the world, led to the creation of a state of Anxiety varies its effect on people, but it creates an inevitable psychological pressure on everyone because we were dealing with something relatively unknown. 

He continued that the strict steps and measures taken by the government at various levels contributed to a greater knowledge of the disease and ways to deal with it, which allows life to return to normal and gradually overcome this stage of fear while continuing to be cautious.

He added that the Community Development Authority in Dubai started implementing the gradual plan to return to workplaces as directed by the government, taking into account the various precautionary measures and the application of the return protocol adopted by the Dubai government for the safe and comfortable return of employees, pointing out that a team of psychological support has been formed and broadcast the positive because Mental health is one of the most important engines of action and it is essential for the employees of the Community Development Authority who deal with the most vulnerable groups.

For his part, Dr. Hussein Masih, a social welfare sector expert at the Community Development Authority said that the team composed of an elite group of specialists will focus its tasks on spreading awareness and knowledge about mental health means, and will also provide a group of workshops and lectures on mental health in light of the global conditions troubled by the epidemic.

 Christ stated that the team will follow up on individual cases of pressure through the means of communication, and special support sessions will be provided to them according to their needs.

The authority emphasized that it seeks to provide various encouraging conditions and the application of all precautionary measures to ensure the easy return of employees to workplaces and the return of life to normal, providing a positive image of the various societal groups that the authority deals with and pushes towards overcoming the challenges imposed by the crisis.

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