MITC’s touring Welfare Officer combines the roles of occupational health advisor, counsellor, mediator, health coach, and activity planner to optimise the touring live-work environment and support high performing teams.
* Please note: Sascha is currently on tour and unavailable until January 2026 *
Meet Sascha, MITC’s secret weapon on tour
When our client (a stadium and arena pop tour), asked us to put Touring and Mental Health: the Music Industry Manual into action, we designed a new role to support the team on an intensive international tour. During recruitment, we found the perfect fit – Sascha Heeney (right) has two decades of experience in live music as a production coordinator and production assistant. She is also an experienced psychiatric nurse and a tour guide to remote destinations!
Our Welfare Officer helps high performing teams to work together – anticipating and managing stressors, maintaining motivation and morale, resolving minor conflicts and helping the team to collaborate whilst working under pressure.
Sascha acts as a health coach, mediator, and as a safeguarding lead. She monitors well being, helping people better support themselves and each other, and makes referrals for further support where necessary. She also arranges activities to suit a range of tastes, helping the group to blow off steam, build new connections and ground themselves in the locations they travel to.
What can a Welfare Officer provide?
- Welfare check ins
- Crisis intervention
- Accessibility assessments
- Healthy activities and cultural pursuits
- Mediation and conflict resolution
- Workshops and training sessions
- Signposting to support services
- Guidance on healthy touring practices
