A trauma-informed organisation has an understanding of trauma and its negative effects on the organisation’s employees and the communities it serves and works to mitigate those effects. This course is suitable for all those working in the public and voluntary sector who want to embed trauma informed practice in their organisation.
As we’ve seen the lines between work and home blur and a fundamental shift in our expectations of the places we work, organizations have struggled to provide the support and leadership their employees and customers need. That’s why it’s so important that they take steps now to build the cultures that can see them through this crisis and the ones we’ll all inevitably face in the future. To do that, we need to build trauma-informed organizations
We Need Trauma-Informed Workplaces Katharine Manning in Harvard Business Review
Unlock the potential of your team with Rock Pool’s CPD accredited Trauma-Informed Educator training
Delivered through 3 modules and over 9 training days, this programme is our most comprehensive offering. It equips participants with the skills and information needed to advocate for trauma-informed practice and approaches within their organisations and support the implementation of meaningful change. By the end of this training delegates will be inspired and motivated to make a significant contribution to supporting their organisation becoming truly trauma informed and will be able to:
- Conduct trauma-informed audits: assessing teams current stage in the trauma-informed journey and identifying next steps
- Advise on Policies and Procedures: Provide guidance on aligning organisational policies with trauma-informed principles
- Deliver Training: Deliver Rock Pool’s accredited Bitesize Trauma Introductory training to inspire their colleagues
- Motivate the Workforce: Encourage staff to adapt their interactions with colleagues and service users through trauma-informed practices
- Provide Support and Guidance: on the development and implementation of trauma informed initiatives within their organisation
This course is suitable for all those working in the public and voluntary sector who want to embed trauma-informed practice in their organisation.
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Trauma-Informed Educators Training Course
Each module will be delivered over three consecutive days over three months. The following topics will be covered:
Module 1 - Understanding Trauma Theory and Principles
This module gives an in-depth understanding of developmental trauma and trauma that may be experienced in adulthood.
- Prevalence and Causes of Trauma: Looking at the UK’s statistics for trauma and why a universal approach is needed. How individuals can experience different events and how this can affect them
- Different types of trauma: Causes and impacts of the different types of trauma (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Complex Trauma, Developmental Trauma, Cultural, and Moral Trauma)
- Manifestation of Trauma in Behaviours and Life Choices: How trauma from early age manifests itself in the behaviours and life choices of children, young people and adults
- Neurobiology: The impact that trauma has on the child’s developing brain and nervous system
- Differential diagnosis: How symptoms of trauma can be misdiagnosed and alternative models to the medical model
- Relational practice: The importance of building trust and rapport with people who have experienced trauma
- Models and approaches to recovery and healing: Examining research into what helps to mitigate the impact the trauma
- Understanding resilience: Factors influencing reliance, how it develops, impact and how to build resilience
Module 2 - Becoming a Trauma-Informed Organisation
This module cover all the information needed to thoroughly understand the principles and practice of trauma-informed approaches.
Expanding on what we learnt in module 1, we look at how this knowledge can change cultures. This model is co- facilitated by an expert in cultural change management.
- The Six Principles of Trauma-Informed Approaches: Why they are important to those we work with and how to implement them into your work
- Organizational Change Models: How organizations can shift to trauma-informed practices. Looking at the challenges to implementing change and how we can overcome these
- Advocacy and Awareness: Strategies for promoting trauma-informed approaches within organisations. How to create psychological safety in the workplace
- Benefits of audits: How audits and regular assessments can help with implementation of trauma informed approaches
- Trauma informed Work Culture: Understanding how to develop and maintain a trauma informed workplace culture. How one’s own trauma can impact on your work. Looking at how to support the workforce and minimise the risk of vicarious trauma
- Support and Supervision: Ensuring staff have the necessary support to manage the emotional demands of their work. How to support staff to implement trauma-informed practice appropriately in their day-to-day work
Module 3 - The Role of the Trauma-Informed Educator
This module focuses on implementing the knowledge learnt with a training package and action planning. Training includes information on reflective practice and seeks to give delegates the confidence to deliver information learnt throughout the course to others in their organisations.
- Training Delivery: Equipping delegates with skills and knowledge to deliver a 2-hour Tier 1 – Introduction & Awareness training to their staff teams.
- Reflective Practice: Understanding models of reflective practice and the importance of this to trauma-informed practice. Includes opportunity for reflection and consolidation from the last two modules.
- Action Planning: Developing achievable steps to implementing trauma-informed practice relevant to the current needs of your organisation
- Setting up communities of practice: How to set up and sustain a practitioner group to exchange best practice, provide peer support and ensure progress towards becoming a trauma informed environment
Rock Pool Trainers
This training will be delivered by one of the following sector experts, whose experience in working in this area will bring genuine insight to the training room.
Course Feedback
Feedback forms from 119 participants found that:
92% rated administration and enrolment as excellent or very good.
Across the core course areas, the average self-score of understanding increased from 7.4/10 pre course to 9.6/10 post course.
100% strongly agreed they understood the principles and practices of trauma-informed approaches’.
90% strongly agreed that the training will improve their ability to conduct their day job.
96% strongly agreed that the training met their anticipated aims.