• Identify the different types of trauma people may experience
• Identify the possible impacts of trauma on individuals and groups of people
• Recognise when people seek help from services it may create further harm and distress
• Recognise and respect people’s diverse survival skills, strengths, needs and responses to the impacts of trauma
• Identify and respond using the principles of trauma informed care, strengths based and recovery-oriented approaches to promote the mental health and social and emotional wellbeing of individuals and groups
• Promote safety and respond effectively to distress and disclosures of trauma
• Apply the principals of trauma informed care and recovery-oriented practice to service delivery and the workplace to promote health and prevent further harm for service users and workers
• Ideas for inviting feedback, evaluation and leadership with service users and survivors
• Develop self-care, collective care and protective strategies for sustaining our work and minimising the impact of vicarious trauma in our workplaces.

Trauma informed care and recovery-orientated practice is a two-day workshop designed to develop your knowledge and skills in understanding trauma and explore ways to effectively respond to the impacts of trauma on our lives.

Clinical, peer, cultural, and lived experience perspectives inform the content and delivery of this workshop.

Trauma survivors are at risk of being re-traumatised in social service and health care settings when services are not trauma informed. Services that understand and respond effectively to the impacts of trauma reduce the risk of compounding the effects and creating further harm.

To enrol in this course you will need to attend training on both Day One and Day Two. Only people who attend Day One can progress to Day Two.