Trauma Informed Practice
Duration: 7hrs
Delivery Method: Face-to-Face/ Virtual
Course Capacity: 16
Course Description
The ability to develop awareness of trauma and the knowledge to interact with service users humanely and compassionately in response to recognised traumatic events is an important quality that those that work within our justice system, where there is a real importance to understand how psychological trauma can impact on life choices and how a trauma informed approach can have a positive impact on service users and staff alike. By recognising that offending behaviour doesn’t happen in isolation and typically is caused by social, developmental, health and psychological factors we can help to better understand the service user and be better equipped to help support those in need to rehabilitate. Equally as important is recognising that those working within human services are often presented with emotionally and challenging situations themselves making it imperative to learn how to recognise stress reactions, and most importantly adopt positive coping strategies enabling better well-being and preventing long term physical and emotional illness. our trauma informed practice course is designed to do just that. By covering the below learning outcomes, this course has received sterling feedback and success within the prison and probation service.
Learning Outcomes
- Defining Trauma
- Recognising the impact of trauma on offending and related behaviours
- Root causes of offending and related behaviour using an ACES perspective
- Complex Trauma, Gender related trauma, Responding to black, Asian and minority ethnic communities experience of trauma.
- How to demonstrate informed approach
- Understanding Psychological Trauma
- Self-Support and Support Colleagues
Tailoring the Content
This course is designed to meet the specific needs of organisations by offering tailored content based on their requests. Recognising that different organisations manage callers, clients, and customers with unique issues, the course addresses these specific challenges. Additionally, it acknowledges that individuals may respond differently when working with distressing information.
By expanding the potential audience beyond the criminal justice system, this course recognises the universal nature of emotional challenges within the human services field. It provides valuable knowledge and practical tools that can benefit professionals working in various settings, including police, NHS, social services, mental health, victim support and community outreach.
Join this course to gain insights and strategies that are relevant to your specific organisation and enhance your ability to provide compassionate support in the face of emotional challenges.
Accreditation
On completion of the course learners will receive a course pack, handbook and certificate endorsed by the CPD standards Office. A comprehensive library containing videos and other resources is also included. You will also receive a link to our brand-new TRiM App, which is being launched in October.
