Trauma Informed Practice
Duration: 7hrs
Delivery Method: Face-to-Face/ Virtual
Course Capacity: 16
Trauma Informed Practice (TIP) Training: Understanding and Responding to the Impact of Trauma
This Trauma Informed Practice (TIP) course is designed for professionals who support vulnerable individuals across justice, health, education, and social care sectors. By recognising the impact of trauma on behaviour, wellbeing, and life outcomes, this course promotes a trauma informed approach that fosters compassion, resilience, and better service delivery.
Originally developed for use in the prison and probation services, this training has received excellent feedback and is now being adopted more widely as essential workplace training for those engaged in working with trauma.
Why Trauma Informed Practice Matters
Professionals in human services frequently encounter individuals affected by complex trauma, adversity, and emotional distress. In settings such as criminal justice, social care, and mental health services, understanding the root causes of behaviour—often stemming from ACES (Adverse Childhood Experiences)—is vital for effective engagement and support.
Equally important is recognising the emotional toll this work can take on staff themselves. By developing greater awareness of stress reactions and positive coping strategies, teams can protect their long-term wellbeing and reduce the risk of burnout and vicarious trauma.
This Trauma Informed Practice course helps professionals respond more compassionately to service users, while also safeguarding their own mental and emotional health.
Who Should Attend?
This course is ideal for professionals in:
- Criminal justice (prison, probation, policing)
- Social work and safeguarding teams
- Mental health and NHS services
- Youth and community outreach
- Victim support organisations
- Education, HR, and frontline public service roles
Course Overview: Building Trauma Awareness and Resilience in Practice
This training explores how psychological trauma shapes behaviour and emotional responses. Using an ACES framework, participants will understand how developmental, health, social, and psychological factors contribute to vulnerability and offending behaviour. You’ll also gain insight into how a trauma informed approach can improve outcomes for both service users and staff.
The course offers a supportive learning environment, combining expert content with reflection and practical strategies that can be applied across a range of professional settings.
Learning Outcomes
Participants will learn to:
- Define trauma and explore its types, including complex trauma and gender-based trauma
- Recognise the impact of trauma on offending and related behaviours
- Understand trauma in the context of ACES and early-life adversity
- Respond to trauma in Black, Asian, and minority ethnic communities with cultural sensitivity
- Apply a trauma informed approach in real-world professional settings
- Develop practical strategies for self-care and peer support in emotionally demanding environments
- Strengthen resilience while working with trauma-affected individuals
Tailored Workplace Training for Real-World Challenges
This Trauma Informed Practice course can be tailored to the unique needs of your organisation. Whether your team supports callers, clients, or communities facing emotional adversity, the training is adapted to reflect your frontline challenges and the varying ways individuals respond to distress.
It’s more than just a training—it’s a commitment to understanding, compassion, and sustainable service delivery.
Join the Movement Toward Trauma-Informed Workplaces
By joining this course, you’ll gain critical insights and actionable strategies to enhance mental health, support workplace wellbeing, and respond effectively when working with trauma.
Contact us today to enrol your team or to discuss a tailored version of this course for your organisation.
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.
