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Vicarious Trauma training
Who this training is for: Staff and managers in mental health and social care settings to enhance understanding of how working in the helping professions can impacts us
Training duration: 3 hours
Working in mental health can be very rewarding but it does come with its risks. Workers can experience compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma because of either witnessing or hearing another’s distressing experiences. Vicarious trauma can impact staff well-being, lead to toxic work environments, and ultimately affect the quality of support we provide to our clients.
This course explores how vicarious trauma and compassion fatigue impact on the individual, organisations and the client themselves. It looks at the signs and symptoms of compassion fatigue and how this can be managed at both an individual and organisational level. It highlights the importance of acknowledging and addressing vicarious trauma as an organisation to improve staff well-being, retention and organisational effectiveness.
Learning objectives
- Understand the cause and impact of vicarious trauma as well as ways in which we can both identify and protect ourselves from it.
- Explore your own experiences of work and the impact it has on you.
- Understand how vicarious trauma impacts services and consider how this can be addressed in your organisation.
Jo is an incredible trainer, who combines her in-depth psychological knowledge with an easily accessible training style. I liked that the training also gave us the opportunity to think about and share practical ways to apply this knowledge in our services – I learned so much from the other participants."
I really enjoyed the training and approach taken. I learned a lot and liked all the opportunities for reflection and group discussion. I work with researchers so not participants directly, but I hope to bring this idea of giving participants control, alternatives and choices to my conversations with researchers and my own future research practice."
I understand more about the complexities of the concept of trauma at biopsychosocial level. For example, the window tolerance was really useful. It highlighted how many warning signs of vicarious trauma I have/am experiencing. I plan to try to address 'failure to nurture' non-work aspects of life!"
I had no previous experience or understanding of trauma-informed approaches so found this training really informative. I'll be taking the ideas from the training back to my team and continue to champion lived experience."
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