Trauma Informed Care

This half-day Trauma Informed Care course is ideal for all care and support workers in all types of health, care and children’s services.

Course Length. 3.5 hours

Introduction

Trauma is a global public health crisis according to the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention and is a concern for everyone.

Being trauma informed requires an understanding that different life experiences shape the options available to us and our way of being and can use this understanding to influence our interactions and decisions in work and daily life.  This half-day course is the ideal introduction to how to recognise and support someone who has experienced trauma.

Course Contents

What is Trauma
Impact of Trauma
Prevalence Data
Core Principles of Trauma-Informed Care
Practicing Trauma-Informed Care
Challenges / Effective Methods of Implementation
Impact of Trauma Work / Self-Care for the Worker
Trauma Screening

Course Outcomes

Successful completion of this training course will result in the award of a CPD accredited certificate covering all aspects of the above course contents.