Monday 13 June 2022 / 10am-4pm
You have been invited to join WAVE Trust for a multi-sector workshop targeted at Trauma-informed Champions.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION: All signees will be required to answer 3 questions during this Eventbrite sign up process. These questions will provide us with valuable information to help us tailor the workshop sessions to your needs. Thank you in advance for your support.
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This session is part of a wider Trauma-informed training project, through which WAVE Trust are also providing training on ‘Module A Understanding trauma’ and ‘Module B: Implementing trauma-informed practice’. We require all Trauma-informed Champion workshop trainees to have completed at least Module B first. Find dates for these sessions below:
What is a Trauma-informed Champion?
Though a trauma-informed culture should be supported by all staff members, certain people may wish to play a more active role in sustaining the practice. They are the ones who:
- Think ‘trauma first’
- Highlight trauma-related issues to colleagues
- Ensure this remains on the agenda while the transformation is underway
- Support other staff who have questions about how to act in a trauma-informed way
We call these staff ‘Trauma-informed Champions’.
What does a Trauma-informed Champion do?
A Trauma-informed Champion supports their service in whatever way they can to ensure they successfully adopt and maintain a trauma-informed culture. Their role will often involve:
- Discussing trauma-informed practice and sharing experiences with colleagues on a regular basis
- Highlighting areas that could require improvement and making suggestions
- Role modelling trauma-informed practice for their colleagues
The role may also involve linking up with trauma-informed initiatives at other organisations, leading on internal trauma-informed initiatives and supporting the internal culture in other ways, for instance identifying policy statements that should be revised to reflect trauma-informed practice.
What will WAVE Trust’s Trauma-informed Champions workshop involve?
WAVE Trust’s workshop will be a two-way dialogue throughout. We will bring our knowledge of trauma-informed practice to the table alongside the wealth of experience among participants in the room so that we may tackle the most pressing issues, barriers and questions, and arrive at suggestions together. Please come along ready to engage and contribute.
Through this interactive engagement, we will support Trauma-informed Champions to form action plans on the following:
- Steps to take when getting started
- Sustaining and supporting the culture change once underway
- Engaging the support of senior leadership
- Addressing key issues, challenges and barriers
- Working collaboratively with multi-agency partners
What we will not be covering
This is NOT a refresher course on Trauma-informed practice. Participants must have attended at least WAVE’s Trauma-informed Practice (Module B, sign up here) training by the time they attend.
If you wish to attend, but do not feel sufficiently confident yet in your grasp of Trauma-informed Practice, please email Jarka Svitalska (ysvitalska@wavetrust.org) at least 14 days before the date of each cohort’s workshop (16 March deadline for 30 March session, and 30 May deadline for 13 June session) and we will endeavour to provide a group booster session in advance.
