As organizations create more trauma-responsive, healing-focused policies and programs for individuals they serve, some organizations are implementing trauma-informed principles within their own workplace.
“A trauma-Informed program, organization, or system is one that realizes the widespread impact of trauma and understands potential paths for healing; recognizes the signs and symptoms of trauma in clients, families, staff, and others; responds by fully integrating knowledge about trauma into policies, procedures, and practices; and actively resists re-traumatization” (SAMHSA, 2014).
Trauma-responsive organizations support clients and families, as well as their staff who are critical to their success. Individuals who work within systems that respond to trauma carry a high risk for secondary traumatic stress and vicarious trauma.
Building a trauma-responsive organization can serve as the backbone to providing compassionate, collaborative programming for clients, and supporting a happy, healthy, and resilient workforce, and the journey to becoming trauma-responsive starts with all of us: direct care providers, support staff, program and executive leadership, program designers, and policymakers.
During an upcoming Pathways to Resilience Learning Network Session, experts from the state of Oklahoma, the Corporation for a Skilled Workforce, and the Center on Child Wellbeing and Trauma will share steps you can take to make your organization more trauma-responsive and resilient. Join on April 10 at 2:00 pm ET to learn more about actionable steps you can take to make your organization more trauma-responsive.
Pathways to Resilience Learning Network Session:
It Starts With Us: Building a Trauma-Responsive and Resilient Workplace
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