This interactive and practical workshop is designed to help workers recognise, prevent, and manage Vicarious Trauma in the workplace.
Overview
A 4-hour workshop exploring Vicarious Trauma in the workplace.
Vicarious Trauma can have a profound impact on individuals and organisations, and this session offers evidence-based strategies to mitigates its effects.
By increasing trauma literacy and embedding protective coping practices, this workshop helps build resilient, high function workplaces where staff feel safe, supported, and effective.
Who should attend?
This training is relevant to anyone in emotionally demanding roles, who may encounter traumatic stories and events.
Learning outcomes
- Increase their understanding of trauma and its impacts in the workplace
- Learn to identify the early warning signs of vicarious trauma
- Locate VT "hot spots" within their roles
- Understand how trauma affects the brain and body
- Discover the most common pitfalls that lead to VT - and how to avoid them
- Develop skills in boundry setting, debriefing and peer support
- Learn practical tools for monitoring and supporting team well being
- Understand coping strategies and how they can help or hinder
- Be able to identify signs of early VT
- Leave with a checklist to help prevent VT in their roles
- Gain a toolkit of practical, evidence informed strategies to reduce VT in their teams
- Feel more confident in maintaining psychological safety in the workplace
- Have a better understanding of which coping mechanism will prevent and help manage VT
Resources
- Comprehensive participant workbook with references for further reading.
- Participants will leave with a toolbox of practical resources.
