Tower Hamlets is striving towards becoming a trauma informed borough and this training involves discussing the work on increasing awareness and responsiveness to trauma.
Tower Hamlets Public Health have commissioned WAVE Trust to provide free CPD-accredited training for frontline workers supporting residents across Tower Hamlets, funded by LBTH Public Health via the Department for Health and Social Care’s Better Mental Health Fund 2021-2022. Register for both or one of these 2 hour sessions via links below.
Understanding Trauma (Module A) |
Implementing Trauma-Informed Practice (Module B) |
Trauma-Informed Champions |
Register here: Eventbrite Link Topics covered in this session include: · What Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are, and their later life outcomes · Introduction to brain development and trauma · The importance of attunement and attachment, and how both develop · Experiences that can cause trauma and immediate and long-term impact of trauma on behavioural, health and other outcomes · Vicarious and secondary trauma · What trauma does to a person’s worldview · How trauma and fear affect a person’s interactions with authority · What protective factors are and how they help us to build resilience · The importance of a relationship with a key adult · Breaking the intergenerational cycle of adversity
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Register here: Eventbrite Link Topics covered in this session include: · Why implement Trauma-informed practice and its potential impacts · Principles underpinning Trauma-informed practice · Trauma-informed language, behaviour and reactions · How to respond to produce positive outcomes · How to identify how aspects of service delivery could become trauma-informed · How to implement trauma-informed practice throughout them · Tools and materials to support implementation · Ensuring effective support for staff · Self-care strategies · How to avoid re-traumatisation and enhance prevention efforts · Successful examples of trauma-informed practice
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For people who have already completed these trainings or other similar ones, we are also offering 2 sessions about becoming a champion of trauma-informed approaches in your work on the dates below. More information attached.
If interested, or would like to nominate someone in your team, please email angela.burns@towerhamlets.gov.uk and I can send over the registration link.
2. 13th June 10am-4pm |
Additional support is available for applying the learning from the trainings including:
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