Trauma-Informed Practice training is designed for staff to understand the prevalence of trauma within our communities and how this may impact an individual.
Workforce Practice levels
The Scottish Transforming Psychological Trauma Framework outlines 4 practice levels of knowledge. The framework specifies incremental knowledge and skills at different practice levels – depending on the role of the worker and remit of the service .The training needs are cumulative – from Informed to Skilled and beyond. The aspiration is that all workers across all service sectors will develop a trauma-informed level of understanding and skill. The framework lays out the essential and core knowledge and skills needed by all tiers of the Scottish workforce.
A key message from the training is staff are not expected to become or replace mental health professionals. Trauma-Informed level training is designed for staff to understand the prevalence of trauma within our communities and how this can be may impact an individual.
Opening Doors: Trauma Informed Practice for the Workforce animation (9 mins)
This animation explains why and how trauma is everyone’s business. It is designed to support anyone to become trauma informed – no matter what their job or role in society. While it does not go into specific details, the animation does makes reference to traumatic events like childhood sexual abuse and domestic abuse. Please be mindful of protecting your well-being if you choose to watch this today.
Learning Resources
Key trauma informed (Practice Level 1) resources
A number of resources, including two short animations, including the ‘Opening Doors’ as shown previously and workshop documentation, are available on the key trauma informed page on the Turas website.
Developing your trauma skilled practice (Practice Level 2)
Developing your trauma skilled practice is designed for workers who are likely to be coming into contact with people who may be affected by Trauma.
Provided by NHS Education for Scotland (NES), the eLearning is divided up into four parts, all of which have been designed for a general audience.
Please note: In order to view or access the following eLearning resources, you will need to have created and logged into a Turas account.
About
Developing your trauma skilled practice (Part 1): understanding the impact of trauma and responding in a trauma-informed way is the foundational module for a set of learning resources from the National Trauma Training Program and is designed to increase your understanding of what psychological trauma is, how it can affect the people you work with, and how people can be supported to recover.
Learning Outcomes
- To understand the prevalence of traumatic events.
- To identify the factors that can influence how we respond to and are affected by traumatic events in order to survive.
- To recognise how trauma and adversity may be affecting the people you are working with.
- To understand how to develop trauma informed relationships that incorporate trust, safety, choice and collaboration, and control and empowerment.
- To understand the importance of self-care in this line of work.
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The Developing your trauma skilled practice (Part 2) module: trauma in children and young people is part of the ‘Developing your Trauma Skilled Practice’ eLearning program and is designed for anyone working with children and young people who may have been affected by traumatic events.
Please complete the foundational module Developing your trauma skilled practice (Part 1) if you have not done so already.
Learning Outcomes
- To recognise the impact of trauma on children and young people.
- To understand how children and young people recover from trauma.
- To learn how to meet the needs of children and young people who have experienced trauma.
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The Developing your trauma skilled practice (Part 3): understanding the impact on mental health and evidence-based pathways to recovery is part of the Developing your trauma skilled practice elearning program and is designed for anyone working with people who may have contact with people who may have been affected by traumatic events.
Please complete the foundational module Developing your trauma skilled practice (Part 1) if you have not done so already.
Learning Outcomes
- To identify the range of natural reactions to traumatic events.
- To identify the symptoms of PTSD and Complex PTSD.
- To recognise when a person may benefit from a trauma specialist intervention and know how to facilitate access to intervention(s).
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The Developing your trauma skilled practice (Part 4): Understanding the use of substances to cope with the impact of trauma module is part of the Developing your trauma skilled practice elearning program and is designed for anyone who has contact with people who may have been affected by traumatic events and/or substance use.
Please complete the foundational module Developing your trauma skilled practice (Part 1) to get the most out of this module.
Learning Outcomes
- To understand the prevalence and impact of trauma for people with a substance use problem.
- To understand how substance use and trauma symptoms can impact each other.
- To respect the resilience in people surviving by using coping behaviours available to them.
- To develop your own collaborative trauma-informed approach.
- To recognise the need for recovery pathways that accommodate multiple complex needs.
Further information
The Trauma Informed Practice training is part of a wider set of resources under the title of the National Trauma Transformation Programme (NTTP). For those who would like further details on trauma training resources should visit the dedicated NTTP section on the Turas website.