Trauma Informed Practices for Everyone

Almost everyone who experiences homelessness or housing precarity has experienced additional trauma.

People working in homelessness, social housing, and housing justice can impact, and be impacted by these trauma experiences.

Trauma Informed Practices for Everyone supports learners to develop resources for working reflectively and in consideration of their own trauma, the trauma of others, and the systemic contributors to trauma. This course emphasises practices that can contribute to personal wellbeing, social care, and social change.

This training session is suitable for frontline and leadership roles in homelessness and social housing, and for anyone who is interested in developing an understanding of trauma, trauma informed practices, and radical social care.

At the end of this session, learners will be able to:

• Understand the impacts and indicators of trauma

•  Identify the characteristics of trauma informed systems and practices

•  Recognise the barriers and enablers of trauma informed services

•  Recognise trauma informed practices as fundamental to individual wellbeing and social change

• Develop trauma informed practices that support personal wellbeing

This training session is 4.5 hours.

Delivery consists of a facilitator led training package via an online platform or face-to-face delivery.

This training session is interactive with an emphasis on activities that promote self-reflection and proactive implementation.