Community resilience and secondary trauma
| Audience | Public services workforce |
|---|---|
| Course Level | 3 |
| Hours | 10 |
Learning criteria
- Identify key members of the network surrounding a traumatised person
- Describe the signs and indicators of secondary traumatic stress (STS) for individuals and within the network
- identifying factors which increase resilience
- Explain the risk factors for disorder (STSD) developing from secondary stress (STS)
- Outline the key factors which promote recovery from STS and STSD
- Describe how to promote resilience to secondary stress
- Explain how to promote awareness of secondary traumatic stress disorders
- Describe how to promote effective teamwork and structures to prevent and aid recovery from secondary stress (STS) and secondary stress disorders (STSD)
Learning outcomes
- Understand the impact of living and working with traumatised people
- Understand how to help prevent and manage secondary trauma in your settting