Embedding trauma-informed approaches can build connections, safety and trust, and help organisations remain rooted in their core values of compassion and relational practice. However, effectively embedding these approaches can be challenging.

In a series of three new open access podcasts, Georgina Chetwynd, Senior Research and Development Officer at Research in Practice, speaks to Dr Sheena Webb and Dr Danny Taggart to discuss these challenges. 

Building on previous conversations that explored the reality of building trauma-informed organisations, the new podcasts discuss:

• the barriers that impact on practitioners’ ability to work in a trauma-informed way,
• the importance of slowing down and building connection and trust,
• and understanding emotions and recognising burnout in trauma-informed practice.

The podcasts accompany a Strategic Briefing that explores organisational approaches to embedding trauma-informed practice. Designed to support leaders in social care and allied organisations, the briefing addresses why this approach is needed and what trauma-informed organisational culture looks like.

Understanding distress and trauma in supervision

One of the hardest things about being a practice supervisor is responding to someone you manage when they are in distress. 

Earlier this year, Research in Practice held a two-day workshop for practice supervisors that explored responding to the distress and vicarious trauma that they see in supervision. Facilitated by Dr Sheena Webb, the session aimed to enable the supervisors to have the skills and confidence to respond compassionately to supervisees in distress. 

Rachel Lovett shares key messages from the workshop, outlining how participative elements helped put learning into practice.