Good mental health and wellbeing are essential for employees in order for them to reach their full potential and to participate productively both at work and in their communities. Being able to demonstrate resilience in the face of stress and adversity is not so easy for everyone, especially those who have experienced a traumatic event.

Around 70% of people globally will experience a potentially traumatic event during their lifetime, and 5.6% will go on to develop PTSD. 

(Source: World Health Organisation)

Employers can benefit from having trained staff who can support colleagues with a listening ear and offer information on selfcare as well as external sources of support to aide individuals who are struggling to overcome their experience. 

This training is suitable for practitioners in all work settings who support employees or colleagues who have experienced a traumatic event. It will equip them with the confidence to sensitively handle disclosures of all forms of trauma as well as offer selfcare and techniques to build resilience.

Employees in the following roles or teams will find this training particularly beneficial:

• Mental Health First Aiders
• Wellbeing teams
• Human resources teams
• Employee assistance teams
• Safe guarders
• Call handlers
• Counsellors
• People Managers

Our training programme is 4 hours long and covers the following areas:

• Trauma and the significance of being trauma-informed supporters

• • Types of trauma
  • Vicarious-secondary trauma
  • Selfcare
  • Resilience-building

• Impact of long term and short-term trauma
• Supporting a colleague following a traumatic event
  • Sensitive handling of disclosures
• Sources of support and information