Trauma can have a severe impact on people’s mental and physical health. To help make your work or study place safe for those suffering trauma, consider these three principles of trauma informed practice.
Safety
Making somewhere a place of safety is key to trauma informed practice. However, safety can mean different things to different people. To prioritise safety, consider the emotional, physical, and interpersonal safety needs of everyone of all cultures, races, ages, and demographics. If you are unsure how to do this, consider trauma informed practice training for your workplace. This can be found from providers like tidaltraining.co.uk/mental-health-training-courses/trauma-informed-practice-training/. Creating a place of safety means building a place where recovery becomes possible.
Trust
People suffering from trauma may have experienced disrespectful and unsafe relations that make trust difficult. To help build trust, make decisions around your services and operations with transparency. This helps build trust with both recipients and staff. Even difficult decisions should be made with openness, and with an aim to build connections in relationships between people of a wide variety of demographics and experiences.
Peer support
Support in trauma is ongoing, and an effective way to support sufferers is with peer support. To be most effective, this needs to be built into the culture of the whole service or workplace. Trauma informed practice training can help you see where there are opportunities for self-help and peer support. You will also need to provide opportunities to build deep and meaningful connections between the different groups in the workplace, such as leaders, staff, and the service recipient.
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