SASW Skills & Knowledge : Next Steps in Trauma Informed Practice

Skills and Knowledge – Next Steps

SASW brings you Next Steps , part of our Skills and Knowledge programme supporting your CPL. Next Steps sessions combine theory, research and policy with practice tools and strategies to enhance and improve your practice. These sessions build on your existing knowledge and are ideal for experienced social workers looking to invigorate and strengthen their practice.

Skills & Knowledge: Next Steps in Trauma Informed Practice

Are you ready to deepen your understanding of psychological trauma and gain skills and knowledge to strengthen your practice? Drawing on the Social Identity Model of Identity Change to understand different personal responses to trauma, we will explore concepts of post traumatic stress and post traumatic growth. This session will give a good theoretical understanding of the impact of trauma on relationships and social identity, and how working with social identity can mitigate the impact of trauma.

Learning Outcomes

Introducing the Social Identity Model of Identity change in the context of trauma

Understanding how social identity can influence trauma response in individuals

Explore the concept of post traumatic growth and how to facilitate this in practice

Explore relationship based practice in the context of social identity

This workshop is designed to complement training offered through NES and the National Trauma Training Programme.