This two day course will run over the following dates:

19th and 20th June 2025

The training will explore reasoning and practice for trauma-informed psychosocial group support of UASC.The focus will be on teaching non-psychotherapeutically trained, but informed key workers, practical tools as well as fundamental principles for working with UASC. The goal will be to enable workers to creatively adapt their support to the context, cultural and psychosocial needs of the relevant group or setting, while remaining within the remit of safe practice.

Areas covered will include engagement, psychoeducation, relationship building, distress management, problem solving, managing nightmares, and exploring narratives, what is safe or not safe in engaging in trauma informed practice.

To understand the background and challenges faced by UAS children and young people
To gain an awareness of the multiple layers of trauma that may be experienced by UAS children and young people
To share practical strategies and tools that can be used with children and young people with high level trauma
To become an informed practitioner (where not psychotherapeutically trained)

*Please note within each 2-day programme there are four discrete sessions.

Session 1: Understanding trauma/Promoting engagement and Psychoeducation

• Participants understand trauma, how it may present, and what helps or hinders recovery

• Participants are able to use simple tools for psychoeducation

• Participants develop ideas of how to engage UASC to the program

Session 2: Dealing with distress/ Dealing with worries and day-to-day hassles

• Participants understand anxiety and the impact of distress on cognition, learning and social skills

• Participants have tools to psycho educate about anxiety and distress, and how to explore the impact of anxiety and distress in the session, including body map and labelling emotions

• Participants develop ideas of reducing distress and how to explore this with participants in an age and culturally sensitive manner, including simple relaxation techniques

Participants have tools to support UASC dealing with day-to day hassles

Session 3: Dealing with traumatic memory intrusions and nightmares/Sharing and witnessing basic narratives

• Participants understand and are able to use simple tools for dealing with intrusive memories and nightmares

• Participants learn to use a simple tool for supporting UASC to tell their story

Session 4: Thinking about the future and support network/ Understanding and getting support in the case of deportation

• Participants understand principles of addressing the topic of ‘deportation’ with UASC

• Participants are able to explore ending and develop a simple support network map for going into the future

• Q&A

This Professional Development is currently fully subsidised by the Virtual School

For any enquiries, please email: virtual.schoolsuasc@norfolk.gov.uk

Supporting UASC in Day to Day Trauma Informed Practice