Vicarious Trauma Training

Working in social care can be very rewarding but it does come with its risks. Workers can experience compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma because of witnessing or hearing another’s distressing experiences.

Vicarious trauma can impact staff well-being, lead to toxic work environments, and ultimately affect the quality of support we provide to our service users.

Join us for this in-person training session, where we will explore how vicarious trauma and compassion fatigue impact on the individual, organisations and the service user themselves.

We'll look at the signs and symptoms of compassion fatigue and how this can be managed at both an individual and organisational level. We'll also highlight the importance of acknowledging and addressing vicarious trauma as an organisation to improve staff well-being, retention and organisational effectiveness.

By the end of the session, you will:

• Understand the cause and impact of vicarious trauma as well as ways in which we can both identify and protect ourselves from it
• Have explored your own experiences of work and the impact it has on you
• Understand how vicarious trauma impacts services and consider how this can be addressed in your organisation

Tickets to this session are freely available to staff and volunteers of VCFSE organisations in Somerset, and will be of particular interest to those supporting the mental health and wellbeing of others.