When Trauma Comes to Church Part 2

Building on the foundations laid in our first webinar, Join the Dots presents "When Trauma Comes to Church Part 2." This session dives deeper into the proactive steps churches can take to prevent trauma and cultivate a culture of accountability.

We'll explore:

• Preventing Trauma: Implementing strategies to minimise harm and create safe environments.
• Authentic Leadership: Fostering transparent and ethical leadership practices.
• Red Flags: Identifying and responding to potential warning signs.
• Culture of Feedback: Establishing open communication and constructive criticism.
• Whistleblowing: Creating safe channels for reporting concerns.
• Spiritual Abuse: Understanding and addressing this damaging form of abuse.
• Policy Reviews/Audits: Ensuring robust safeguarding measures are in place.

This webinar is for church leaders, safeguarding teams, and anyone committed to fostering healthy and secure faith communities, and builds on our first webinar "When Trauma comes to Church."  Join us to learn how to build resilient churches that prioritise accountability and prevent moral failures, safeguarding the vulnerable and fostering genuine spiritual growth.

Learning goals:

You will come away

• Able to discuss what authentic leadership looks like 

• Name some red flags of unhealthy cultures 
• Reflect on differences between feedback and criticism

• With a checklist for healthy whistle blowing 
• With practical ways to implement and advocate for change in your setting. 

Please note you don't have to have attended when trauma comes to church part 1 to attend this!

Ruth Stephens is passionate about seeing churches become welcoming environments where those who have experienced adversity feel safe to connect to each other and to God. She holds an MSc in Attachment Psychology and is a qualified Occupational Therapist with many years experience working with children and young people who have experienced trauma. Alongside this she has a wealth of church leadership experience including leading children's ministry.

Tracy Bennett is a Therapeutic Social Worker passionate about empowering children, individuals, and families to thrive. Her background is in fostering but over the last four years, she has specialised in working with community organisations providing training in trauma informed practice and running empowerment courses and workshops for individuals and families, aimed at breaking cycles of generational trauma and building individual and community resilience.

Join the Dots exists to raise trauma awareness within faith organisation and their teams. To find out more about our work, go to www.jointhedots.solutions