A new Frontline Briefing brings together knowledge and resources on working in a trauma-informed way.
Practitioners have a crucial role to play in supporting children who have experienced trauma as well as their parents or carers. The briefing focuses on developmental trauma, which arises as a result of early, repeated traumatic experiences within a child’s important relationships.
Aimed at frontline practitioners, practice supervisors and social work managers, it explores:
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What is developmental trauma?
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What is the impact of developmental trauma on children?
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Principles of trauma-informed practice with children and their parents/carers.
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How can practitioners support parents/carers to help their child?
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How can practitioners support children who have experienced trauma?
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Specialist support for children who have experienced trauma.
This briefing brings together knowledge and resources on working in a trauma-informed way with children who have experienced trauma and their parents/carers.
Research in Practice resources related to support trauma-informed practice
Trauma-informed approaches should be strengths-based and require practitioners to have an understanding of, and responsiveness to, the causes and effects of trauma. These resources support trauma-informed practice with children and families:
- Developing and leading trauma-informed practice: Leaders’ Briefing
- Developing trauma-informed practices in inner London schools
- Embedding a trauma-informed approach to support staff wellbeing in children’s social care: Strategic Briefing
- Life Story Work: Practice Tool
- Positive mental health and wellbeing in children and young people: Suggestions for practice
- Trauma-informed approaches with young people: Frontline Briefing
- Embedding participation in child protection practice
- Trauma-informed responses in relationship-based practice
- Supporting life story work: the role of managers, Independent Reviewing Officers (IROs) and strategic leads: Webinar
- Working with trauma-experienced parents in children’s social care: Video Learning Resources
Support around children who have experienced developmental trauma: Frontline Briefing (2023)
This briefing brings together knowledge and resources on working in a trauma-informed way with children who have experienced trauma and their parents/carers.
Working with trauma-experienced parents in children’s social care: Video Learning Resources
This learning programme has been developed to support children’s social care practitioners working with parents who have experienced complex and/or sustained trauma. The programme is made up of 11 film chapters – each exploring a different theme and designed to be worked through in order. As you work through each chapter you will learn more about how trauma affects the people you work with.