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a new
Relational Approach to
Trauma Informed Care Training
Free Training
Sorry, you missed it!
in April 2023, we offered up to 2 free spaces to local voluntary, third sector & care provider organisations here in Oxfordshire
Read here to find out how it went
What is Trauma Informed Care?
Trauma-informed practice is an approach to health and care interventions which is grounded in the understanding that trauma exposure can impact an individual’s neurological, biological, psychological and social development (Gov.uk 2022).
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Trauma can negatively impact on individuals and communities, and their ability to feel safe or develop trusting relationships with health and care services and their staff.
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By considering why someone is behaving as they are, rather than focusing on what they are doing, staff can address the actual need, rather than the behaviour.
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The difficulty is that often people working with clients know that there has been trauma in their past, but don't know how to respond to it.
and...
every 30min
a health and social care worker is assaulted in the UK
50% of all
work-related illness is
stress, depression or anxiety
Helping staff has to be more than making them Trauma Aware
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Our mission is to help staff to develop the confidence to know how to respond to their clients while keeping their trauma in mind
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Our training approach is
Practical
Safe
Hybrid
Staff begin their hybrid training with access to the Online Learning Platform three weeks before their In-person training day.
On-demand modules
The benefit of offering Introductory modules before
in-person training is that staff are not learning lots of new concepts on the day. This maximises their opportunity to apply the learning to their clients.
They are able to study at a time that suits them
In an environment that is conducive to their learning
Least disruption caused to services and reduced associated costs
Module Contents
01
Understanding Complex Trauma
Learning about what it is and the importance of creating psychologically Informed Environments
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Core Relational Skills
Understanding what skills are needed to develop trust with clients
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How Trauma affects the development of Relationships
The presence of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) changes the development of Relational Roles in children and young people
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How Relational Roles help us to understand behaviour
How Relational Roles that are developed as a result of trauma can lead to challenging behaviour
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Understanding the "Push and Pull"
of working with clients
Learning how these Relational Roles can change the way you respond
to your clients and affect boundaries or behaviour further
Staff are then booked onto their practical
In-person training day and in small groups, they are supported to apply their learning to the clients they are working with.
In-person training
We build staff confidence by empowering them to combine new knowledge from the training with their own judgement to decide which therapeutic skill to use, or how and when to set a boundary with their clients.
This encourages shared learning across the team
Staff collectively feel energised by the discussion and enthusiastic to apply it
It is important that staff feel safe to be able to share with one another.
Psychological safety
As Qualified Therapists delivering the training, we are able to create a safe space for staff to openly reflect through facilitated discussions about their experiences of supporting people who have been through trauma.
This increases compassion towards each other and their clients
Staff feel more confident about discussing their feelings in supervision
Also included in the course...
98% of staff felt able to apply what they had learnt to their everyday work
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92% of staff also told us that they found the online platform easy to use
98% of staff felt that either all or most of the training made sense to them
100% would recommend this course to others
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Don't just take our word for it
We have been endorsed as a high-quality training provider by Skills for Care, the strategic workforce development and planning body for adult social care in England.
Your Tutors
With over 48 years of experience between them,
Dawn and Hayden are passionate CAT therapists as well as registered mental health nurses. If you want to know more, visit the About section of the site.
"We believe in the inherent capacity of staff to change lives, we help them to recognise and value their contribution to an individuals recovery."
Frequently Asked
Questions
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How long will it take me to complete the course?In total, the 12 modules are around 4 hours in length, but we wouldn't recommend that you watch them all in one go. For the best experience, we would recommend that you watch 1 or 2 modules a week and use the time in between to reflect on what you have learnt and how it relates to your practice.
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How do I become an Accredited CAT Therapist?The route to becoming an accredited CAT Therapist is through an approved Practitioner course, which requires both academic and practice based assessments. You can find out more about this from the Association for Cognitive Analytic Therapy (ACAT). However, clinicians often complete an introduction course to CAT, like this one, before undertaking the full 3 year practitioner training.
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What is the Monthly Q&A access?One of the Tutors offers an online Q&A session each month which can be accessed as part of your standard Introductory course enrolment. The Q&A is between 30 minutes and an hour depending on the number of students attending. You can not bring confidential patient information to this space, it is focused on questions about the model.
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How can I get an invoice for my company or organisation to pay?Please email invoicing@cato.training with: - the course or module name you would like to study, and - your company or organisations name and address Please note: An additional fee of £10.00 per invoice will apply
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How do I make a group purchase for a module or course?Please email invoicing@cato.training with: - the course or module name you would like to purchase - the number of required spaces - email addresses for each attendee, and - your company or organisations name and address Please note: An additional fee of £10.00 per invoice will apply