Trauma Responsive Social Work Services Programme

What we want to achieve

We work in partnership with social work services, people with lived experience and national stakeholders to help ensure that:

• organisations develop trauma responsive policies, systems and environments that support sustainable whole-system change;
• managers are equipped to lead, support and embed trauma responsive practice across teams and services; and
• social workers and relevant multidisciplinary colleagues develop the trauma knowledge and skills appropriate to their role.

Why this work is needed

Engagement with partners has identified two key areas requiring continued support:

• strategic leadership, oversight and coordination to plan and deliver trauma-responsive system change across social work services; and
• increased access to trauma learning and development, including Trauma Skilled and Trauma Enhanced practice, alongside practical implementation support for the workforce.

To address these issues, the programme focuses on three priorities.