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Certificate of Trauma Informed Care

In this trauma-informed care course, you will explore the core principles of trauma-informed practice, including promoting safe environments, understanding forms of abuse, and recognising the psychological and emotional impact of trauma. You’ll also learn how to respond to disclosures, apply mandatory reporting requirements, and support individuals using a strengths-based approach.
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Delivery Method
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Study Hours
30 hours
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Course Access
12 Months

Learning how to apply evidence-based strategies to prevent vicarious trauma is crucial for supporting children, adolescents and adults. If you work in healthcare, social work, community services, or education, this course will enhance your understanding of trauma-informed care.

The Certificate of Trauma-Informed Care is a professional development course that provides the skills and knowledge to support individuals affected by trauma.

In this trauma-informed care course, you will explore the core principles of trauma-informed practice, including promoting safe environments, understanding forms of abuse, and recognising the psychological and emotional impact of trauma. You’ll also learn how to respond to disclosures, apply mandatory reporting requirements, and support individuals using a strengths-based approach.

You will learn cross-cultural communication strategies, the impact of trauma on mental health, and key frameworks like Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) and strengths-based interventions. You’ll also gain skills to support individuals with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), identify triggers, implement coping strategies, and enhance service provider practices to avoid re-traumatisation.

On completion of this course, you will feel confident to provide trauma-informed care and contribute to safe and supportive environments for those affected by trauma.

Printed learning materials are available for purchase for this course and can be ordered during enrolment.  

Course Structure
Unit - Certificate of Trauma Informed Care

Unit 1  – Work effectively in trauma informed care

  • Key principles and practices
  • Gender responsive
  • Trauma information practices
  • Promote safe environments and relationships
  • Sexual abuse
  • Psychological and emotional abuse
  • Verbal abuse, stalking
  • Domestic violence
  • Making trauma individuals feel safe
  • Duty of care
  • Foreseeable harm
  • Reasonable Person Test
  • Reasonable practicality
  • Coping strategies
  • Self-blame, shame and guilt
  • Fear of punishment from perpetrator
  • Responding to disclosures and appropriate response
  • Mandatory reporting
  • Reporting procedures
  • Symptoms of trauma – three main headings
  • Expressions of trauma and culture
  • Assisting individuals
  • Resources and supports in the community
  • Coping strategies
  • Strengths-based approach
  • Applying self-care strategies
  • Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)
  • Continuous improvement
  • Reflection checklist
  • Self-evaluation
  • Fragmented service delivery
  • Organisation culture
  • Lack of training
  • Failure to identify trauma
  • Misunderstanding behaviour
  • Three types of restraint
  • Policy development
  • Enhancing service delivery
  • Planning and conducting interviews
  • Active observation and focus groups

Unit 2 – Implement trauma-informed care

  • Work in trauma informed ways
  • Apply key principles and practices
  • Trauma informed care approaches (TCIP)
  • Promote safety, trust, choice and control
  • Trust based relationships, safe environments
  • Respond to disclosures and current distress
  • Coping strategies
  • Service provision
  • The narrative approach -responding appropriately
  • Current distress and responses
  • Mandatory notification
  • Children and adolescents – reactions
  • Different cultures
  • Mental health issues
  • Identify strengths, resilience and range of strategies
  • Strength – based perspectives
  • Culture and language
  • Age sensitive communication
  • Identify the impact of trauma
  • Working with traumatised individuals
  • Emotional and psychological symptoms
  • Physical symptoms
  • Mental health issues/disorders
  • Trauma models of mental disorder
  • Identifying the impact -treatment
  • Working with children
  • Recurring reactions
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
  • Symptoms, flashbacks and triggers
  • Identifying a persons trauma needs and best support services
  • Organisations capacity to respond
  • Trauma support specialists and groups
  • Facilitated referral and follow-up
  • Support plans
  • Feedback – identify areas for improvement
  • Avoiding traumatising or re-traumatising
  • Change strategies
  • Lived experience
  • Eight core values of trauma-informed care and practices
  • Vicarious trauma
  • Trauma informed care policy template
  • Taking appropriate action
  • Acknowledge limits of own abilities
  • Duty of care
  • Defusing and de-escalating potential incidents
  • Crisis management plans
  • Severe distress
  • Emotional pain, trust and rapport
  • Resolving conflict (stages of conflict)
  • Emergency situations and seeking assistance
  • Self-care practices
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Estimated Duration
30 hours
Course Delivery and Start
Start anytime, self-paced and 100% online
Assessment

Assessment will be comprised of written exercises, including short-answer questions, reflective tasks, short reports and/or projects. There are no examinations or due dates for assessment. As a result, you can complete training in your own time and at your own pace with the assistance of unlimited tutor support.

Career Outcomes
  • Client Care Case Manager
  • Child Youth Support Worker
  • Trauma Specialist
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Certificate of Trauma Informed Care
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