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A Trauma Informed Framework for Services

Embed trauma‑informed practice across whole services.

Recommended for: councils, charities, housing, health & social care

£285.00

Description

A clear, accessible framework for embedding trauma‑informed practice across services. It introduces core principles, organisational responsibilities and everyday approaches that support safety, trust and emotional regulation. The workbook helps teams understand trauma, respond sensitively and create environments that reduce re‑traumatisation.

Who is it for?

  • Community organisations
  • Housing, homelessness and supported accommodation services
  • Health, social care and wellbeing teams
  • Local authority services
  • Charities supporting adults, families or vulnerable groups
  • Trauma-informed practice leads and coordinators
  • Staff working in frontline, relational or support roles
  • Organisations wanting to embed trauma-informed, psychologically informed practice
  • Services seeking to strengthen safety, trust and emotional regulation
  • Teams aiming to reduce re-traumatisation and improve service culture

Key Learning Outcomes

Learners will:

  • Understand trauma, adversity and their impact on emotional, psychological and relational wellbeing, including how trauma affects the brain, body and nervous system
  • Explore how to work safely with trauma in service environments, including principles of trauma-informed practice, empowerment, choice and responding to triggers
  • Examine psychologically informed environments (PIE) and how environmental, relational and organisational factors support emotional and relational safety
  • Understand the role of reflective practice in trauma-informed services, including approaches that strengthen staff wellbeing, resilience and responsive practice
  • Explore how relationships, communication and relational safety support trauma-informed practice, including regulated, compassionate communication
  • Understand how to implement a trauma-informed framework across services, including organisational systems, policies, culture, SAMHSA principles and the Four Rs

Risewell Pathways Licensing Model

This workbook is available through the Risewell Pathways Licensing Model for use within schools, community organisations, charities, services and workplaces. Select the licence scope that best fits your organisation’s needs.

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Sample Pages

You can explore the opening pages by opening the link below.

Trauma-Informed Practice in Action 2026 Preview

Accredited Qualification

Level 3 Award: A Trauma-Informed Framework for Services

This workbook is an accredited Risewell Pathways course, approved by LASER Learning Awards. Learners can complete this unit as a stand‑alone accredited course, receiving a LASER certificate once all assessment criteria have been met.

Organisations may also choose to include this unit within a wider Risewell Pathways accredited programme, combining multiple Risewell Pathway LASER‑approved units.

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