A one day conference was held on 11th December 2019 to launch the children’s services workforce development training programme.
“Developing a trauma informed children’s services workforce in Argyll and Bute Conference.
Embedding cultures and practices which ensure safe, healthy and happier lives for children and young people”
Argyll and Bute is one of three council areas that has been awarded Scottish Government funding for trauma training funding to support the development of a trauma informed workforce. There has already been significant work undertaken in relation to ACEs (adverse childhood experiences) in Argyll and Bute. This additional funding enables an extensive training programme to be delivered across the authority in 2020, supporting the ACEs agenda and helping embed trauma informed, skilled and enhanced practices across our children’s services workforce groups.
The conference launched this exciting workforce development programme. It brought together speakers from a range of backgrounds who have had experience of driving this national agenda and navigating their way through trauma informed service developments and delivery. Participants had the opportunity to consider how workers, staff team/s and services can utilise this programme to help them deliver trauma informed practice within universal and specialist services, to enhance good care and address the barriers that those affected by trauma can experience.
Find out what the speakers had to say:
- The National Trauma Informed Workforce Vision Dr Sandra Ferguson, Associate Director Psychology, Lead for National Trauma Training Programme NES
- Developing a trauma informed work team and service Dan Johnson, Clinical Director, Kibble
- Children’s & Young People’s Experiences Shumela Ahmed, Managing Director, Resilience Learning Partnership
- Supporting practice changes in Argyll and Bute Roslyn Redpath, A&B principal education psychologist
- Listening to Children and Young People – a message from a young person
- Becoming trauma informed Workshop delivered by NES (education and training body for NHS Scotland).
- Next Steps – A&B Trauma Training Programme Mark Lines, Locality Manager A&B HSCP