It is essential for CACs and MDTs to discuss the emotional, mental, and physical toll from working in the field of child abuse. Individual staff should have the opportunity to evaluate their own resilience and learn strategies to combat vicarious trauma/compassion fatigue and burnout. We need to educate new team members, as well as seasoned employees, to understand the impact, identify any physical, emotional and behavioral symptoms, to then address ways to build resilience.
- Overview of Trauma PowerPoint - email admin@nrcac.org for a draft PowerPoint to use in training professionals in the child maltreatment field.
- Reflect. Refuel. Reset.
- Secondary Traumatic Stress: A Fact Sheet for Child-Serving Professionals
- Secondary Traumatic Stress Consortium Resources
- Secondary Traumatic Stress Core Competencies for Trauma-Informed Support and Supervision: Cross-Disciplinary Version
- Secondary Traumatic Stress in Child Welfare Practice: Trauma-informed Guidelines for Organizations
- Self Care Checklist
- STS Blueprint: A Guide to Addressing Secondary Traumatic Stress in Children's Advocacy Centers
- Understanding Secondary Traumatic Stress for CAC Workers
- Vicarious Trauma Toolkit