Trauma Informed Support and Supervision for Child Protection Professionals: A model for those working with children who have experienced trauma, abuse and neglect and their families

This book presents a narrative approach to creating a supportive  environment for health and human service practitioners who work with  vulnerable children and their families—one of the most difficult and  complex areas of practice.

People working in these environments  are routinely exposed to violence and trauma and commonly experience  symptoms of traumatic stress as a result. Traditionally, human service  and health care service organisations have struggled to support  practitioners who experience primary and secondary trauma in either a  preventative context or post exposure. Using contemporary trauma theory,  this book provides a trauma-informed support and supervision framework  for supervisors and managers of practitioners that recognises the  uniqueness of the practice field, the diversity of practitioners who  undertake the work and the diversity of contexts in which they work.

It  will be required reading for all human service and health  professionals, including social workers, psychologists and nurses as  well as teachers, counsellors and youth workers.