Stress, Vicarious Trauma, Burnout and Compassion Fatigue - 3 Hour Workshop

Who is the Workshop For?

Teachers, foster parents, caregivers, disability workers, social workers, youth workers, case workers, support workers, professionals and practitioners who provide support and care for clients who present with complex needs, including trauma backgrounds.

Key Content

• An understanding of what is ‘stress’, ‘vicarious trauma’, ‘compassion fatigue’ and ‘burnout’ and its potential impact on carers, practitioners and teachers.
• An understanding of situations or events associated with vicarious trauma experiences and compassion fatigue.
• Best practice strategies to build wellbeing, proactively minimise (or reduce risk of vicarious trauma) and then respond to early and later onset symptoms.
• Key debriefing processes to minimise risk.
• The thresholds and processes to access professional support (when required).

Facilitators

The session will be delivered by LBI Foundation practitioners with significant experience in supporting adults in the context of challenging caregiving, teaching and support environments.

• Dr Ivan Raymond (Clinical Psychologist)
• TBA

Delivery

The session will be delivered by Zoom, which is an online web-based platform that can be accessed by smart phone, tablet and computer. All participants who register will receive an email 24 hours before the session with the Zoom code.

Workshop Cost

• Free - Personnel associated with member agencies. Please register through Eventbrite.
• $75.00 - For non-member agency personnel. Please register through Eventbrite.
• $45.00 - For non-member agency personnel where 4+ tickets are purchased. Please email info@lbi.org.au for this ticket option.

Additional Information

This workshop is a Specialist Application Module of the broader IMPACT Program. Participants completing the workshop will be invited to complete an online accreditation process and receive a certificate linked to their LBI learning record.

For additional information on the events and training conducted by LBI Foundation, click here.

This workshop can also be delivered in-house (to an agency, program site or school) by LBI Foundation.