Julie Avery â Building trauma-informed practice
27/03/2015 Building trauma informed practice using the Sanctuary Model and a therapeutic practitioner model Building Trauma Informed Practice: using the Sanctuary Model and a Therapeutic Practitioner Model at MacKillop Family Services 1. Practice Direction: Trauma Informed Practice 2. MacKillop’s unique approach – MacKillop – The Sanctuary Model – Sanctuary plus Practitioners Julie Avery Senior Practitioner 3. Outcomes: change as a journey 4. Challenges 5. Conclusion and questions Practice Direction: MacKillop Family Services Trauma-Informed Practice is the Practice • • • without a trauma-informed approach, our clients pathway to healing is compromised research strongly supports the provision of trauma-informed practice embedded in a whole of organisation approach Trauma and abuse happen in a social context, healing also happens in a social context The Sanctuary® Model The Sanctuary Model is a blueprint for clinical and organisational change Acknowledges that deep rooted problems require deep rooted solutions. ✓ promotes safety and recovery from adversity through the active creation of a trauma-informed community ✓ provides a shared language ✓ develops a safe environment for clients AND staff that care for them ✓ guides everybody across our organization using principles and tools lets us look at ourselves in the mirror personal insight • Currently 850+ staff and 450+ carers/volunteers • Located in: • Programs include: – VIC, NSW and WA – Out of Home Care • Residential • Lead Tenant • Home Based – – – – Refugee Services Disability Services Education Family and Community Services Sanctuary proactive preventative responsive Builds Community Shared language and ways of doing things Community meetings provide ongoing safety and create the right environment for communication to happen Emotional Intelligence emotional contagions Social Responsibility it takes each of us equally 1 27/03/2015 Sanctuary: Sanctuary healing from trauma Seven Commitments - how we will relate to each other • Nonviolence • Emotional Intelligence – all of organisation + clients • Inquiry and Social Learning • Democracy • Open Communication • Social Responsibility • Growth and Change Simply : Healthy communities help people get better Practitioner Organizational Framework Sanctuary Model runs throughout linking all areas Therapeutic Practitioners bring consistency and calibration Systemic Relational Effects Toolkit Alternatively: building trauma informed practice… Understanding Trauma • Community Meetings • • • • Safety Plans Team Meetings Psychoeducation Groups S.E.L.F in care planning • • • • Red Flag Meetings Self Care Plans S.E.L.F Model • We all need to be the change we want to see • • • Trauma Theory Impact of Trauma Parallel Process Reenactment Collective Disturbance Vicarious Trauma 7 Commitments •Safety •Emotion •Loss •Future 2 27/03/2015 S.E.L.F Outcomes: change as a journey for staff and clients March 2015 Current successes Current challenges Goals and how to get there Safety not absconding verbal abuse damaging things in house be safe with each other Emotion calming sooner rapidly getting angry understand my short fuse help to make it longer Loss increased phone contact remaining calm during phone calls more time with family Future attending Care Team meetings waiting for change and not being able to trust people will do what they say they will return to family mechanic training Sanctuary – almost 3 years Therapeutic Practitioners – 18 months relationships improved quality & range of connections understanding what drives their behaviors & how to adapt engagement community & learning Challenges align us with the challenges of those for whom we work • • Requires commitment to growth and change Understanding that each person is at a different place in the process There will always be a tension between the ideal and the real Building trauma informed practice: Using Sanctuary and the Therapeutic Practitioner model Conclusion • • • • • • Promotes congruence across the organisation Promotes Safety Promotes a healing environment Builds community Promoting continuous personal, professional and organisational change Holds hope Thank you 3
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