Resources
As your organization continues on its journey to adopt trauma-informed care practices, there are many additional resources available to help support your team:
Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
Read the ACF’s Concept paper on Secondary Traumatic Stress for an introduction to signs of compassion fatigue and interventions to support staff wellbeing.
Canada Life's Workplace Strategies for Mental Health
Canada Life’s Workplace Strategies for Mental Health initiative offers free resources, approaches, and tools. This resource is not confined to U.S. law or practice nor is it specific to long-term care, but applies universally to organizations working toward building strong, resilient workplace cultures.
National Fund for Workforce Solutions
National Fund for Workforce Solutions a non-profit organization with a mission to collaborate with workers, employers, and communities to advance a skilled workforce, promote good jobs, and invest in equitable outcomes. Their publication A Trauma-Informed Approach to Workforce (2021) was developed to help employers understand the impact of toxic stress on the workforce and in the workplace.
Resilient Wisconsin
Resilient Wisconsin aims to build a trauma-informed state for residents of all ages. Their guide Developing Parallel Skills for Trauma-Informed Practice is geared toward any professional who serves people who have experienced trauma and toxic stress. The guide recognizes that staying attuned to your own feelings, needs, and behaviors at work and in daily life is key to supporting others and our own wellbeing.
Urban Institute
The Urban Institute’s 2019 publication Making the Business Case for Employee Wellbeing addresses employee pain points, trends, and innovation related to employee wellbeing.