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“Even a Cactus Needs Water”, The Importance of Staff Care
4/15/2024 | 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
The emotional strain of working in the helping professions can cause burnout, compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma. This impacts staff turnover, effectiveness and affects professional/personal lives. This experiential workshop is a three-layered approach to staff care; organizational, professional and personal. Strategies to manage burnout, vicarious trauma and compassion fatigue, will be reviewed. This is applicable to all staff, including management and support staff, in an agency/program. 3 hours
As a result of this training participants will be able to:
- Describe the difference between burnout, vicarious trauma, and compassion fatigue
- Complete self-assessments for level of compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma and self-care.
- Identify strategies for staff care at the organizational, professional, and personal levels.
