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About this course
This 2-hour online course supports professionals who work with the trauma of others, whether through listening to people’s experiences, supporting people in distress, or engaging with distressing material. It focuses on vicarious trauma and how repeated exposure can affect workers over time. Reflecting current work health and safety expectations, the course emphasises the role of organisations in identifying and managing psychosocial risks, while also introducing practical strategies individuals can use to support their wellbeing. You will learn to recognise early signs of impact, identify personal and organisational risk factors, and apply the Prepare, Respond, Recover framework to support safer and more sustainable practice.
Course content
By completing this course you will be able to:
- Define trauma and its mental health impacts
- Explain how exposure to the traumatic experiences of others can lead the development of vicarious trauma
- Recognise signs that trauma exposure may be affecting your own wellbeing or that of colleagues
- Describe how work health and safety legislation supports employer and worker responsibilities for reducing harm associated with exposure to the trauma of others at work
- Identify practical strategies that support safer engagement with the trauma of others at work
Who should do this course?
If your role involves exposure to the trauma of others, traumatic material, or people experiencing high levels of trauma-related distress, this flexible, self-paced online course explores how the risk of vicarious trauma is shaped by the way trauma-exposed work is designed, organised, and supported. Designed for professionals across healthcare, social services, emergency response, policing, intelligence, legal and justice sectors, and media, the course takes a practical, work-focused approach to reducing risk. You will learn to recognise early signs of vicarious trauma, understand organisational responsibilities for managing exposure, and use practical strategies that support safe, sustainable trauma-exposed work for yourself and others.
$136.40 inc GST $102.30 inc GST
