{"id":2211,"date":"2022-06-02T09:01:36","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T01:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.epworth.sg\/?p=2211"},"modified":"2022-06-02T14:18:03","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T06:18:03","slug":"moving-towards-a-trauma-informed-organisation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.epworth.sg\/?p=2211","title":{"rendered":"Moving Towards A Trauma-Informed Organisation"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″ shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_link_target=”_self” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” overlay_strength=”0.3″ column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column_text]By Tan Bee Leng<\/strong>, Assistant Director (Programmes & Organisational Development) of Epworth Community Services<\/p>\n

In the early 1960s, even before the first time a man landed on the moon on 20 July 1969. President John F Kennedy was touring the NASA headquarters and encountered a man mopping the floors.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat are you doing?\u201d Kennedy asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cMr President,\u201d the janitor responded, \u201cI\u2019m helping put a man on the moon.\u201d<\/p>\n

The janitor understood the importance of a dream bigger than himself. He wasn\u2019t merely a janitor. He was a member of the NASA space team. The employee did not see his everyday work as an isolated task, but he viewed it as a critical component of changing the world through space exploration.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″ shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_link_target=”_self” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” overlay_strength=”0.3″ column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][image_with_animation image_url=”2087″ alignment=”center” animation=”Fade In” hover_animation=”none” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”75%” max_width_mobile=”default”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″ shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_link_target=”_self” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1\/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” overlay_strength=”0.3″ column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column_text]\n

What Does It Mean To Move Towards a Trauma-Informed Organisation?<\/strong><\/h4>\n

For Epworth to move towards a trauma-informed organisation, it means that everyone (right from the Board to the janitor), would embody the aspiration of being trauma-informed in our
\nday to day responsibilities. We have started this journey 2 years ago. While it will take time to get there, we have taken the first steps.<\/p>\n

A trauma-informed organisation means an emphasis in our organisational culture of understanding, respecting and appropriately responding to the effects of trauma at all levels.<\/p>\n

Being trauma-informed requires the organisation to make a paradigm shift from asking, \u201cWhat is wrong with this person?\u201d to \u201cWhat has happened to this person?\u201d.<\/p>\n

It is as simple as assuming everyone wants to do their best, and this is one step toward trauma-informed human resources and performance management.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_link_target=”_self” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1\/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” overlay_strength=”0.3″ column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column_text]\n

The four \u201cR\u201ds to become a Trauma-Informed Organisation<\/h5>\n[\/vc_column_text][nectar_icon_list color=”default” direction=”vertical” icon_size=”small” icon_style=”border”][nectar_icon_list_item icon_type=”numerical” title=”List Item” id=”1654150639650-9″ tab_id=”1654150639651-1″ text=”Realise the widespread impact of trauma and understand potential paths for recovery;”] [\/nectar_icon_list_item][nectar_icon_list_item icon_type=”numerical” title=”List Item” id=”1654150639727-9″ tab_id=”1654150639728-10″ text=”Recognise the signs and symptoms of trauma in clients, families, staff, and others involved with the
\nsystem;”][\/nectar_icon_list_item][nectar_icon_list_item icon_type=”numerical” title=”List Item” id=”1654150639759-0″ tab_id=”1654150639759-9″ text=”Respond by fully integrating knowledge about trauma into policies, procedures, and practices; and”][\/nectar_icon_list_item][nectar_icon_list_item icon_type=”numerical” title=”List Item” id=”1654150639773-6″ tab_id=”1654150639773-6″ text=”Actively resist re-traumatisation.”][\/nectar_icon_list_item][\/nectar_icon_list][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″ shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_link_target=”_self” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” overlay_strength=”0.3″ column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column_text]Being trauma-informed assumes that an individual may have a history of trauma. Trauma-Informed Care recognises the presence of trauma symptoms and acknowledges the role trauma may play in an individual\u2019s life \u2013 including frontline clinical staff.<\/p>\n

The intent of a trauma-informed organisation, then is not to treat symptoms or issues related to abuses or any other form of trauma. Rather, the organisation is to provide support services in a way that is accessible and appropriate to those who may have experienced trauma.<\/p>\n

Without a trauma-informed approach, the possibility for triggering or exacerbating trauma symptoms and retraumatising an individual increases.<\/p>\n

What is the impact of this on both staff and beneficiaries?<\/h4>\n

A trauma-informed organisation helps to provide physical and emotional safety for everyone in the organisation. When someone is able to become more self-aware of their own baggage and trauma history, and find support services to process their own trauma, it will eventually translate to greater well-being for all.<\/p>\n

For our beneficiaries (children, youths and their families), it could be as simple as asking how they would overcome their challenges. In response, beneficiaries are then guided to make wise choices that best suit their circumstance, rather than being forced into one that does not work for them.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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