Vicarious trauma: The impact of working with survivors of trauma

Date

2018

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Publisher

Association for Criminal Justice Research and Development

Abstract

This conference paper will discuss the impact on front line staff of working with vulnerable people and ways in which organisations can respond to improve outcomes for service users, staff and the whole organisation. In order to understand the impact on staff we must first understand the types of trauma presenting.

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Keywords

vicarious trauma, secondary traumatic stress, Ireland, International Resources, impact

Citation

Lambert, S. (2018). Vicarious trauma: the impact of working with survivors of trauma. In 5th Annual Irish Criminal Justice Agencies Conference. Toward a Trauma responsive criminal justice system: why, how and what next?. Association for Criminal Justice Research and Development, ACJRD.

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