Trauma-Informed Care in Child Welfare: An Imperative for Residential Childcare Workers

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dc.contributor.authorBrend, Denise Michelle ; Sprang, Ginny
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-08T19:01:53Z
dc.date.available2022-02-08T19:01:53Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractContext: Rates of traumatization among residential child welfare professionals are alarmingly high. The well-being of these professionals is associated both with their intention to stay in their jobs and outcomes of children in their care. Several risk factors threaten the well-being of child welfare professionals, including primary and secondary exposure to experiences with the potential to provoke posttraumatic stress reactions. Objectives: This manuscript details experiences empirically shown to have potential negative impacts on professional well-being, discusses why these impacts are of particular concern for residential childcare workers, and describes the types of organizational cultures and climates that appear to mitigate these negative impacts. Implications: Trauma-informed care at the organizational level is proposed both as a means to reduce harm to child-welfare professionals and promote the rehabilitation of children within the child welfare system. (Author Abstract)en_US
dc.identifier.citationBrend, Denise Michelle ; Sprang, Ginny. (2020). Trauma-Informed Care in Child Welfare: An Imperative for Residential Childcare Workers. International Journal of Child and Adolescent Resilience, 7(1): 154-165.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.erudit.org/en/journals/ijcar/2020-v7-n1-ijcar05590/1072595ar.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/5324
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInternational Journal of Child and Adolescent Resilienceen_US
dc.subjectchild abuseen_US
dc.subjectsecondary traumatic stressen_US
dc.subjectcompassion fatigueen_US
dc.subjectstressen_US
dc.subjectinstitutionalen_US
dc.subjectInternational Resourcesen_US
dc.subjectCanadaen_US
dc.titleTrauma-Informed Care in Child Welfare: An Imperative for Residential Childcare Workersen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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