What Makes a Children's Home Trauma-Informed? | #TRIBE Talk - Ep. 34
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In this episode of TRIBE Talk, we explore what it really means for a children's home to be trauma-informed. While many services describe themselves as trauma-informed, the reality is that trauma-informed care is much more than training, policies, or good intentions. It requires a whole-system approach that shapes how staff understand behaviour, build relationships, respond to crises, and support young people every day.
Drawing on real-world experience from residential care settings, we discuss the key ingredients of effective trauma-informed residential care and how they create environments where children can feel safe, develop trusting relationships, and begin to heal from past adversity.
Episode Highlights:
- What trauma-informed residential care actually means
- Why training alone is not enough to create trauma-informed practice
- Understanding behaviour through a trauma and attachment lens
- The role of relationships in supporting healing and recovery
- Creating safety, predictability, and consistency within the home
- Supporting staff to deliver trauma-informed care effectively
- How assessment, formulation, and intervention work together
- What good trauma-informed residential care looks like in everyday practice