Staff Wellbeing

Opening Doors: Trauma Informed Practice for the Workforce

This animation was developed by NHS Education for Scotland, in partnership with the Scottish Government. It is designed to be relevant to all workers within the Scottish workforce. It aims to support workers to know how to adapt the way they work to make a positive difference to people affected by trauma and adversity. Trauma is everybody’s business.

Opening Doors: Trauma Informed Practice for the Workforce from NES on Vimeo.

Sowing Seeds

If you work with children and young people, consider also viewing “Sowing Seeds” also below, an animation created by NHS Education for Scotland to support people to make a positive difference to the lives of children and young people affected by trauma.

Sowing Seeds: Trauma Informed Practice for Anyone Working with Children and Young People from NES on Vimeo.

Taking A Trauma Informed Lens To Your Work

Taking a Trauma Informed Lens to your Work: Opening Doors guides you through how to use the animation to further support the strengthening and development of trauma informed practice within your own work and/or wider service/organisation.

Taking a trauma informed lens to your work : Opening doors from NES on Vimeo.

TED Talk Rita Pierson Every Kid Needs at Champion

Rita Pierson, a teacher for 40 years, once heard a colleague say, "They don't pay me to like the kids." Her response: "Kids don't learn from people they don't like.'" A rousing call to educators to believe in their students and actually connect with them on a real, human, personal level.

Anna Freud Link - looking-after-each-other-ourselves-final.pdf (annafreud.org)

Link to EL Nurture Website website. Nurture, Recovery & Reconnection - schools (google.com)

Link to EL Bereavement Bereavement, loss and grief | Educational Psychology Service | East Lothian Council