570 Secondary Trauma Issues for CPS Supervisors: 3 hours

This half day training is designed to introduce supervisors of child protection workers to the concept of secondary traumatic stress and its effect on workers. Supervisors will gain an understanding of how CPS workers may be affected by secondary traumatic stress and how the supervisor’s role can be utilized to assist workers cope. At the end of this training, supervisors of social workers will have an increased knowledge of the definitions and dynamics of secondary traumatic stress as well as a greater understanding of the potential impact of secondary traumatic stress on CPS workers. Supervisors will have an increased comprehension of the role they play in assisting the worker to manage secondary traumatic stress and will develop an individualized plan to assist workers.