Competence, Connect, Care
This project focused on developing a model of trauma sensitive care for Champions for Children. Champions for Children is an agency that serves 40,000 annually and has a mission of preventing child abuse. Prevention is accomplished by promoting attachment between caregiver and child, supporting the caregiver in promoting healthy brain development and parent education. The agency never had a comprehensive model to address trauma but there was full support to implement such a program.
A "Quality Circle" was formed, which is an internal process that is part of the PQI program. Quality Circles address issues that impact several or all of the 11 agency programs and require input from all levels of staff- administrative, programmatic and supervisory. The attached paper describes the iterative process used to develop this model, as the Quality Circle members did not find a model that fit for our agency.
The final product is tentatively titled "3C"- Competence, Connection and Care. Competence denotes competence in trauma- knowing what it is and how it can impact people. Connection is about connecting trauma survivors with needed resources, both within and out of the agency. Care is about self-care. This includes preventing vicarious trauma and promoting vicarious resilience.
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