Hello,
This has been on my mind for a while now particularly as I hear more and more people talking about being trauma or ACE informed as if that is the aim of the learning journey - I want to say and what next? What will you do differently, how will your practice change, do the systems and processes reflect this change.....
We have been training and supporting organisations in becoming informed AND changing practice for over 4 years now - learning a lot as we have gone along. There was a moment recently when we visited an organisation we had worked with previously and a new team member said 'we want all the same training and development - they think differently to us' when referring to more experienced colleagues working in family intervention. When I asked what that meant she said 'they use different language, they are interested on what the family thinks is impacting on them and not what the professional thinks, they help the family to change what they want to change and support the journey' - defining their own success. Being able to work in this way does need financial support in terms of not having time limited interventions but in the longer term delivers much better outcomes. This of course relates to the time old question in relation to what does good or success look like (relates to the comment above about recovery outcomes) and will organisations be given enough time to evidence what works, so often good practice is lost due to not having ongoing funding.