DT 1806 Vicarious Trauma & Self-Care (Birmingham)
Thursday 12 Dec 2019, 09.30, Birmingham
Tutors: Beate Dasarathy, Medical Legal Reports Legal Officer & Trainer and Fran Pierre, Adult Psychological Therapist & Trainer, Freedom from Torture
This course is designed for immigration law practitioners working directly with asylum seekers, refugees, survivors of torture who have suffered serious trauma.
Aim of the course:
• To provide immigration legal practitioner's with the knowledge and suggestions to better manage the impact of working with severely traumatised clients including survivors of torture.
• To give Immigration law practitioners an insight into self-care and vicarious traumatisation
• To support Immigration law practitioners to feel more confident in identifying, and acting on indicators of this type of traumatisation