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Making Islington Council trauma informed

3 mins read Children's Services
Laura Eden, Islington Council’s director of safeguarding and lead for trauma-informed
practice, explains how the London authority is rolling out TIP awareness training.
Housing officers are trained to understand and consider care leavers’ experiences. Picture: Monkey Business/Adobe Stock
Housing officers are trained to understand and consider care leavers’ experiences. Picture: Monkey Business/Adobe Stock

We use a motivational practice model, which is a combination of motivational interviewing and trauma informed practice.

It was called motivational social work and implemented solely in social care services but as soon as we could see the benefits of it and the positive impact it was having on children and their families, we questioned why would we only keep the model in social work? Social workers are part of a wider system and so rolling out the model to early help practitioners and youth justice practitioners as well as raising awareness of the impact of developmental trauma to partner agencies and other council departments was considered the way forward.

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