At an event to mark the sixth anniversary of social justice charity Peer Power, the House of Lords heard that “now more than ever, young people need to be heard”.
The charity launched its research The Empathy Report at the event which explores the importance of “youth services dealing with trauma being delivered by people with lived experience”.
In a series of recommendations it calls for all agencies supporting young people with experience of trauma to “have a trauma responsive and empathic culture rather than being simply trauma-aware”.
“Training psychologically informed and socio-therapeutic practice for practitioners to combat the impact of trauma and multiple adversities should be rolled out across multi-support agencies in the public and voluntary sectors,” it adds.
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