City-Wide Trauma Awareness, Sensitivity and Healing Through Relationships
2.7 Strategic Goals
Steering Committee
Training & Workforce development
Systems development
Pledge/MOU
Research & Evaluation
Embarking on a population-based Trauma-sensitive approach means developing proactive systems that aspire to prevent trauma from occurring in the first place, promoting protective factors for all children, recognising the behaviours that may be the result of trauma and intervening appropriately, and helping people who are experiencing adverse consequences in a trauma-sensitive way. 2.8 Steering Committee Cork City established a steering committee under the leadership of former Lord Mayor Dr John Sheehan in late 2019, with the overarching aim of making the city Trauma-sensitive . Upon recognising and understanding the connection between trauma and potential poor physical and social outcomes, we have a responsibility to develop a plan to raise awareness about trauma by educating local partners and service providers on what trauma is, the role trauma plays in people’s lives and that healing from trauma is through relationships. Becoming a Trauma-sensitive city means we will develop city-wide structures and frameworks that involve recognising, understanding, and responding to trauma that children, young people and communities are exposed to and will develop systems which support those impacted by trauma. This steering group is derived from a coalition of professionals from interdisciplinary services, with professional and personal experience of how trauma can affect people and a working knowledge of the importance of relational repair. Cork City Trauma-Sensitive steering group is made up of more than 30 professionals across public agencies and community groups including; • An Garda Síochána • Cork ETB (CETB) • Universities- MTU & UCC • TUSLA • HSE – Social Inclusion/Public Health/Mental Health/ Drug and Alcohol Services/GP’s
Cork Trauma Sensitive City
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