It is the Scottish Government, COSLA and many other partners’ ambition to have a trauma-informed and responsive workforce and services across Scotland. This means that universally, across all systems and services, we recognise where people are affected by trauma and adversity, respond in ways that prevent further harm and support recovery, and improve life chances for people affected by trauma.
The National Trauma Transformation Programme (formerly known as the National Trauma Training Programme) is a major and long-term change programme, which aims to support this vision. The NTTP provides a wide range of learning resources, guidance and implementation support for all sectors of the workforce, including leaders, to up-skill staff to the appropriate level of trauma-informed and responsive practice and, critically, to embed and sustain this model of working.
The NTTP is funded by the Scottish Government and delivered in partnership with COSLA, NHS Education for Scotland (NES), the Improvement Service (IS) and Resilience Learning Partnership (RLP).
To support this work, the Improvement Service provides a range of support to local authorities and other key stakeholders to:
- raise awareness of the benefits of a trauma-informed approach across systems, services and the workforce;
- develop tools and resources, and provide support to help strengthen the capacity and capability of councils and partners to implement a trauma-informed approach; and
- bring together local trauma champions and trauma leads to share learning and good practice.
For more information about the NTTP and our support for local authorities and partners, please visit the NTTP website.
Phone: 07767 248653