Addressing vicarious trauma at child welfare professionals
This article will discuss vicarious traumatization among child welfare professionals. Vicarious traumatization presents secondary trauma that results from cumulating of clients’ traumatic experiences and has permanent consequences. Secondary trauma among helping professionals is neglected i...
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Victimology Society of Serbia and University of Belgrade, Faculty of Special Education and Rehabilitation
2018-01-01
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| description | This article will discuss vicarious traumatization among child welfare
professionals. Vicarious traumatization presents secondary trauma that
results from cumulating of clients’ traumatic experiences and has permanent
consequences. Secondary trauma among helping professionals is neglected in
child welfare system, regardless their day to day work in front lines with
deliberately traumatic experiences children and their families were exposed
to. Vicarious traumatization is defined by comparison with other related
concepts. Likewise, the article describes the signs that indicate the
presence of vicarious trauma. Further, the article explains one method in
coping Vicarious Trauma manifestation in interrupting phase, before bigger
problems occur. Coping in this phase is possible through professional,
personal and organizational level. The purpose of this article is to
identify the possibilities to overcome vicarious trauma in both helping
professionals in child welfare system and other professionals whose work is
engaged with traumatized children or youth. If our goal is good quality
service, adequate protection of child and youth and their satisfaction with
that service, care about child welfare professionals is necessary to prevent
vicarious trauma. Beyond professional self-care, it is important that
system, organization and managers ensure supportive conditions which will
contribute to professional well-being and rising resilience among them. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1c56bb40e57d4f75bb09342fd2bf0e6c2025-08-20T03:33:07ZengVictimology Society of Serbia and University of Belgrade, Faculty of Special Education and RehabilitationTemida1450-66372406-09412018-01-0121341142810.2298/TEM1803411B1450-66371803411BAddressing vicarious trauma at child welfare professionalsBorjanić-Bolić Emina0College of Social Work, BelgradeThis article will discuss vicarious traumatization among child welfare professionals. Vicarious traumatization presents secondary trauma that results from cumulating of clients’ traumatic experiences and has permanent consequences. Secondary trauma among helping professionals is neglected in child welfare system, regardless their day to day work in front lines with deliberately traumatic experiences children and their families were exposed to. Vicarious traumatization is defined by comparison with other related concepts. Likewise, the article describes the signs that indicate the presence of vicarious trauma. Further, the article explains one method in coping Vicarious Trauma manifestation in interrupting phase, before bigger problems occur. Coping in this phase is possible through professional, personal and organizational level. The purpose of this article is to identify the possibilities to overcome vicarious trauma in both helping professionals in child welfare system and other professionals whose work is engaged with traumatized children or youth. If our goal is good quality service, adequate protection of child and youth and their satisfaction with that service, care about child welfare professionals is necessary to prevent vicarious trauma. Beyond professional self-care, it is important that system, organization and managers ensure supportive conditions which will contribute to professional well-being and rising resilience among them.http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/1450-6637/2018/1450-66371803411B.pdfvicarious traumatizationsecondary traumachild welfare systemhelping professionals |
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| title_short | Addressing vicarious trauma at child welfare professionals |
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