Trauma-informed Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire: a pledge for partners
The Trauma-Informed Pledge for Partners has been developed and co-produced by the Trauma-Informed Systems Programme. This programme is hosted by NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board (ICB) and aims to promote trauma-informed systems change across all sectors, professions and areas of work.
The Trauma-Informed Pledge forms part of our wider work to build a shared language, approach and ambition around trauma-informed practice across sectors and parts of our wider system in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. It’s for any organisation, service, strategic board or group working in the local area and to be signed by leaders (eg: CEOs, chairs of boards, chief executives) or representatives who have been authorised to sign on behalf of their organisation, service, strategic board or group.
The Pledge represents an opportunity for organisations, strategic boards and groups serving the people and communities of Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire to make an active commitment towards embedding a trauma-informed approach across services and systems by:
- Organisational and strategic leaders signing the pledge, agreeing to the eight commitments.
- Organisations, strategic boards, and groups identifying two key actions they will commit to over the next 12 months to progress their trauma-informed journeys.
These two actions might describe work that you are already doing around trauma-informed practice which you are committing to continue, or that you are looking to develop over the next 12 months.
Actions may vary across different parts of the system, depending on resource, capacity and how far along you are in your trauma-informed journey. Examples of actions include, but are not limited to:
- setting up an organisational trauma-informed steering group
- reviewing policies through a trauma-informed lens
- developing a trauma-informed practice action plan using the Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Trauma-Informed Practice Framework
- training line managers around recognising and responding to secondary and vicarious trauma among staff
- building coproduction into ongoing work or identifying a trauma-informed champion.