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The SECURE STAIRS Framework: Preliminary Evaluation of Trauma Informed Training Developments Within the Children and
S Atkinson1, A McKeown2, D Caveney2
1The Kolvin Service, Specialist Children & Young People's Services CBU, Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust, St Nicholas House, St Nicholas Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE33XT, UK. sarah.atkinson@cntw.nhs.uk.
Abstract:
The SECURE STAIRS framework promotes trauma informed understanding and training across the workforce to inform work with children and young people. A component of the framework is the 'Trauma Informed Practice with Children and Young People in Secure Settings' (TIPSS) training programme for multidisciplinary staff. Between November 2020 and May 2021, a total of 123 members of multidisciplinary staff from a Secure Children's Home (SCH) in the North East of England attended five-day TIPSS training. A pre-post repeated measures design was adopted. Paired samples t-tests were used to analyse pre- and post- questionnaires regarding self-reported levels of (i) knowledge, (ii) understanding and (iii) confidence across Attachment and Developmental Trauma, Understanding Complex Behaviour and Trauma Informed Care training modules. Staff reported significant (p ≤ .001) post-training improvements in knowledge, understanding, and confidence across all three training modules. Implications of findings are discussed, and further developments outlined.
