Vicarious Trauma Mitigation
Practical, evidence-informed programs for frontline workers and managers in trauma-exposed workplaces.
Designed to build a strong foundation for understanding exposure to potentially traumatic content as a workplace hazard, and the practical steps that can be taken to reduce risk.
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FAQ
Who is this training for?
This training has been developed for use across trauma-exposed workplaces, whether work involves primarily written material, audio-visual content, or direct engagement with trauma victim-survivors.
As part of the development process, the modules were pilot-tested with professionals from a range of sectors, including law, medicine, nursing, education, social work and psychology.
I am not based in Australia, will the course content still be relevant to me?
This training has been developed within the context of contemporary Australian psychosocial risk regulation as it applies to vicarious trauma.
For participants outside Australia, work health and safety regulation may not drive a duty-led requirement to adopt this approach. However, the program offers a practical and structured way of approaching staff wellbeing in trauma-exposed workforces, shifting the focus away from individual resilience and towards organisational risk awareness, work design, and safer ways of working.
An international version of these programs is currently in development and will be released in the coming months.
Is this course aligned to Australian psychosocial risk regulation?
This eLearning is grounded in a work health and safety perspective, reflecting a deliberate shift away from framing vicarious trauma as an issue of individual resilience. Instead, exposure to potentially traumatic events, content and materials is treated as a foreseeable workplace hazard that requires proactive risk awareness and safer ways of working.
While designed for individual learners, the focus is not on “coping better” or personal toughness. It centres on recognising risk, understanding how the hazard operates, and adopting practical, day-to-day work practices that reduce risk to yourself and others.
The module supports workers to build capacity for self-reflection and brief practices that help regulate the stress response across the workday, while recognising that these strategies must sit alongside, not in place of, broader risk controls.
This approach aligns with recent reforms in Australian WHS regulation regarding psychosocial risks, recognising that safe work practices must be embedded in how work is designed, organised, and managed.
Are organisational licensing packages available?
Organisational licensing options are available.
Organisations with an internal learning management system can license the modules as SCORM packages for internal hosting, with optional customisation to support meaningful, context-specific application.
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