Psychological trauma, including adverse and traumatic experiences in childhood and adulthood, is more common than we often assume. We all have a role to play in understanding and responding to people affected by psychological trauma and adversity.

Scotland has paved the way in creating a vision of a trauma-informed workforce and services. The aim is that services and care are delivered in ways that prevent further harm or re-traumatisation for those of us who have experienced psychological trauma or adversity at any stage in our lives and support people’s unique recovery journey.

It is important to have a broad understanding of the levels of awareness and familiarity across the whole workforce. This survey is primarily aimed at staff working across all sectors of Scotland’s workforce in the public and third sectors, as well as staff working in the private sector, particularly those in the social care sector.

You are invited to complete this short (5 minute) anonymous survey (linked for your convenience) to influence and understand more about current levels of understanding of psychological trauma and adversity across Scotland’s workforce, the extent to which trauma-informed practice is currently embedded, and where additional support may be required. The survey closes on Friday 22nd March 2024.

This survey follows on from a previous survey run in 2021 and will support an understanding of progress made since then.

Please note that this survey does not ask any questions about experiences of trauma.

If you are seeking support with recovery from psychological trauma, this webpage provides information about useful services (linked for your convenience). You can find out more about the National Trauma Transformation Programme here (linked for your convenience).

If you have any questions or comments about this survey you can contact research@improvementservice.org.uk