CONTRACT FOR PILOT TO EMBED A CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE TRAUMA INFORMED APPROACH IN GATESHEAD FOR HIGH RISK, HIGH HARM AND HIGH VULNERABILITY

Trauma-Informed Care (TIC) is a framework for health care delivery that is based on insight of how trauma impacts people's lives and their needs, aiming to facilitate recovery without re-traumatisation. This pilot service aims to expand provision, extending the current service which is available to all children in in-house fostering or residential care, establishing and embedding a trauma informed care model across services to meet the needs of all children and young people in Gateshead with high levels of complex trauma needs, resulting in vulnerabilities and risks to self or others. The objective of the service is to improve outcomes for all children who have experienced adverse childhood events, whilst working with those children who are most vulnerable and most at risk