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hosting SUPPORT—

Supporting hosts of asylum seekers, refugees, survivors of trafficking and victims of modern slavery to be trauma-informed.

 
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FOR those hosting survivors of trauma in their homes

SURVIVORS OF TRAFFICKING, REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS, AND VICTIMS OF SLAVERY WILL HAVE EXPERIENCED UNIMAGINABLE HORRORS, AND MAY BE EXPERIENCING A VARIETY OF PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL RESPONSES TO THIS TRAUMA.

A safe, welcoming host home can foster resilience from trauma and positively support the overall well-being of asylum seekers, refugees, survivors of trafficking and victims of modern slavery. However, there is also a potential risk of vicarious trauma that this poses to hosts.

When hosting people who have been victims of collective violence, TTI believes it is crucial to protect one’s own wellbeing in order to provide a safe space for self and guest. This protects hosts from the risks of vicarious trauma and burnout whilst also building the emotional capacity to support guests with adjusting to a new culture, language, and environment.

Trauma Treatment International’s expert team of clinical psychologists has put together some top tips for you as hosts in the UK to take a trauma-informed approach to hosting.  You can also watch our video on welcoming victims of trauma into your home (below).

If you would like more information on protecting your own mental health and those of your guests, please register your interest in joining a trauma management workshop by emailing info@tt-intl.org.

Watch OUR video: how to give a trauma-informed
welcome to survivors of trauma, as hosts or mentors

 

for ngos, local councils and community groups

Staff and volunteers working in a trauma-exposed environment are much more likely to experience burnout, traumatic stress and compassion fatigue.

By supporting organisations and their workforce, we can ensure service delivery directly to refugees and migrants is trauma-informed and effective.

TTI works with organisations directly to provide a tailored approach to the support and wellbeing of their staff. Every organisation — and its level of trauma-exposure — is unique.

That’s why Trauma Treatment International provides customised training and counselling services to help support both staff and victims of violence and trauma.

Click here to see the range of workplace support TTI offers and complete a self-guided survey on your risk exposure to trauma as an organisation.

TRAUMA INFORMED HOSTING COALITION

Ten UK organisations have joined forces to create the Trauma Informed Hosting Coalition, aimed at supporting victims of trauma being hosted in the UK and those around them.

The Trauma Informed Hosting Coalition sees the coming together of charity and partnership organisations: Barnardo’s, Citizens UK, Hope at Home, Housing Justice Cymru, Migration Yorkshire, NACCOM, Refugee Council, Refugees at Home, Reset and Trauma Treatment International (TTI).

The coalition will work together to ensure hosting schemes in the UK are trauma-informed. This will help create the best possible conditions to prevent re-traumatisation, support long term recovery, and promote the wellbeing of hosts, guests and the people who work with them.

Shared best practice guidelines, based on the experiences of guests and hosts, will be promoted to the charity, public sector and policy makers for future national hosting schemes.

Find out more here.