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SC-002Professional certification

Mental Health and Psychosocial Support for Trauma-Exposed Workers

Duration

2 weeks

Investment

Fully sponsored with a registration fee of KES: 500

Method

Online

Language

⚑English

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Course narrative

A practical course helping participants understand trauma's impact, recognize stress responses, and develop resilience while providing basic psychosocial support to others in their roles.

OverviewWorking with people experiencing crisis, loss, trauma or distress can take a toll on your own wellbeing. This practical short course helps participants understand the impact of trauma-exposed work, recognise stress-related responses, strengthen self-care and resilience, and provide basic psychosocial support to others safely and within their role.

Skills acquired

Recognize stress burnout compassion fatigue and secondary traumatic stress
Use grounding emotional regulation and self-care tools
Set healthy boundaries
Communicate supportively with people in distress
Link individuals to further support
Strengthen personal and workplace wellbeing

Target audience

Workers and supervisors in humanitarian, health, education, social service, community, refugee support, emergency response, NGO, public service and frontline roles

Curriculum structure

0 integrated learning units

Delivery mechanism

This certification utilises a high-fidelity online framework, combining resources with institutional support systems.

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Host institution

School of Education

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