On this episode of Tell Us About It, we talk with Katherine Manners about the inception of OVC’s Vicarious Trauma Toolkit, which was released in April 2017. Katherine served as a resource coordinator for the VTT, which is a set of tools to help victim service agencies and other first responders address work-related exposure to trauma for their employees. We talk to Katherine about the research that went into the toolkit, how it is being used, and where this area of research might go in the future.
In addition to her work on the VTT, Katherine is a co-founder of Resilience Works, an organization providing consultation and assistance to agencies whose employees are exposed to trauma. She also serves as a consultant and trainer for Organization Resilience International, serving victim services, trauma, and crisis responder programs. She has more than 30 years of organization consulting and training experience in the fields of victim services, homicide bereavement, and resilience.
For more information on this episode, including related links, please visit our website: https://victimresearch.org/podcast/tell-us-about-it-episode-5-katherine-manners-of-vicarious-trauma-toolkit/
