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How an occupational safety approach can prevent vicarious trauma

Lauren Finestone

A Churchill Fellowship report calls for a fundamental shift in how organisations view and manage vicarious trauma.

A Churchill Fellowship report invites us to examine vicarious trauma through a new lens: that of occupational safety. It argues that we should approach exposure to indirect trauma by using the same problem-solving pathways we use to manage physical workplace hazards. This perspective shift aligns with recent changes in Australian work health and safety regulations that require employers to proactively manage exposure to traumatic events and mate...

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Published 25 March, 2025