Self-Care and Preventing Burnout for Culturally Specific DV/SA Organizations
Module Goal: Provide culturally specific domestic violence and sexual assault organizations with the knowledge and tools to implement effective self-care practices and prevent burnout among staff and advocates. This module aims to build organizational capacity to enhance the well-being of advocates and sustain quality services to survivors.
Section 1: Introduction
- Understanding the Importance of Self-Care and Burnout Prevention
- The Power of Healing for Individuals and Communities
Section 2: Foundations of Self-Care
- Defining Self and Community Care: Beyond the Surface
- Recognizing the Impact of Multiple Layers of Trauma
- Cultural Responsiveness and Its Role in Self and Community Sovereignty
Section 3: Building a Self-Care Toolkit
- Identifying Individual Needs and Preferences
- Self and Community Care Practices for Physical Well-Being
- Nurturing Emotional Resilience: Strategies and Techniques
- Fostering Spiritual and Cultural Nourishment
Section 4: Organizational Strategies for Burnout Prevention
- Creating a Supportive Organizational Culture
- Implementing Flexibility and Balance
- Supervision and Peer Support: Nurturing a Community Focused Team
- Recognizing Warning Signs and Addressing Burnout without Punitive Practices
