San Francisco Department of Public Health Trauma Informed Systems Initiative

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Organization Description

The mission of the public health system at its most basic level is to promote and protect the wellness of our community. The San Francisco Department of Public Health has developed a Trauma Informed Systems Framework intended to help improve organizational functioning, increase resilience and improve workforce experience.

Program Information

Our Trauma Informed Systems Initiative, made up of staff and DPH employees and a team of interns is leading this change effort, which includes the following components: • Mandatory, foundational training to all 9,000 public health employees to create a shared language and understanding of trauma for our workforce • Development of an embedded Champions Learning Community (CLC) • Train the Trainer program • Intentional efforts to align TIS with all our workforce and policy initiatives • Leadership Engagement and outreach to support leaders to integrate TIS principles into day-to-day operations as well as promote system change at the program and policy level. • Work towards establishing San Francisco as a Trauma Informed City insuring that the entire workforce has a common language and principles.

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Additional requirements and/or considerations
  • TB Test
  • Driver's License
Address 
1380 Howard St.
San Francisco, CA 94118
United States
General Phone 
(415) 255-3614
Website:
http://www.sfdph.org
Program(s) 
Health Education
Organization type 
Focus Population(s)
Focus Area(s)
Minimum required hours 
240
Maximum students 
1