# Showing kindness takes minutes: social workers in adult social care champion ways to be more trauma aware

An episode of [The Social Work Community Podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1714472159), 26 Feb 2026, 33 min.

Audio: https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/14f60c17-0074-476d-8548-b3680082530f/c840856e-aaf1-41c7-9e14-b3e700cdd2aa/0563bb59-8759-49d8-a05b-b3fd0101bda6/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=a30296c8-4875-4ee0-ae8d-b3e700cdd2b8

The foundations of trauma awareness are rooted in kindness and compassion and over the last two years, adult social care practitioners at Essex County Council have been on a journey to embed values like these into their direct work, supervision and in shaping Essex’s practice model. Listen as practitioners Danni, Melanie Noel, Kayleigh Johnson and Claire McDermid, explain how trauma awareness is applied in practice, why showing kindness can be achieved in minutes, and why its benefits extend also to the workforce. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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