Community Based CareStaff Retreat: Values, Ownership, and Why We Do It
What values guide us and our work? It’s a question that goes to the heart of an organization and its workers. And it is a question that the CIF staff got to ask themselves and each other recently. Last month we gathered as a whole-staff team for our annual retreat. This retreat was financed thanks…
CiFChildren in Families·2017-09-28·3 min read
Humans of CIFHow We Deal with Compassion Fatigue
When Helping Hurts – Dealing with Compassion Fatigue Compassion Fatigue, secondary traumatic stress (STS), vicarious trauma…these are all terms used to describe the toll that can accompany caring for others who have experienced or are experiencing trauma. It’s no surprise then, than people like the Children In Families regularly experience this kind of vicarious trauma. Others…
CiFChildren in Families·2016-01-20·4 min read
