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Burnout, Vicarious Trauma and Self-Care

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SOCIAL WORK CPD · ONLINE · SELF-PACED

Burnout and Vicarious Trauma Course Online: 3 Social Work CPD Hours

Burnout, Vicarious Trauma and Self-Care is a practical, self-paced CPD course for social workers and social service workers across Canada. Burnout versus vicarious trauma, risk factors, early signs, workplace and personal strategies, moral injury and recovery. It has nine narrated lessons and a 36-question final exam. Built to align with Canadian social work regulators’ CPD requirements for self-directed learning. Every course gives you what you submit for your CPD record: a certificate with your name, the provider, course title, completion date and CPD hours, plus the course outline, learning outcomes and your exam result.

✓3 CPD hours, with a certificate for your CPD record

✓Nine narrated video lessons (about 182 minutes) with slides, transcripts and a participant workbook

✓Knowledge checks with instant feedback, unlimited retakes, then a final exam

✓Access never expires

Need more than one topic? Get all 18 courses for $299 CAD: 54 CPD hours and a certificate for each. Save $403 compared with buying courses separately.

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At a glance

Burnout, Vicarious Trauma and Self-Care at a glance

Detail	Summary
Credit	3 instructional hours. Not accredited or approved by any regulator.
Format	Online, self-paced: nine narrated lessons (about 182 minutes), exercises, workbook
Completion	Pass the 36-question final exam at 80 percent
Documentation	Certificate with course title, completion date and 3 hours
Focus areas	Wellbeing; Professional Sustainability; Supervision
Level	Professional: registered social workers, social service workers, students and new graduates
Price	$39 CAD, or the complete pack of 18 courses for $299

What you will learn

What you will learn in this burnout and vicarious trauma course

Define stress, burnout, vicarious trauma, secondary traumatic stress, compassion fatigue and moral injury.
Identify individual, organizational and systemic causes of strain.
Choose evidence based strategies that suit your life.
Describe the factors of a psychologically healthy workplace.
Use supervision for emotional processing as well as case management.
Recognize common reactions to critical incidents.
Explain how identity and systemic inequity shape burnout.
Recognize when time off or treatment is needed.
Apply the course to mixed cases.

What is inside

Burnout and Vicarious Trauma course curriculum: nine lessons built around real situations

Short narrated lessons with worked examples and practice pauses, each closing with a knowledge check. Slides and a transcript are included for every lesson.

Lesson 1: Understanding the terms, and why they matter

Narrated video with a worked example and a practice pause. Ends with a three-question knowledge check.

Lesson 2: Seeing the pattern early

Narrated video with a worked example and a practice pause. Ends with a three-question knowledge check.

Lesson 3: Sleep, movement, regulation, boundaries, meaning and connection

Narrated video with a worked example and a practice pause. Ends with a three-question knowledge check.

Lesson 4: What employers and leaders owe, and what you can ask for

Narrated video with a worked example and a practice pause. Ends with a three-question knowledge check.

Lesson 5: Support that works when the work is heavy

Narrated video with a worked example and a practice pause. Ends with a three-question knowledge check.

Lesson 6: When something terrible happens at work

Narrated video with a worked example and a practice pause. Ends with a three-question knowledge check.

Lesson 7: Why strain is not shared equally

Narrated video with a worked example and a practice pause. Ends with a three-question knowledge check.

Lesson 8: When rest is not enough

Narrated video with a worked example and a practice pause. Ends with a three-question knowledge check.

Lesson 9: Making it real

Narrated video with a worked example and a practice pause. Ends with a three-question knowledge check.

CPD hours

Burnout and Vicarious Trauma course: 3 online CPD hours for Canadian social workers

The course counts as 3 instructional hours. Complete every lesson, pass the final exam, download your certificate, and enter the activity in your regulator’s CPD record yourself. Keep the certificate and your notes as evidence.

Built to align with Canadian social work regulators’ CPD requirements for self-directed learning. Every course gives you what you submit for your CPD record: a certificate with your name, the provider, course title, completion date and CPD hours, plus the course outline, learning outcomes and your exam result.

Taking more than one course? Get all 18 for $299

The complete pack gives you all 18 courses and 54 CPD hours with a certificate for each, for $299 CAD. Bought one at a time they would cost $702.

See the complete social work CPD pack

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FAQ

Burnout and Vicarious Trauma course: common questions

What is the Burnout, Vicarious Trauma and Self-Care course?

A self-paced online CPD course for social workers and social service workers in Canada. Nine narrated video lessons (about 182 minutes), a three-question knowledge check after each lesson, a participant workbook and a 36-question final exam. Passing the final exam at 80 percent completes the course and gives you your certificate.

How many CPD hours is it worth?

It counts as 3 instructional hours, based on the measured video time rounded down to the nearest half hour. The exercises, workbook and final exam add study time that is not counted.

Is this course accredited by my regulator?

Built to align with Canadian social work regulators’ CPD requirements for self-directed learning. Every course gives you what you submit for your CPD record: a certificate with your name, the provider, course title, completion date and CPD hours, plus the course outline, learning outcomes and your exam result.

Which provinces is it for?

Every province and territory outside Quebec. Hour totals and required topics differ by province, so see the requirements by province page.

How much does it cost?

The course is $39 CAD. The complete pack of all 18 courses (54 hours) is $299 CAD.

What do I need to pass?

Pass the 36-question final exam at 80 percent. Knowledge checks and quizzes give feedback with an explanation for every answer, and you can retake any quiz as many times as you need.

What evidence will I have for my CPD record?

A certificate showing the course title, completion date and 3 hours, the course outline and learning outcomes, and a participant workbook. Ontario registrants can complete the learning log template included with the pack.

Is this clinical or legal advice?

No. It is professional education. Law and practice rules differ by province and territory and change over time, so check current rules and consult your supervisor or counsel for specific situations.

Curriculum

10 Sections
9 Lessons
Lifetime

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Lesson 1: Understanding the terms, and why they matter
2 Items
- 1.1
  Lesson 1: Understanding the terms, and why they matter
- 1.2
  Knowledge Check 1: Understanding the terms, and why they matter
  3 Questions
Lesson 2: Seeing the pattern early
2 Items
- 2.1
  Lesson 2: Seeing the pattern early
- 2.2
  Knowledge Check 2: Seeing the pattern early
  3 Questions
Lesson 3: Sleep, movement, regulation, boundaries, meaning and connection
2 Items
- 3.1
  Lesson 3: Sleep, movement, regulation, boundaries, meaning and connection
- 3.2
  Knowledge Check 3: Sleep, movement, regulation, boundaries, meaning and connection
  3 Questions
Lesson 4: What employers and leaders owe, and what you can ask for
2 Items
- 4.1
  Lesson 4: What employers and leaders owe, and what you can ask for
- 4.2
  Knowledge Check 4: What employers and leaders owe, and what you can ask for
  3 Questions
Lesson 5: Support that works when the work is heavy
2 Items
- 5.1
  Lesson 5: Support that works when the work is heavy
- 5.2
  Knowledge Check 5: Support that works when the work is heavy
  3 Questions
Lesson 6: When something terrible happens at work
2 Items
- 6.1
  Lesson 6: When something terrible happens at work
- 6.2
  Knowledge Check 6: When something terrible happens at work
  3 Questions
Lesson 7: Why strain is not shared equally
2 Items
- 7.1
  Lesson 7: Why strain is not shared equally
- 7.2
  Knowledge Check 7: Why strain is not shared equally
  3 Questions
Lesson 8: When rest is not enough
2 Items
- 8.1
  Lesson 8: When rest is not enough
- 8.2
  Knowledge Check 8: When rest is not enough
  3 Questions
Lesson 9: Making it real
2 Items
- 9.1
  Lesson 9: Making it real
- 9.2
  Knowledge Check 9: Making it real
  3 Questions
Final Exam and Certificate
1 Item
- 10.1
  Final Exam: Burnout, Vicarious Trauma and Self-Care
  36 Questions

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