TO: RULES AND OPEN GOVERNMENT FROM: Jennifer Schembri
COMMITTEE
SUBJECT: SEE BELOW DATE: July 26, 2022
Approved Date
07/27/22 ______
SUBJECT: BECOMING TRAUMA INFORMED IN OUR WORKPLACE: CREATING
SAFE AND BRAVE SPACE STUDY SESSION
RECOMMENDATION
Schedule a City Council Study Session entitled Becoming Trauma Informed in Our Workplace:
Creating Safe and Brave Space for Friday, August 19, 2022 from 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. in the City Hall Wing Rooms W118-120 and approve the Study Session agenda.
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY SESSION
Provide the Mayor, Council and Senior Staff with a greater understanding of trauma, the impact of trauma, and practices that support a safe and brave workplace that allows our leaders and workforce to thrive and enable better outcomes with our community.
OUTCOME
City Council and Senior Staff will have the opportunity to:
1. develop a shared understanding of trauma,
2. increase awareness of the impact of trauma in the workplace, and
3. learn about workplace practices that support a safe and brave workplace to improve engagement, retention, innovation, creativity, and effectiveness in service of the community.
RULES AGENDA: 08/03/2022
FILE: 22-321
ITEM: B.11
RULES AND OPEN GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
July 25, 2022
Subject: Becoming Trauma Informed in Our Workplace: Creating Safe and Brave Space Study Session
BACKGROUND
This Study Session will address one of the Powered by People objectives to “Nurture Employee Growth, Safety and Wellness.” In February of 2021, as part of the City’s wellness program focus on employee mental and emotional health, the Human Resources Department entered into an agreement with the National Council of Mental Wellbeing to provide a year plus-long training program with the goal of beginning to create a more trauma-informed, resilience-oriented culture at the City.
This program is well underway with over 300 employees at every level in the organization having participated in the training including Senior and Executive Staff. Six teams of employees are in various stages of designing and implementing workplace practices to become more trauma informed. Prior to the Study Session, staff will issue a memorandum with more background.
ANALYSIS
A Study Session agenda accompanies this memorandum. The session will take place on-site in the City Hall Wing Rooms W118-120. The Mayor, Council, Senior Staff, and other participants will be provided with background information. The format will include a staff presentation,
RULES AND OPEN GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
July 25, 2022
Subject: Becoming Trauma Informed in Our Workplace: Creating Safe and Brave Space Study Session
subject matter experts, opportunities for discussion, and public comment. This is an informational meeting and no action by the Council is requested at the Study Session.
JENNIFER SCHEMBRI
Director of Human Resources and the Office
of Employee Relations
For questions, please contact Kelli Parmley, Assistant Director of Human Resources at [email protected].
Attachment - Draft Agenda
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY SESSION
Provide the Mayor, Council, and Senior Staff with a greater understanding of trauma, the impact of trauma, and practices that support a safe and brave workplace that allows our leaders and workforce to thrive and enable better outcomes with our community
OUTCOME
City Council and Senior Staff will have the opportunity to:
1. develop a shared understanding of trauma,
2. increase awareness of the impact of trauma in the workplace, and
3. learn about workplace practices that support a safe and brave workplace to improve engagement, retention, innovation, creativity, and effectiveness in service of the community.
CHAPPIE JONES DISTRICT 1 DEV DAVIS DISTRICT 6
SERGIO JIMENEZ DISTRICT 2 MAYA ESPARZA DISTRICT 7
RAUL PERALEZ DISTRICT 3 SAM LICCARDO MAYOR SYLVIA ARENAS DISTRICT 8 DAVID COHEN DISTRICT 4 PAM FOLEY DISTRICT 9
MAGDALENA CARRASCO DISTRICT 5 MATT MAHAN DISTRICT 10
CITY COUNCIL
STUDY SESSION AGENDA
Becoming Trauma Informed in Our
Workplace: Creating Safe and Brave Space
Hybrid Meeting - City Hall Wing Rooms W118-120 and
Virtually https://sanjoseca.zoom.us/j/99346843938
August 19, 2022
9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
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Call to Order and Roll Call
CITY COUNCIL STUDY SESSION
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
1. Staff Presentation
A presentation from staff that provides information about trauma, the impact of trauma, and practices that support a safe and brave workplace that allows our leaders and workforce to thrive and enable better outcomes with our community.
2. Mayor and Council Discussion
The Mayor and City Council Members will have an opportunity to discuss and ask questions on the information provided at the Study Session, as well as any related questions related to the subject matter.
• Public Comment
• Adjourn