An industry advocate, Jaime Vinck, MC, LPC serves as vice chair of the Board of Directors of the US National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers (NAATP).

Jaime was recruited in June of 2024 to be the president of Meadows Behavioral Healthcare. In this newly created role, she is providing leadership across all Meadows residential and outpatient operations, alumni relations and The Meadows senior fellows.

Prior to accepting this opportunity, she was CEO of CPF Recovery Ways. In her role, Jaime provided leadership to the operations in Utah, Washington, Idaho, Nevada and Texas. Jaime was previously part of Acadia Healthcare where she was CEO of The Sierra Tucson Group, which included Southern California programmes and the AZ Campus of Sierra Tucson. While at Sierra Tucson, Jaime was also chief clinical officer/chief operations officer, demonstrating her strength in clinical leadership, programme development and treatment operations.

Jaime has been recognised as a mentor to those in leadership positions in the industry. She has been named Licensed Professional Champion Women of Influence Awards sponsored by Inside Tucson Business and in 2019 was named as one of Arizona’s Most Influential Women by AZ Business Magazine. Jaime regularly been named one of the top leaders in Arizona in both healthcare and behavioural health. She speaks nationally and internationally on trending topics, including Suicide, addiction & depression, Suicide and the organisation, Compassion fatigue, and Today’s marijuana and the addiction treatment experience.

PRESENTATION DETAILS

Trauma-informed leadership and post-traumatic growth: why they matter

The effects of trauma often spill over to the workplace, affecting the mental health and performance of individuals and teams, as well as the success of the business. This is critical in the addiction treatment and recovery field where the vast majority of carers treat not only their clients’ trauma but have worked on processing their own. Leadership is first and foremost a relationship involving the ability to connect and create trust, so it follows that trauma impacts our ability to work with, and lead others. Explore ways to use Trauma Informed Leadership and related tools, to be the best version of ourselves possible in both our personal and professional lives.

Learning objectives: At the end of this presentation, delegates will be able to:
>  Discuss current impact of mental health issues on our workforces including Alcohol use, abuse and death, Drug overdoses, Suicides, Real estate and Transition anxiety, Labour market shortages and Work-life balance
>  Describe the elements of trauma, impact on our nervous system and relation to trauma informed care
>  Identify the components of compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma, burnout and secondary trauma, and what can be done to address markers on a personal and professional level
>  Construct a trauma-informed organisation and what it means to create a healthy system
>  Gain self-care tools for your own benefit and growth.