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February 2019
Engaging fathers in family based programs
This workshop allows workers, organisations or networks of services to provide more effective programs to men and families. The workshop explores the importance of the fathers’ role in family services and how programs can engage and support this opportunity. The workshop focuses on: understanding what men might want when accessing community services using strengths based approaches when working with fathers engaging men’s in child protection and family based programs exploring skills used to work with men in a non-threatening way…
Find out more »Engaging men’s responses to family violence
This workshop explores key skills for working effectively with men’s responses to conflict situations using a child centred approach. It explores practical ways workers can respond when working with men who experience high levels of conflict or use family violence in relationships. It focuses on early intervention work with these men so that they may access other behaviour change resources in their community. This workshop explores how workers can better engage with men to increase their motivation to access further…
Find out more »Young people and group work
Fast, challenging and fun... Young people are super-physical, super-influenced by their emotions, and respond super-impulsively to what’s going on around them. So with all this in mind this workshop will take you through a process that looks at how to harness all this for the good of a group. We will look at the skills, ways of thinking and practical strategies needed to run/facilitate groups with teenagers who at times can be challenging and difficult. We will look at the…
Find out more »FIA Conference 2019
FIA Conference 2019 will be held in Melbourne from 27 February – 1 March at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre (MCEC). The theme of the Conference, Your Time is Now, is all about sharing your successes and learning from the achievements of others. Through presentations, masterclasses and experiences, you will be inspired, motivated and empowered to lead the way in fundraising and social change. Starting now. Along with the Conference, FIA will be hosting Champions of Change – FIA…
Find out more »Working with people with Lived Experience: Exploring practices, challenges and tools – Canberra
This workshop will take a deep dive into the emerging practice of lived experience, as well as the more traditional forms of consumer participation: it’s history, what it looks like in the context of social services and exploring how the community sector can shift it’s thinking to seeing those with a lived experience as peers in the space of social justice.
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