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May 2018
National Families Week
Each year, over a hundred thousand people and hundreds of organisations celebrate National Families Week – Australia’s annual celebration of families. The aim of National Families Week is to celebrate the vital role that families play in Australian society. National Families Week is a time to celebrate with your family, make contact with your extended family and friends, and share in the enjoyment of family activities within the wider community. It is a time to celebrate the meaning of family…
Find out more »The Occasional Counsellor™
The Occasional Counsellor™ is for staff who are not employed in a counselling role but are called upon to give others emotional support, including receptionists, case managers and direct care staff. The focus of the workshop is on teaching the participants strategies for assisting individuals who are sad, upset, bewildered, confused, angry or suicidal while clearly remaining within their role. The workshop covers the following areas: the skills of the helper including the importance of empathy and when not to…
Find out more »Assessing for Parenting Capacity
This workshop is for anyone who works with children, young people and their families whose role it is to assess the capacity of the parent or parents to care for their child and use this assessment to plan an effective intervention, where needed, to improve the parenting that the child or young person receives. The training will cover: the dimensions of parenting capacity; different sources of information that may be used to assess for parenting capacity and how to integrate…
Find out more »Kids In Focus: Connected Services, Connected Families – Enhancing the Intersection of AOD and Family Services in Melbourne
The forum will provide the opportunity for enhancing knowledge and collaboration, striving for best practice and improving service delivery to pregnant women with complex substance dependence, vulnerable children and families affected by drug and alcohol issues. It will focus on the impacts on parenting, Child Protection involvement and consequently on developmental outcomes for children. The forum will consist of presentations, a panel discussion, and a Q & A session. Lunch will be provided. DATE AND TIME Thu. 14 June 2018…
Find out more »PREPARE/ENRICH Core Training Canberrra May
The Core Training Day includes all aspects of the Customized Version necessary to enable and accredit the Facilitator to use the material immediately. The fee covers the programmed two day arrangement. It is preferable when the Core and Going Deeper Training days are run consecutively, that participants attend both days. If that is not feasible or is not available, you can attend the Going Deeper Training day within 12 months from the Core Training workshop, as advertised on this website. Who may train to administer the inventories? Persons…
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