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May 2018
Tough Conversations in Child Protection | Perth
Tough Conversations in Child Protection is a one-day course for child protection professionals and family workers to help them to hold the often-challenging conversations with parents in child protection. The course teaches a method to: Identify and clearly articulate the strengths and deficits in parents’ caring capacity so that parents have a clear future work plan. Comprehensively gather information for holding a factual tough conversation so that as many facts (as can be reasonably gathered) can be brought to bear…
Find out more »Managing Vicarious Trauma
This new one-day workshop is for any staff who may be affected by the client’s accounts of distressing experiences to which they have been exposed or be affected by witnessing the impact on clients of these experiences. This could include staff working with the homeless, women and children escaping domestic violence; individuals with a psychiatric disorder and those who have been subject to torture. The training covers: what is vicarious trauma; how and why it occurs; its possible effects and;…
Find out more »ANROWS’s 2nd National Research Conference: Acting on Evidence
Acting on Evidence The theme for ANROWS’s 2nd National Research Conference on Violence against Women and their Children is Acting on Evidence. The Conference program reflects the six national outcomes of The Nation Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children 2010 – 2022. Each session features researchers and policy or practice partners discussing new evidence in these areas and its application. Acting on Evidence will present the transfer of knowledge to practice in ensuring: Communities are safe and free of violence Relationships are…
Find out more »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…
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