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August 2024
Safe + Sound: Building protective strategies for managing burnout and vicarious trauma eWorkshop 29-August-2024
An in-service, interactive workshop for direct service staff using creative prescribing approaches. Safe + Sound brings together evidenced based approaches and research about the cause and impact of vicarious trauma and burnout on direct service staff, with accessible, practical, and inspiring strategies for daily prevention through creative prescribing. For more information, read below. This 3-hour workshop introduces the key concept of non-negotiable self-care, as well as a framework for understanding different types of self-care practices, from short relief and repair…
Find out more »Anxiety Coach™ for Child & Family Specialists
The course is based on three underlying perspectives: first, by having an understanding of how anxiety develops, community and family support workers can assist parents to counter its progress in children. Second, community and family support workers can assist parents to take a preventative role in the development of anxiety problems in 4 -12 year-olds. Third, there are practical steps parents can take to develop resilience thinking skills in 4 -12 year-olds.
Find out more »September 2024
Online workshop: Advanced Property Training
Advance your knowledge of family dispute resolution, and enhance your skills for working with couples around property and financial matters in family law. This advanced, online workshop is suitable for accredited family dispute resolution (FDR) practitioners (FDRPs) with experience in property matters. You’ll gain specialised skills to facilitate dispute resolution involving property and financial matters in a family law setting. The training includes interactive discussions and case scenarios where you can put your knowledge into practice. Relationships Australia Victoria (RAV) holds specialised expertise in the…
Find out more »Tough Conversations™ for Frontline Staff
Psychologist, Michael Hawton and his team, present Tough Conversations for Frontline Staff. A practical workshop for those at the frontline of a school, council or service organisation to manage difficult, emotional encounters with members of the public. This workshop provides the practical elements and skills for effectively dealing with offensive behaviour as it arises and what to say to defuse strong emotions. Attendees will see video examples of both poorly conducted conversations and, by contrast, more effective conversations.
Find out more »Online workshop: Vicarious Trauma
Understand the nature and impact of vicarious trauma and learn strategies to reduce your risk of experiencing it. Psychological trauma can occur when a person is unable to cope with a distressing or overwhelming event. Clinicians, frontline staff, supervisors, managers and other professionals can experience vicarious trauma when hearing about another person’s trauma and witnessing their associated distress. Over time, this work-related exposure to clients’ trauma can have a significant impact on health and wellbeing. This workshop will explore different…
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