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Organisational Resistance - Online via Zoom
2025-03-12 09:30 - 15:30 UTC
This interactive one-day training is designed to advance practitioners’ understanding and application of strategies and tools to build organisational support and commitment for social change addressing the drivers of family and gender-based violence, and proactively plan for and manage institutional resistance to this change.
🎫 AUD $280
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4th Annual Engaging Men & Boys to End the Cycle of Violence
2025-03-12 09:00 - 2025-03-13 17:00 UTC
No to Violence is pleased to be partnering with The Hatchery and The Man Cave to host the 4th Annual ‘Engaging Men and Boys to End the Cycle of Violence’ ConferThis world-leading conference will delve into the issues at the heart of working with men and boys to address their use of violence and keep women, children and communities safer.
Over two days in March 2025, 35+ presenters will deep dive into working with boys and young men, the challenges of inter-agency collaboration, how to provide better responses for men at the intersections of AOD misuse, mental health & violence…and more.
When: March 12- 13, 2025
Where: Sydney, Gadigal Landence.
Using strength-based, intentional & trauma-focused approaches to enhance practice & intervention

Engaging Men & Boys to End the Cycle of Violence will delve into the issues at the heart of practice.

Explore strategies for holding men accountable & eliciting personal responsibility for change
Understand the role of shame & trauma in violence prevention
Identify & safely challenge problematic behaviours & understand how to intervene effectively
Emphasise the crucial role of preventative mental health & emotional literacy for boys & young men
Curate an all-agency response to men’s use of family violence
Unpack the intersections of AOD misuse, alcohol abuse, mental health & violence

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No to Violence and YSAS - Introduction to working with Adolescents & Young Men using Intimate Partner Violence
2025-03-12 09:00 - 17:00 UTC
No to Violence has partnered with the Youth Support Advocacy Service (YSAS) to co-develop and deliver our much-anticipated new workshop Introduction to working with Adolescents and Young Men using Intimate Partner Violence.
This 7-hour training will examine the dynamics and impacts of Adolescent and Youth Intimate Partner Violence (AYIPV), as well as the importance of youth-focused interventions. Upon completion of this training, participants will be equipped with the knowledge and skills to engage effectively and sensitively with adolescents and young men using IPV, while considering developmentally appropriate approaches and opportunities for interventions and change.
The training is suitable for practitioners who, in the course of their work, come into contact with adolescents and young men using IPV (e.g., specialist family violence practitioners, youth workers, child protection workers, etc.,) or students considering a career in working with adolescents and young people.
Date: Wednesday 12th March, 2025
Location: Online
Cost: $352, 1 x 7 hour online interactive workshop
For more information and to register, click here

Blue Knot - Navigating Trauma Care - Maintaining Wellbeing while Practicing Compassion and Empathy, online
2025-03-11 09:00 - 12:30 UTC
This half day (3.5hrs) training program is designed to empower professionals working with trauma while prioritizing self-care. Wellbeing, Compassion, and Empathy equips participants with the tools to foster compassion for others and themselves, navigate the challenges of trauma-informed practice, and build resilience in high-stress environments.

$175.00 incl. GST AUD
Blue Knot Professional Member $157.50 incl. GST AUD

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Blue Knot - Navigating Trauma Care: Maintaining Wellbeing While Practicing Compassion and Empathy
2025-03-11 09:00 - 12:30 UTC
This half day (3.5hrs) training program is designed to empower professionals working with trauma while prioritizing self-care. Wellbeing, Compassion, and Empathy equips participants with the tools to foster compassion for others and themselves, navigate the challenges of trauma-informed practice, and build resilience in high-stress environments.
Online

$175.00 incl. GST AUD
Blue Knot Professional Member $157.50 incl. GST AUD

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No to Violence, Enhanced - The Five Essential Discussion Tools
2025-03-07 10:00 - 13:00 UTC
For practitioners who have engaged with the Five Essential Discussion Tools before, this enhanced package will refresh knowledge and introduce new topics and practice considerations.
Location: Online
Cost: FREE
For more information, dates, and to register, click here.

Blue Knot - Trauma Sensitive Practice - Working with Complex Trauma, online
2025-03-07 09:00 - 16:30, 2025-02-26 09:00 - 16:30 UTC
This training program utilises current research to provide an understanding of trauma, the impacts of trauma and the neurobiological responses that occur. It builds an understanding of the key features of complex trauma that can present in our working relationships and the resourcing and regulation that can support in practice. This program is for those who have some level of trauma awareness and seek to build on their knowledge and continue to embed the trauma informed principles within practice.

$350.00 incl. GST AUD
Group Booking (3 or more people) Per Person Rate $330.00 incl. GST AUD
Blue Knot Professional Member Discount $310.00 incl. GST AUD

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Small Steps: Bystander Action for Equality - Online via Zoom
2025-03-06 09:30 - 13:30 UTC
By learning how to be an active bystander through Small Steps: Bystander Action for Equality, you can safely and effectively challenge sexist attitudes in your personal and professional life.
🎫 AUD $250
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Relationships Australia Victoria - Psychological Wellbeing in the Workplace
2025-03-05 15:00 - 16:30 UTC
Presented by Jeff Roberts, a clinical psychologist with more than 15 years of experience in counselling and mental health settings across Australia and internationally.
Date: Wednesday 5 March 2025
Time: 3 – 4:30pm (AEDT)
Are you feeling stressed, anxious, over-worked or overwhelmed about work?
Learning outcomes
You’ll learn:

why physical health is so important for wellbeing and building resilience in the workplace
strategies to recognise and take control of everyday challenging situations
how to carve out time to focus on behaviours that improve your resilience
ways to maintain resilience and long-term wellbeing.

Ideal for
Professionals, workers and leaders who want to have good psychological wellbeing in the workplace, and promote a culture of work-life balance.
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Our Watch - Change the story online training
2025-03-04 14:00 - 15:30 UTC
Change the story online training
Introduction to the national framework | 90 minutes | Online | 4 March 2025
This 90-minute presentation provides a brief, high-level overview of Change the story – our evidence-based framework to guide a coordinated and effective national approach to preventing violence against women.

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ANROWS Webinar - Working with the Knowledge of Experts by Experience, online via Zoom
2025-03-04 12:00 - 13:00 UTC
In the next Australian National Research Agenda webinar, Working with the Knowledge of Experts by Experience, panellists will explore the importance of partnering with people with lived experience when designing, funding, conducting and translating research.
Join lived experience experts Lula Dembele, Tess Moodie, Ashlee Donohue and Nina who will:

recount their research journey
discuss power dynamics and power imbalances in research

outline how we can improve ways of working with the knowledge of experts by experience.
The importance of including people with lived experience in research
Produced by ANROWS, the Australian National Research Agenda to End Violence against Women and Children (ANRA) 2023– 2028 seeks to drive research and the ways that evidence is produced to be organised, purposeful and effective.
A research priority described in the research agenda is the need to work with the knowledge of experts by experience. People with lived experience of domestic, family and sexual violence have valuable expertise and knowledge to contribute to research.
Join us on Tuesday 11 March to get a comprehensive understanding of the importance of having people with lived experience in the research process.

Date: Tuesday 11 March 2025
Time: 12 pm–1 pm (AEDT)
Location: Online via Zoom
Price: Free
For any enquiries, email events@anrows.org.au
For more information about the webinar, head to our webinar website.

Safe & Together Model CORE Training - 4 day training event
2025-03-03 09:30 - 16:30 UTC
More Information/Registration: https://events.humanitix.com/safe-and-together-model-core-training-wangaratta
Location: Wangaratta Library – 21 Docker Street, Wangaratta
Training Dates: Mon 3rd, Thur 6th, Wed 12th and Thur 13th March 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM.
Questions: fvcst@umfc.com.au
By focusing on four key skills: assessment, interviewing, documentation and case planning our experiential training provides the foundation for domestic
violence-informed practice.
CORE Training explores the importance of:
● Identifying the impact of domestic violence on children and family functioning.
● Fact-based assessment of the perpetrators’ behavior patterns.
● Partnering with adult survivors of domestic violence.
● Intervening with perpetrators.
● How domestic violence intersects with other issues like substance abuse and mental health.
Participants of the CORE Training will:
● Learn to use practice tools, such as Mapping Perpetrators’ Patterns and Multiple Pathways to Harm that can be implemented right away to improve assessment of risk, impact on children, survivor protective efforts and essential case decisions
● Practice interviewing perpetrators, survivors and children through modeling, role play and videos
● Improve their domestic violence-informed documentation through individual and group exercises
● Discuss their own current or past cases and explore how the Safe & Together Model could be implemented

Blue Knot - Managing Wellbeing and Recognising Vicarious Trauma, online
2025-03-03 09:00 - 16:30 UTC
This training program explores the nature, dynamics and risks of vicarious trauma and supports you to stay healthy and safe in your work. This training, informed by current research, will provide you with the knowledge, skills and tools to better recognise the early signs of various stress outcomes. It offers a range of organisational, interpersonal and personal strategies to address the risks of Vicarious Trauma and its impacts, and foster possibilities for post-traumatic growth and vicarious resilience.

$350.00 incl. GST AUD
Group Booking (3 or more people) Per Person Rate $330.00 incl. GST AUD
Blue Knot Professional Member Discount $310.00 incl. GST AUD

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Blue Knot Foundation - The Dual Nature of Complex Trauma: Navigating Its Effects on Clients and Professionals
2025-02-28 09:00 - 12:30 UTC
This half day (3.5hrs) training program offers a deep dive into the core principles of trauma-informed care, focusing on the importance of safety and connection. This training equips professionals with information to understand the profound impact of complex trauma and how to build safe, trusting relationships with those they support. The training also delves into the impact of providing attunement and care, highlighting the importance of recognising and managing stress outcomes for long-term wellbeing.
Online

$175.00 incl. GST AUD
Blue Knot Professional Member $157.50 incl. GST AUD

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Relationships Australia Victoria - Coercive control from a psychological perspective
2025-02-27 15:00 - 16:00 UTC
This webinar, by Relationships Australia Victoria, explores the intricate and hidden dynamics of coercive control in relationships, including psychological mechanisms and impacts on mental health. Practitioners will gain a deeper understanding of coercive control and learn practical strategies for supporting those affected.

Registration information
Registrations close 48 hours before the webinar start time.
If paying by invoice, proof of payment needs to be provided at least 24 hours ahead of the event.
In addition to the live event link, all registrants will receive a link to the webinar recording post-event.
When you click to book, you will be taken to our payment gateway. Once you complete your registration you will receive an email detailing how to access your learning event in our Moodle Learning Management System.
Webinar requirements
Please note that you’ll need access to the following to participate in this webinar:

Desktop or laptop computer
Reliable internet connection
Headphones recommended
Microphone/speakers
Webcam (built in or external to your computer)

Contact us
Training and Development Team
Phone: (03) 8573 2222
Email: ravtraining@rav.org.au

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Safe and Equal - Unpacking Resistance, Online via Zoom
2025-02-27 10:00 - 16:00 UTC
Unpacking Resistance training focuses on interpersonal resistance. You’ll learn how to identify resistant behaviours and attitudes, and develop strategies and tools to support meaningful and solutions-focused conversations.
🗺️ Online via Zoom
🎫 AUD $280
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Walk Alongside Me: Safe and Respectful Ways of Working with Survivors of Coercive Control
2025-02-27 09:30 - 15:30 UTC
The Walk Alongside Me training focuses on identifying and defining coercive controlling behaviours, and how to work to increase survivor agency and self efficacy, using response-based practice, and trauma- and violence-informed practice frameworks.
While Family Violence Risk Assessment frameworks (including MARAM) are critical to family violence practice, there is more to family violence response than risk assessment. This training provides the conduit between risk assessment frameworks and upskilling practitioners with key theory and practice approaches to enable them to walk alongside survivors of coercive control safely, respectfully and ethically.
Facilitated by Ada Conroy and Kelly Finch

Kelly and Ada are passionate family violence advocates, with almost 50 years of experience between them in working across the family violence response continuum.
Find out more about Ada and Kelly here.

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Blue Knot - Navigating Trauma Care - Maintaining Wellbeing while Practicing Compassion and Empathy, online
2025-02-27 09:00 - 12:30 UTC
This half day (3.5hrs) training program is designed to empower professionals working with trauma while prioritizing self-care. Wellbeing, Compassion, and Empathy equips participants with the tools to foster compassion for others and themselves, navigate the challenges of trauma-informed practice, and build resilience in high-stress environments.

175.00 incl. GST AUD
Blue Knot Professional Member $157.50 incl. GST AUD

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People Tank - Strategic Leadership: Leading with Purpose and Precision
2025-02-26 11:00 - 12:00 UTC
Join Greg Sellar, Senior Capability Consultant at People Tank, for an insight-packed session on leadership that delivers real impact. With expertise across corporate, retail, media, pharma, and fitness, Greg brings deep knowledge in coaching, NLP, and leadership development to help you sharpen your leadership edge.
What You’ll Gain:

Encourage creativity & adaptability – Empower teams to think critically and embrace change.
Make strategic decisions with confidence – Align leadership choices with long-term business success.
Enhance trust & communication – Strengthen collaboration across teams.
Connect teams to a shared vision – Inspire purpose and alignment in your organisation.
Build resilience & psychological safety – Foster a high-performing, engaged workforce.

Who Should Attend?
This session is designed for managers, senior leaders, and HR professionals looking to enhance their strategic leadership skills. Whether you’re leading teams, driving change, or shaping workplace culture, you’ll gain valuable insights to elevate your leadership approach.
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Why Join?
This isn’t just another webinar – it’s a practical, high-impact session designed to help you tackle leadership challenges head-on. Walk away with actionable strategies to lead with confidence, influence with clarity, and drive meaningful results.

No to Violence, Enhanced -The Five Essential Discussion Tools
2025-02-26 10:00 - 13:00 UTC
For practitioners who have engaged with the Five Essential Discussion Tools before, this enhanced package will refresh knowledge and introduce new topics and practice considerations.
Location: Online
Cost: FREE
For more information, dates, and to register, click here

Three Phased Approach: Processing and Integration - online
2025-02-24 09:30 - 2025-02-25 17:00 UTC
This training is designed for practitioners working in a counselling and/or therapeutic role with complex trauma clients, and utilise clinical assessment, case formulation and treatment/care planning in their daily practice. Phase 2 (Trauma Processing) covers application of strategies for safe work informed by an understanding of traumatic memory and explores Phase 3 (Integration), building your skills to better support your clients to integrate their trauma into their life story.

$700.00 incl. GST AUD
Group Booking (3 or more people) Per Person Rate $675.00 incl. GST AUD
Blue Knot Professional Member Discount $630.00 incl. GST AUD

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Blue Knot Foundation - Trauma Informed Diversity Awareness Masterclass
2025-02-20 09:00 - 16:30 UTC
This masterclass fosters the knowledge and skills to work competently and confidently with transgender and gender diverse people accessing therapeutic and other services. It explores the intersectionality of complex trauma, discrimination, and minority stress to build understanding on how these factors impact the health of transgender and gender diverse people.
Participants gain a practical and inclusive framework for implementing trauma-informed principles within best practice guidelines when working with transgender and gender diverse populations, aligning policies and procedures with existing legislation.
Upcoming Sessions
Online delivered via Zoom

Thu 9:30 AM – 5:00 PM AEDT

$370.00 incl. GST AUD
Blue Knot Professional Member Discount $330.00 incl. GST AUD

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Supporting non-offending parents after child sexual abuse
2025-02-19 13:00 - 14:00 (Australia/Melbourne)
Supporting non-offending parents after child sexual abuse

Presenters: Alisa Hall (National Centre for Action on Child Sexual Abuse), Sophie McEvoy (Relationships Australia SA), Dr Carmela Bastian and Dan Moss (Emerging Minds)

Date & time: Wednesday 19 February 2025, 1:00 – 2:00PM (AEDT). Find your time zone.

Partner: Emerging Minds

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Foundations for Building Trauma Awareness - online
2025-02-19 09:30 - 17:00 UTC
This training utilises current research to provide an understanding of trauma, the impacts of trauma on all aspects of life and subsequently the coping mechanisms formed in response to trauma. The principles of trauma-informed practice are introduced which focus on a strengths-based approach and applicable to all, vital for every person working in health, human, education, disability and legal services, working in government, non-government, public or private sectors.

$350.00 incl. GST AUD
Group Booking (3 or more people) Per Person Rate $330.00 incl. GST AUD
Blue Knot Professional Member Discount $310.00 incl. GST AUD

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Three Phased Approach: Safety and Stabilisation - online
2025-02-17 09:30 - 17:00 UTC
This interactive training presents best principles for working with complex trauma clients, drawing on current research in trauma theory and therapy, attachment, affective neuroscience and interpersonal neurobiology. It explores the importance of a phased approach for complex trauma clients with a primary focus on Phase 1 Safety and Stabilisation.

$350 incl. GST AUD
Group Booking (3 or more people) Per Person Rate $330.00 incl. GST AUD
Blue Knot Professional Member Discount $310.00 incl. GST AUD

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Managing and Recognising Vicarious Trauma - online
2025-02-14 09:30 - 17:00 UTC

Trauma Responsive Leadership - Self as a Leader, online
2025-02-13 09:30 - 17:00 UTC
This training program explores the application of a trauma lens when supporting teams and individuals who work with complex trauma. Being trauma responsive means both individual and organisation recognise and respond to trauma which can enable change and strengthen resilience and protective factors. A trauma responsive leader embeds trauma informed principles into practice and creates a culture of safety for their team to work from.

$350.00 incl. GST AUD
Group Booking (3 or more people) Per Person Rate $330.00 incl. GST AUD
Blue Knot Professional Member Discount $310.00 incl. GST AUD

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The VAADA Conference 2025 - From Challenges to Solutions: Responding to a Changing World
2025-02-13 09:00 - 2025-02-14 17:00 UTC
Grand Hyatt Melbourne,
123 Collins Street, Melbourne
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Conference Tickets on Sale!
Time’s running out purchase your tickets by Feb 5th
2-day Member $780.00
1-day Member $440.00
2-day Non-Member $835.00
1-day Non-Member $465.00
Conference Party $80.00
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She is not your rehab presents - How to work with men & boys to create violence free communities
2025-02-13 09:00 - 17:00 UTC
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