CLICK HERE TO REGISTER The Ovens Murray Community Services – Stronger Together Symposium is a chance for Community Service sector practitioners and leaders to come together in celebrating and promoting collaborative pathways, connection and practice. The full-day program will include opportunities to explore pathways for collaboration and innovative practice to enable our workforce to work […]

Presenters: Pshko Marden, Rhett McDonald, Hala Abdelnour and Amanda Kemperman Partner: Emerging Minds Many practitioners strive to support all families in ways that are culturally appropriate and sensitive. However, when practitioners work with children and families from a different culture than their own, they may receive questions or hear experiences that differ from the norms, […]

Carer Kafe Training Do you work with carers who are in need of training and support? Carer Kafe is funded to provide learning and development opportunities to statutory kinship carers, accredited foster carers and permanent carers in Victoria. Caring can be rewarding but exhausting. Join the navigating compassion fatigue for carers session online to learn […]

Safe & Together™ Model CORE Training By focusing on four key skills: assessment, interviewing, documentation and case planning our experiential training provides the foundation for domestic violence-informed practice. More Information/Registration: https://events.humanitix.com/safe-and-together-core-training-by-umfc    Location: Wangaratta Turf Club – Grand Oaks 1, 20-32 Racecourse Road, Wangaratta Four-day training event, dates: 15th, 22nd, 29th July & 5th August […]

Carer Kafe Training Do you work with carers who are in need of training and support? Carer Kafe is funded to provide learning and development opportunities to statutory kinship carers, accredited foster carers and permanent carers in Victoria. Belonging Matters: Supporting children and young people through bullying challenges - Thursday 18 July online from 10am […]

Delivered over 4 days, this course will provide professionals with the foundational skills, knowledge and confidence to interrupt abusive attitudes, and engage in meaningful conversations that work to move men using family violence into a change journey. This course is for professionals who come into contact with perpetrators of family violence in the course of […]

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Thursday 25 July | 12:30pm - 2:00pm | Online When working with young people using violence, being trauma-informed is a must. Do you need ideas embedding an organisation-wide model of care? Join OPEN and facilitators from Uniting Vic.Tas, for an insightful discussion on the development of Uniting’s Therapeutic Model of Care (TMoC). Register here.

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. Training content expands upon underlying theories that support the tools – interoception (Body Signs Tool), Name it to Tame it (Traffic Light Tool) – the theory of behaviour change and […]

Tailored to enrich and bolster professional proficiency in family services, child protection, and placement and support services, the Best Interests Case Practice Model (BICPM) is dedicated to fostering favourable outcomes for children and their families. Learning Outcomes Enhance skills in building relationships with clients and stakeholders to facilitate optimal outcomes for children, young people, and […]