Ovens Murray Child & Family Services Alliance

OMFVP - TOGETHER IN PRACTICE
2026-05-06 10:00 - 13:00 UTC
Location: WODONGA
Part A: ‘Your role in the framework. Collaborative risk assessment and information sharing’
This two-part training is open to all professionals in the Ovens Murray Region who respond to family violence. It is designed to support your understanding of your responsibilities under the MARAM Framework, with a focus on collaborative risk assessment and information sharing.
This is not a risk assessment training but forms an integral part of the MARAM suite if training for professionals. Participants will explore their roles in the framework, strengthen regional connections and apply learning to place based scenarios.
More information and enrol here

Berry Street - Working with Infants and Parents where there is a Mental Illness
2026-05-11 09:30 - 12:30
Online
Partnering with Austin Health.
Delivered by Professor Anne Buist and Polly Cox from Austin Health, this webinar will examine the likely impact of serious mental illness on parenting capacity, its effects on the developing infant and the attachment relationship, as well as possible interventions to achieve the best outcome for parent and Infant.
Who should attend?
Practitioners working in child protection, mental health, foster care, early parenting centres, maternal child health, private practice and family support agencies.
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A Decade of change - Turning Reform into Results
2026-05-12 08:00 - 2026-05-13 17:00
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Safe and Equal - Unpacking Resistance
2026-05-13 09:30 - 15:30
This one-day training helps you manage interpersonal pushback in primary prevention work. The course provides practical skills to turn resistance into a catalyst for change, using real world examples and role-play to build confidence in navigating difficult conversations.
🗺️ Online via Zoom
🎟️ AUD $300
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OMFVP - TOGETHER IN PRACTICE
2026-05-13 10:00 - 13:00
LOCATION: WODONGA
Part B: ‘Shared Risk, shared responses. Risk management and safety planning’
This two-part training is open to all professionals in the Ovens Murray Region who respond to family violence. It is designed to support your understanding of your responsibilities under the MARAM Framework, with a focus on collaborative risk assessment and information sharing.
This is not a risk assessment training but forms an integral part of the MARAM suite if training for professionals. Participants will explore their roles in the framework, strengthen regional connections and apply learning to place based scenarios.
More information and enrol here

FRSA National Conference 2026 - Showcasing practice.evidence.impact
2026-05-18 08:00 - 2026-05-21 17:00
Registration details are available on the Conference website including registration and pre-conference workshop rates.
Register for the FRSA National Conference 2026, which will be held in Brisbane 18-21 May.
The FRSA National Conference 2026 provides a platform to showcase and learn from on the ground practice, policy, and research. The Conference is the must-attend event for anyone passionate about family and relationship services.
Registration details

OMFVP - TOGETHER IN PRACTICE
2026-05-19 10:00 - 13:00
Location: WANGARATTA
Part A: ‘Your role in the framework. Collaborative risk assessment and information sharing’
This two-part training is open to all professionals in the Ovens Murray Region who respond to family violence. It is designed to support your understanding of your responsibilities under the MARAM Framework, with a focus on collaborative risk assessment and information sharing.
This is not a risk assessment training but forms an integral part of the MARAM suite if training for professionals. Participants will explore their roles in the framework, strengthen regional connections and apply learning to place based scenarios.
More information and enrol here

OMFVP-TOGETHER IN PRACTICE
2026-05-26 10:00 - 13:00
LOCATION: WANGARATTA
Part B: ‘Shared Risk, shared responses. Risk management and safety planning’
This two-part training is open to all professionals in the Ovens Murray Region who respond to family violence. It is designed to support your understanding of your responsibilities under the MARAM Framework, with a focus on collaborative risk assessment and information sharing.
This is not a risk assessment training but forms an integral part of the MARAM suite if training for professionals. Participants will explore their roles in the framework, strengthen regional connections and apply learning to place based scenarios.
More information and enrol here

Take Two Berry Street - Facilitating Reflective Practice
2026-06-02 09:30 - 16:00
Online
This workshop will help participants answer the question, “what is reflective practice?” by exploring definitions and introducing the Take Two approach to reflective group work.
Reflective Practice groups are increasingly used within human services to assist professionals to improve practice. Despite this, the function and structure of many such groups remains ill-defined. This workshop will help participants answer the question, “what is reflective practice?” by exploring definitions and introducing the Take Two approach to reflective group work. This draws upon key principles of trauma-informed practice to effectively facilitate professional groups, particularly those working with service users experiencing adversity. Group safety, including cultural safety, is explored as a central construct, along with consideration of the facilitator role. Support is provided to plan and run groups from establishment to closure, including evaluation. We will also think about the phases within each reflective practice session, and provide practical advice about supporting progress through these to bring group members into a state of reflection.
Learning objectives

to acquire the skills to design and run both face to face and on-line reflective groups
to have knowledge and tools to manage and facilitate a reflective practice group throughout its duration, from establishment to closure
to know and select from three reflective practice models to use within sessions
to provide for the cultural safety and regulatory needs of reflective practice group participants
to plan for and implement an approach to group evaluation that suits your unique context.

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Take Two Berry Street - Trauma Informed Practice Applications
2026-06-30 09:30 - 16:00
Online
Presenting key concepts from Dr Bruce D. Perry’s Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics™ (NMT™), this workshop will support participants to understand early neurodevelopment and provide Practice applications of these critical principles into their day-to-day work.
Understanding the impact of trauma on early development, and how to intervene in trauma-informed ways, is critical to professionals working with vulnerable children, young people and families. This training presents the key concepts drawn on by Take Two to inform their therapeutic assessment and interventions. Content includes concepts from Dr Bruce D. Perry’s Neurosequential Model of TherapeuticsTM (NMTTM), a key framework in which Take Two is site-certified.
Learning objectives

understanding of the sequential nature of early neurodevelopment
understanding of the development of the stress response system
understanding of the impact of trauma and neglect on development and how that manifests in behaviour and day-to-day functioning
key principles that support effective, developmentally- and relationally-informed interventions.

Who should attend?
Professionals working with children, young people and families from a range of sectors – Child Protection, Out of Home Care, Family Services, Family Violence, Mental Health, Adoption and Permanent Care, Youth Services.
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AIFS Conference 2026 - CHANGING FAMILIES IN CHANGING TMES
2026-09-09 09:00 - 2026-09-11 17:00
The 18th biennial AIFS Conference will bring together government, practitioners and key researchers to explore how policies, programs and systems need to evolve so that families – in all their diversity – can flourish in a rapidly changing world.
As Australia’s leading national event on family wellbeing, the conference showcases the latest evidence and ideas shaping the lives of families, with a strong focus on translating research into real-world policy and practice impact.
Details
Theme: Changing Families in Changing Times
Venue: Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC), Banks of the Birrarung (Yarra River) in Naarm
Contact: conferences@aifs.gov.au
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Sexual Assault Services Victoria - International Freedom from Sexual Violence Inaugural Summit
2026-11-04 09:00 - 2026-11-06 17:00
4-6 November | Melbourne | Register here
Sexual violence affects every part of society. This summit brings together practitioners, advocates, leaders and researchers to drive collective change across prevention, response and recovery.
