OMCFS Alliance presents - Hoarding Home Solutions Workshop
2025-05-15 09:30 - 16:00 UTC
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Hoarding Home Solutions Full Day workshop
This Full day workshop, presented by professional organisers & hoarding specialist, Angela Esnouf, and Wendy Hanes CPO, CPO-CD, Master Training, is for everyone who works with people who hoard.
You will learn:

The truth about hoarding – what it is, what it’s not, and why it’s important to know
The beliefs that create a hoarding situation
How to work in a Harm Reduction model
4 effective decluttering strategies, and when each is appropriate to use
How to collaborate with others, to achieve the best possible outcome
Other stakeholders to consider
The common risks you will face, and how to work safely

What else is included?

Assessment Tools to help you work efficiently and safely, and communicate well with all stakeholders
Engaging activities to embed the learning
Slide & Resource Packet
Certificates of attendance on request

For more information contact OMAlliance@umfc.com.au

No to Violence - Engaging Dads Using Family Violence
2025-05-15 10:00 - 2025-05-16 13:00
This package challenges the common practice of placing responsibility on victim-survivors. Backed by current evidence, this training highlights the gendered drivers of men’s violence against women and shifts the focus to perpetrator accountability.
Dates: Thursday 15th & Friday 16th May from 10am – 1:00pm
Location: Online
Cost: $369.40 (including GST)
Discounted Price: $299 (including GST)
Register here to gain valuable insights and make a lasting impact.

Blue Knot - Building Trauma Awareness Webinar, online via Zoom
2025-05-16 11:00 - 12:00
This one hour didactic webinar provides foundational knowledge in the area of Complex Trauma. This webinar is aimed at a diverse range of roles and focused on understanding trauma.
$70.00 incl. GST AUD

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FRSA National Conference 2025- Safe, Strong & Thriving
2025-05-19 08:00 - 2025-05-22 17:00
The FRSA National Conference is heralded as a highlight event for the Family and Relationship Services network and is one of the largest annual gatherings of practitioners, academics and policy makers working to support children, families and communities. This ‘not to be missed’ event will feature a number of highly acclaimed keynote presenters, as well as Federal Ministers and sector leaders with a focus on delivering the most effective services to children, families and young people.
As social service organisations we are always at the cutting edge of emerging trends and changes in society – for the FRS sector, especially for vulnerable children, families and communities.
The theme for the FRSA National Conference 2025 is Safe, Strong and Thriving and will be held at the Sheraton Grand Sydney Hyde Park on 19-22 May 2025.
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Annual NDIS Conference
2025-05-20 08:00 - 2025-05-21 17:00
NDIS 2.0 Lets get on with it! DSC are hsoting their annual NDIS Conference – an opportunity to learn, plan and connect with the whole NDIS ecosystem.
Date: Tuesday 20th May, 2025 – Wednesday 21st May, 2025
Venue: Melbourne Convention Centre
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CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE IN CHILD AND FAMILY WELFARE - Effective Leadership Skills, online workshop
2025-05-21 09:30 - 13:30
Effective Leadership Skills
Designed for staff who have leadership responsibilities of teams in the Community Services sector, or who wish to build their leadership capability, this workshop aims to provide participants with the skills and tools to lead effectively and successfully.
Online, Wednesday 21 May, 9:30 am – 1:30 pm. $260 incl. GST

Safe & Together Model CORE Training - 4 day training event
2025-05-26 09:30 - 16:30
More Information/Registration:
https://events.humanitix.com/safe-and-together-model-core-4-day-face-to-face-training-wangaratta-may-2025
Location: Wangaratta Library – 21 Docker Street, Wangaratta
Training Dates: Mon 26th, Thu 29th of May, Mon 2nd and Thu 5th of June 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 - Wellbeing and Emotional Awareness when working with Complex Trauma Webinar
2025-05-27 11:00 - 12:30
This one and a half hour webinar provides information about wellbeing and self-care when working with clients who have Complex Trauma.
Delivered Via Zoom

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CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE IN CHILD AND FAMILY WELFARE - Effective Supervision Training, Online
2025-05-28 09:30 - 12:30
Effective Supervision Training
Designed for staff who have supervisory responsibilities of teams in the Community Services sector, this workshop aims to provide participants with the skills and tools to run constructive supervision sessions. It focuses on a practice perspective that embeds evidence-informed practices into a non-clinical supervision model.
Online, Wednesday 28 May, 9:30 am – 12:30 pm. $260 incl. GST
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CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE IN CHILD AND FAMILY WELFARE - Best Interest Case Practice Model Training, Online 2 day training
2025-05-28 09:30 - 13:30
Best Interest Case Practice Model Training – BICPM
This two-day training is dedicated to fostering favourable outcomes for children and their families, through bolstering professional proficiency in family services, child protection, and placement and support services.
Online, Wednesday 28 and Thursday 29 May, 9:30 am – 1:30 pm. $450 incl. GST

Three Phased Approach: Safety and Stabilisation - Online
2025-05-28 09:30 - 17:00, 2025-06-03 09:00 - 16:30
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.

$350.00 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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CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE IN CHILD AND FAMILY WELFARE - Best Interest Case Practice Model Training, Online two-day training
2025-05-29 09:30 - 13:30

CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE IN CHILD AND FAMILY WELFARE - Navigating the NDIS
2025-05-29 10:00 - 15:00
Navigating the NDIS
This interactive workshop is designed to deliver practical, pragmatic training for child and family sector staff who work with clients on the NDIS. The training is four-hours in total, split into two, two-hour sessions. The sessions are listed separately so that you can choose to attend both in one day, or split them across two different days.
Online, Thursday 29 May, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm.

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Blue Knot - Three Phased Approach: Safety and Stabilisation - online
2025-06-16 09:00 - 16:30

Partnership Brokership Training
2025-06-17 09:00 - 2025-06-20 17:00
Partnership training for family violence services
Working in partnership and collaborative ways is a core part of the work we do in preventing and responding to family violence. While the push for cross-sectoral and cross-system partnerships is increasing, how do we support the people leading partnerships to work across organisations in ways that are inclusive, respectful and impactful?
Safe and Equal and the Partnership Brokers Association (PBA) are hosting the PBA’s globally recognised four day partnership training course.
To apply, complete an application form that can be found here

No to Violence - Engaging Dads Using Family Violence
2025-06-18 10:00 - 2025-06-19 13:00
This package challenges the common practice of placing responsibility on victim-survivors. Backed by current evidence, this training highlights the gendered drivers of men’s violence against women and shifts the focus to perpetrator accountability.
Dates: Wednesday 18th & Thursday 19th June from 10am – 1:00pm
Location: Online
Cost: $369.40 (including GST)
Discounted Price: $299 (including GST)
Register here to gain valuable insights and make a lasting impact.

UMFC - Family Violence in a Child's World
2025-06-19 09:15 - 16:30
Specialised training for practitioners

This training will help professionals to:

Understand what family violence is and how it hurts children
Understand children and adolescents brain development and how this can be impacted by trauma
Understand how to pivot blame away from the non-offending parent and keep perpetrators in the picture
Build skills in talking with children about their experiences and ways to keep them safe

For further information please email fvcw@umfc.com.au or call during office hours on 02 6055 8000 and ask for a member in the Family Violence Child Safety Team
Location: UMFC Wodonga Conference Room, 27-29 Stanley Street Wodonga

Emerging Minds and Ovens Murray Community Service Sectors - Child-focused practice with parents who use substances workshop
2025-06-24 09:15 - 16:30, 2025-06-25 09:15 - 16:30 | Gateway Health, 155 High Street, Wodonga, VIC, 3690, Australia
About this workshop
This one-day workshop aims to support practitioners working in both child- and adult- focused services to have collaborative conversations with parents about their children’s mental health, parenting strengths and the impact of substance use on their children’s wellbeing.
This interactive session will include reflective activities and case study discussions that will provide participants with the opportunity to apply concepts to their own practice and work contexts.
It will also offer participants the chance to work collaboratively with other services to strengthen service relationships and regional support pathways for families.
Learning aims
The workshop will support participants to:

apply trauma-informed child-focused principles when working with children and parents
identify entry points for collaborative conversations with parents about their children’s mental health, parenting strengths and the influence of substance use on their family
facilitate discussions with parents around their parenting values and explore how these values can inspire change
use the PERCS Conversation Guide with parents to discuss key domains of children’s mental health

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Safe & Together™ Model CORE Training, 4-day face to face training
2025-07-22 09:30 - 16:30
4 Day face to face training: Tue 22nd, Thur 24th, Tue 29th and Thur 31st of July 2025 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM.
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 AND TO REGISTER
Questions: fvcst@umfc.com.au
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
Location: Wangaratta Library – 21 Docker Street, Wangaratta

The 3rd Annual - Ending Coercive Control, Family & Domestic Violence
2025-08-05 08:00 - 2025-08-06 17:00
Aerial UTS Function Centre, Sydney | Gadigal Land & Online

Building Safety, driving change, transforming lives
Every year, the need for help escalates. Over the past 12 months, violence against women has been labelled a “national crisis”, but the situation has not improved.
The 3rd Annual Ending Coercive Control and Family Violence Conference is taking place in Sydney on the 5-6 of August, addressing critical issues in preventing and responding to domestic violence. This event will unite professionals and lived experience voices, featuring contributions from over 45 expert speakers over two days.
The conference will delve into key areas including legislative and systemic reform, sexual violence response, child-centered approaches, and coercive control in practice. Uniting professionals and lived experience voices to drive change, it addresses critical and ongoing challenges with preventing and responding to domestic violence.

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Attend and Learn how to

Centre the voices & experiences of lived experience & apply the lessons from that lived experience at a practice level
Examine how systemic structures can create both intended & unintended consequences for women & children
Understand how to evidence intent with coercion & control as a DV worker
Unpack the impact & intersection between family law & family violence

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The Hatchery - Improving Outcomes & Experiences for At-Risk Children
2025-08-06 08:00 - 2025-08-07 17:00
Strengthening families & centring the voices of children in system change for a better future

Gadigal Land, Sydney | ParkRoyal Darling Harbour & Online

At-risk children in Australia deserve a brighter future
Supported by NAPCAN and Create Foundation, we are excited to annouce the Improving Outcomes & Experiences for At-Risk Children Conference on the 6-7 of August in Sydney/Gadigal & Online. This conference will bring together key industry stakeholders to explore innovative strategies that will enhance interagency collaboration whilst also emphasising the importance of prioritising children’s voices.
We are proud to announce that we will have 6 children’s commissioners speaking, who will be accompanied by 8 CEOs from Abcare, Create Foundation and We, Future Leaders. This conference is centred around the voices and journeys of young people with lived experience, offering firsthand insights into the challenges and triumphs of navigating the system.
This conference is an invitation to be a part of a collective movement towards a brighter future, where every child has the opportunity to thrive. Are you ready to ignite real change?

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IMPROVING OUTCOMES & EXPERIENCES FOR AT-RISK CHILDREN
2025-08-06 08:00 - 2025-08-07 17:00
Strengthening families & centering the voices of children in system change for a better future
6-7 August | Sydney & Online
This 2-day conference underscores the power of interagency collaboration as the cornerstone of effective early intervention and proactive prevention strategies for our most vulnerable children.
Delve into practical examples, such as the Albury Project, which unites schools, social services, and government to deliver coordinated, wraparound support, effectively preventing early school leaving, mental ill-health, and homelessness among at-risk youth.
Discover how integrated Child and Family Hubs act as a local ‘front door’ to health, education, and social services, supporting early intervention and prevention through community-driven, evidence-based approaches.
Explore the transformative impact of early intervention and mentoring in breaking the cycle of incarceration by rebuilding trust, confidence, and connection for children affected by parental imprisonment.
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Equip yourself with actionable strategies to reshape systems supporting at-risk children

Gain direct insights from children’s commissioners across the country & leading practitioners driving systemic change in child safety & care
Walk away with practical tools & frameworks for implementing best practices
Gain insights into the newest family law reforms, & how to use them to better protect children
Engage in focused discussions addressing the increasing complexity of family & child presentations

Improve outcomes for First Nations children & families by connecting with those committed to self-determination & community-led healing
EXPLORE THE PROGRAM
Register by Friday the 13 June and save with our early bird sale

MacKillop - Lead the Way Conference 2025
2025-08-11 08:00 - 2025-08-12 17:30
Strengthening wellbeing and safety through collaboration
Be part of Australia’s most important cross-sector gathering on child, family and staff safety and wellbeing.
Join 500 leaders, professionals, and changemakers from schools, child and family services, community services, and mental health sectors to explore evidence-informed strategies that build safe, inclusive and resilient organisations, schools and communities.
This is more than a conference. Lead the Way is a platform for change, where thinkers, practitioners, researchers and policymakers come together to lead conversations on:

Safe and Well Schools for Students and Staff
Trauma-Informed and Transformative Leadership
Cultural Humility, Responsiveness and Belonging
Mental Health, Vicarious Trauma and Psychosocial Safety
Prevention and Protection in Child and Youth Services
Healing and Hope

Whether you are a school leader, social worker, psychologist, service leader or system designer – you’ll find something that speaks to your practice, purpose and people.
Conference Details
Dates: Monday 11th – Tuesday 12th August 2025
Venue: Rydges Hotel Melbourne, Exhibition Street
Time: 8:00 am – 3:30 pm
Networking Drinks & Canapés: Day 1: 3:30 – 5:30

Travelling from Interstate?
We’re offering 20% discounted accommodation to make it easier for you to attend.
Sponsorship Opportunities
Looking for ways to boost your organisation’s visibility?
Our sponsorship packages provide exclusive branding, complimentary tickets, and premium exposure.
BUY EARLY BIRD TICKETS NOW
Secure your spot before 30th April 2025 and save.
Group Bookings (5+ attendees) Contact us at institute@mackillop.org.au

Australian Childhood Foundation - International Childhood Trauma Conference 2025
2025-08-17 08:00 - 2025-08-22 17:00
Our conference theme
Transforming trauma: connection and healing
The fifth Childhood Trauma Conference will explore transformative approaches to healing trauma, through connection, collaboration, and community. Delegates in attendance will embark on a journey of growth through engaging with reflexive praxis. Through workshops, advanced masterclasses, keynote presentations and more, together we will delve into the complexities of childhood trauma and its profound impacts, finding pathways to transforming lives through integrating insights, techniques, and best practices. Fostering a deeper understanding of how to facilitate healing through our work, the theme Transforming trauma: connection and healing will reinforce that healing is not a solitary process, but a collective journey, built within communities, with compassion and love. Join the over 12,000 past delegates who have attended previous iterations of the Conference, and develop your knowledge and practice in 2025.
17-22 August, Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre
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Safe & Together™ Model CORE Training, 4-day face to face training
2025-09-10 09:30 - 16:30
4 Day face to face training: Wed 10th, 11th, 17th and 18th of September 2025 – 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM
By focusing on four key skills: assessment, interviewing, documentation and case planning our experiential training provides the foundation for domestic
violence-informed practice.
FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER
Questions: fvcst@umfc.com.au
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
Location: UMFC Conference room, 27-29 Stanley Street Wodonga

Safe and Equal Sector Impact Symposium
2025-09-11 09:30 - 17:00 | Treetops room, Melbourne Museum, Carlton VIC
This vital event brings together CEOs and senior leaders from our member organisations to deepen our understanding of the impact of your work in the prevention and response sectors, better understand and articulate Safe and Equal’s role and impact in the sectors, gain insights to inform our collective strategy for budget advocacy and share and celebrate your impact.
About the Symposium
We know that the work of our members is complex, challenging and set against a backdrop of managing increased demand, community and government expectations, reform, funding shortfalls and increased resistance. Services are increasingly having to juggle the day-to-day service delivery demand with a need to demonstrate meeting funding targets and an increasing expectation to achieve bigger picture outcomes and impact. Similarly, our prevention agencies and practitioners are increasingly required to demonstrate impact in the face of increased funding pressure, resistance and backlash.
The day will include a mix of panels, Q&A, speakers, interactive workshops, and meaningful networking opportunities designed to strengthen our collective response to our advocacy, deepen our understanding of our impact, and to acknowledge the work you do. This will include an overview of the Safe and Equal’s Impact Measurement Framework and presentation of initial findings of the evaluation undertaken by First Person Consulting.
The Symposium will be facilitated by Chris Mathieson (former CEO, FVREE and Board member of Safe and Equal). In the coming weeks a more detailed Symposium Session Outline will be provided.
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STRENGTHENING DISABILITY ADVOCACY CONFERENCE - Impacts of advocacy in local communities
2025-09-18 09:00 - 16:30 | NAB, The Arena, Concourse, 700 Bourke Street Docklands
Disability Advocates often operate quietly, initiating projects and forming community networks that significantly benefit people with disabilities. These initiatives include research projects focused on specific disabilities, community service linkage networks that enhance access to support services, and funded projects that build the capacity of individuals with disabilities in their advocacy journeys.
Hosted by the Disability Advocacy Resource Unit (DARU) in anticipation of once-in-a-lifetime disability reform in Australia, this year’s conference theme focuses on the impact of disability advocacy within local communities, showcasing successful projects, community networks, and strategies that improve access to services and empower people with disabilities. It highlights the importance of person-centred disability advocacy, collaboration and the sharing of best practices to create positive change and build capacity in communities.
Spots are limited, so please save the date, and register as soon as possible so you don’t miss out!
In person: NAB, The Arena, Concourse, 700 Bourke Street Docklands
Register to attend the 2025 Strengthening Disability Advocacy Conference here.

Rainbow Health Australia- Everyday Use, Real Impacts - Queer substance use in focus
2025-09-30 13:00 - 17:00
A forum launching findings from two major studies of LGBTQ+ alcohol and other drug use
Join the ARCSHS team for a forum launching briefing papers and practice guides from two major studies, QSOX and Futures of Substance.
Tuesday 30 September
1pm-5pm
Thorne Harbour Health (200 Hoddle St Abbotsford) or online via Zoom

Alcohol and other drug use among LGBTQ+ communities is a significant issue, yet clinicians and services often struggle to fully understand its social and cultural dimensions.
To help address this gap, ARCSHS is hosting a half-day event to present recent findings from two research projects examining LGBTQ+ people’s experiences of substance use, problem recognition, and engagement with support services.
The event will bring together researchers, clinicians, community organisations, and service providers to:

Share evidence-based insights from qualitative research with LGBTQ+ communities;
Discuss practical implications for culturally responsive and identity-affirming care;
Create opportunities for dialogue between researchers and those working on the frontline.

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