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SUMMARY:OMFVP - Together in Practice
DESCRIPTION:Location: BRIGHT \n\n\n\nThis 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. \nThis 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.\n\n\n\nPart A: ‘ Your role in the framework. Collaborative risk assessment and information sharing’ \nMore information and enrol here \n 
URL:https://omcfsalliance.com.au/training-and-practice/omfvp-together-in-practice/
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SUMMARY:2026 Asia Pacific Coercive Control & Children Conference
DESCRIPTION:2026 Asia Pacific Coercive Control & Children Conference is officially scheduled for 17–19 March 2026 at Roundhouse at the heart of the University of New South Wales’ (UNSW) campus in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney!\nThis three-day gathering will unite hundreds of practitioners\, researchers\, policymakers\, and advocates from across the Asia Pacific region—creating unparalleled opportunities to build your domestic violence–informed practice and forge connections that will advance your work long after the conference ends. \nThis year marks the 20th anniversary of the Safe & Together Model—a framework that has revolutionised child protection for tens of thousands of professionals across more than a dozen countries and transformed how systems worldwide keep children safe with protective parents while effectively intervening with parents who choose violence. \nSince its founding in April 2006\, the Institute has grown from a small\, locally focused initiative into a global leader in systems change. While much work remains\, this event will be a moment to both reflect on the Model’s impact over the past two decades and look ahead to its future goals. \nWhether in-person or virtually\, join us in advancing child safety and family well-being at this groundbreaking gathering that will bring together leading practitioners\, researchers\, policymakers\, and advocates to address one of the most pressing child protection issues of our time. This premier event will focus on innovative approaches to identifying\, understanding\, and responding to coercive control in families\, with particular emphasis on protecting children and supporting protective parents. \nPresentations and workshops will highlight work in the following categories:\nDomestic Violence–Informed Practice: This track will help you learn about practice that impacts child safety and well-being in the context of domestic violence\, frameworks or practice models that are parallel or complementary to the Safe & Together value system\, and/or practices or programs that grew out of implementation of the Safe & Together Model. Connect with innovative practitioners from across sectors who are pioneering new approaches and forming cross-system partnerships. \nIndigenous-Led Approaches to Safety\, Healing & Accountability with Safe & Together: Building on the findings of Whole of family approaches for addressing family violence: An Aboriginal lens on the Safe & Together Framework\, this track will advance the conversation about how the Safe & Together Model can be respectfully adapted to align with Aboriginal worldviews\, healing frameworks\, and community priorities. Whether Torres Strait Islander\, Aboriginal\, Pasifika\, or Māori\, this track centers the leadership\, voices\, and knowledge systems of First Nations peoples and communities who have long led efforts to keep families safe in the face of colonisation\, systemic racism\, and gendered violence. Join a powerful network of leaders\, allies\, and communities of practice working to decolonise child protection responses. \nFamily Law: Keeping Children Safe: Building on the launch of the Safe & Together Model course for independent children’s lawyers and the Institute’s ongoing collaboration with the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (FCFCOA)\, this track will focus on transforming how family law understands and responds to domestic violence—especially coercive control—as a parenting choice and a patterned behaviour with serious implications for child and adult safety. Establish relationships with legal professionals\, child protection workers\, and advocates who are transforming how the justice system responds to coercive control. \nHealth Responses to Domestic Violence: Embedding a Perpetrator Pattern–Based Approach: Building on our collaboration with the University of Melbourne and NSW Ministry of Health\, this track will explore how the Safe & Together Model is reshaping the health response to domestic violence and where we go next. Health professionals and system leaders are invited to rethink the role of health services in responding to coercive control. This includes moving from fragmented\, deficit-focused approaches to integrated trauma- and violence-informed responses grounded in clear behavioural analyses of harm. Network with health system leaders\, clinicians\, and researchers who are breaking down silos between health and social services. \nAnd David Mandel\, CEO and founder of the Safe & Together Institute\, will be delivering a powerful keynote reflecting on two decades of global systems change. From its start in one small jurisdiction in one country to becoming an internationally recognised movement for improving responses to domestic violence and child safety\, the Safe & Together Model has changed the way hundreds of thousands of professionals act\, think\, and collaborate\, impacting millions of children and helping to keep them safe and together with their protective parents. This session will celebrate the collective achievements of the past 20 years—born from partnerships with practitioners\, agencies\, advocates\, and survivors across more than a dozen countries. From research results to impacts on diverse sectors to a growing network of 500 Certified Trainers\, David will share key milestones and results. \nThis keynote will not just be a retrospective. David will outline the future of the Institute\, spotlighting the Institute’s growing commitment to local collaborations\, digital transformation\, and its continued thought leadership in areas like credible experts\, men’s behaviour\, trauma\, and domestic violence perpetration. Whether you’ve been with the movement since its inception or are just discovering it\, this keynote is a chance to align with a future where children’s safety\, survivor partnership\, and accountability for perpetrators as parents are not just values but realised changes and the benchmark for global best practice. \nThe convergence of the Safe & Together Model’s 20th anniversary with the urgent need for innovative responses to coercive control makes this a pivotal moment in family safety and well-being. Whether you’re a seasoned practitioner\, emerging leader\, or system changemaker\, this conference will equip you with cutting-edge knowledge\, practical tools\, and a powerful professional network to amplify your impact. \nSecure your place in this transformational gathering and join colleagues from across the Asia Pacific region who are committed to keeping children safe and families together. \nGET YOUR TICKETS
URL:https://omcfsalliance.com.au/training-and-practice/2026-asia-pacific-coercive-control-children-conference/
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SUMMARY:Navigating the NDIS online training - Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare
DESCRIPTION:Course Overview\nThis workshop provides hands-on\, practical training for professionals working in the child and family sector who support NDIS participants or their carers. \nIt runs for four hours in total and is delivered in two separate two-hour sessions. You can choose to attend both sessions on the same day or spread them across two different days – whatever suits your schedule best \nLearning Outcomes\n\nAn explanation of how the NDIS is designed to work\, including the many assumptions built into it about families and children with a disability.\nClear explanation of the roles and responsibilities of child and family sector staff in working with families with disability.\nParental perspectives on the experience of caring for a child with disability.\nTips and techniques to help support vulnerable families as they navigate the NDIS\, from access to review and appeal.\nAn introduction to the wide network of support and advocacy organisations around the NDIS.\n\nThese sessions offer insider knowledge about how decisions are made within the NDIS. You’ll gain valuable insights into how disability is defined\, the types of evidence that impact decision-making\, and the language that helps achieve the best outcomes.  \nWe also provide practical templates and tools to support you in collecting information and clearly communicating the needs of children\, parents\, and carers to NDIS decision-makers. \n\nNavigating the NDIS – Session one: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm\nNavigating the NDIS – Session two: 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm\n\nTo register\, follow the link below and select ‘NDIS’ in the program field. \nREGISTER
URL:https://omcfsalliance.com.au/training-and-practice/navigating-the-ndis-online-training-centre-for-excellence-in-child-and-family-welfare-2/
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SUMMARY:SAFE + EQUAL - PREVENTX 2026: STORIES FOR CHANGE Conference
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday 24 – Thursday 26 March 2026 \n\n\n\nTwo day in-person conference\n(24 & 25 March)\nOnline workshops (26 March)\n\n  \n\n\n\n\nPreventX is Australia’s leading conference on the prevention of family and gender-based violence\, bringing together practitioners to reflect\, connect and explore how storytelling can drive meaningful and lasting change. \n\n\n\n\nIn 2026\, PreventX returns as an in-person event with an online component\, combining the energy of in-person connection with the accessibility of virtual engagement. \nHosted by Safe and Equal\, PreventX is one of the largest gatherings of professionals working to prevent family and gender-based violence in Australia. Since 2019\, it has brought together hundreds of practitioners from across the country to share insights\, strategies and learnings on how to build momentum for long-term change. \nIn 2026\, we’re coming together again with a renewed focus: What stories of impact are we seeing in our work? And how can we use storytelling to make our work possible? \n\n\n\n\nWhat to expect\n\nWhether you’re new to this space or deeply embedded in prevention\, PreventX is an opportunity to: \n\nHear directly from practitioners\, communities\, advocates and grassroots initiatives across the country.\nBuild stronger connections and expand your network.\nShare the change you’re seeing and be part of shaping what comes next.\n\n\n\n\n\nConference goals\n\nOur hope for PreventX 2026 is that participants will: \n\nFeel affirmed\, inspired\, bold and energised​ .\nHave tangible information and tools to take action​ to continue to build momentum and support.\nDevelop connections to work together more often and effectively.  \n\n\n\n\n\nWho is PreventX for?\n\nThis conference is designed for anyone working to prevent family and gender-based violence who want to better understand and connect with prevention efforts.  \nBUY YOUR ADVANCE TICKET HERE
URL:https://omcfsalliance.com.au/training-and-practice/safe-equal-preventx-2026-stories-for-change-conference/
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