Professional Development Workshops
Professional Development is designed to provide staff with opportunities to engage in ways that promotes professional growth. Anglicare WA Training Services is committed to delivering a range of practical professional development opportunities that reflect best practice and the real needs of the workplace.
Statewide and Interstate Training also available.
Anglicare WA Training Services workshops are usually conducted at our East Perth office - Level 1/23Adelaide Terrace East Perth. However, we do develop training for presentation at other venues including sites outside the metropolitan area.
If you think one of our current workshops would suit the needs of your organization or you have a specific training need please contact us to discuss customized training solutions- email.
Workshops for November 2011 - June 2012
Available Workshops
Adult Survivors of Child Abuse
Assessments and Interventions for Perpetrators of Family and Domestic Violence
Case Management
Case Management with Multi Problem Families
Facilitation Skills
Family Dispute Resolution: Ensuring the Safety of all Participants
Introduction to Australia’s Family Law System
Introduction to Domestic Violence
Introduction to Mediation and Family Dispute Resolution
Introduction to Mediation and FDR
Protective Behaviours
Suicide and Intervention
The Parenting Plan
The Skills of Family Dispute Resolution: An Introduction
The Skills of Family Dispute Resolution: Ethical Practice
Understanding Child Inclusive Practice
Worker Safety For Home Visits
Working Therapeutically with Children
Working with Children in Domestic Family Violence
Working with Family Domestic Violence
Working with Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse
Working with Victims of Family Domestic Violence
Working within a Child Focused Approach
OTHER SERVICES
Supervision
Cost: $ 110/hour
Anglicare WA is able to provide regular supervision and debriefing for pastoral workers, ministers, chaplains and those working in the field of human services. Clinical supervision is also available for psychologists, social workers and counsellors.
Customised Workshops Courses We Can Run at Your Organisation
Anglicare WA Training Services can partner with your management team to develop customised training solutions. Our existing professional development programs can be contextualised to align with the core capabilities and strategies of your organisation.
Additionally, Anglicare WA Training Services can, in consultation with you, develop training to meet your specific needs at a time and venue of your choosing.
This is a unique opportunity to develop a powerful partnership that can enhance and strengthen workforce capacity, capability and sustainability.
Nationally Recognised Training
As a registered training organisation we can deliver nationally recognised training which may lead to a statement of attainment or qualification.
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Course/Unit of competency
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Delivery Mode
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Qualification Level
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CHC80308 Vocational Graduate Diploma of Family Dispute Resolution
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Face-to face training and RPL*
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Vocational Graduate Diploma
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CHC51108 Diploma of Children’s Contact Services Work
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RPL*
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Diploma
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CHC41308 Certificate IV in Children’s Contact Services Work
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RPL*
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Certificate IV
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* Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) is a flexible assessment process aimed at confirming and recognising the competencies an individual has obtained through formal and informal training or through life and/or work experiences. RPL assessment only pathway enables individuals to gain a qualification based on the assessment of their competencies.
Contact Anglicare WA to register an interest in completing these qualifications.
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One registration form to be completed per attendee
Cancellation/refund policy:
100% 28+days notice 50% 14-28 days notice No refund with less than 14 days notice
Workshops are held at our East Perth offices:
23 ADELAIDE TERRACE EAST PERTH
Tel: 9263 2122
Email: rto@anglicarewa.org.au
Web: www.anglicarewa.org.au
November
Assessments and Interventions for Perpetrators of Family and Domestic Violence
Facilitator: Chaz McVeigh
Duration: 2 Days
Date: Wednesday 30 November and Thursday 1 December
Time: 9.30am – 4.00pm
Cost: $340 A light lunch will be provided
This two day workshop is for practitioners who work in the family and domestic violence field. It is designed to help identify the characteristics and behaviours of perpetrators. It will identify assessment tools and interventions and their use including Stosny, Duluth, and Jenkins. This workshop is suitable for social workers, psychologists and counsellors working therapeutically with this target group.
December
Case Management
Facilitator: Jethro Sercombe
Duration: 1 Day
Date: Tuesday 13th December 2011
Time: 9.30am – 4.30pm
Cost: $170
This workshop will provide participants an opportunity to develop their understanding of the use of case management in community-based settings. The workshop will explore case management and the use of engagement, assessment, goal setting and review to motivate clients to make positive life changes. Participants will also consider practical applications of these concepts for their specific work setting.
This workshop is suitable for community based case workers, including youth workers and family support workers.
FEBRUARY
Introduction to Domestic Violence
Facilitator: Chaz Mc Veigh
Duration: 1 Day
Date: Thursday 2nd February
Time: 9.30am-4.30pm
Cost: $190
This workshop is suitable for those working with clients where family and domestic violence is prevalent. Participants will have the opportunity to gain knowledge and insight into:
§ definitions and prevalence of family and domestic violence
§ the dynamics and effects of family and domestic violence on children, perpetrators and victims
§ the assumptions and principles of best practice in responding to family and domestic violence
§ self care strategies in working with family and domestic violence
Worker Safety For Home Visits
Facilitator: Dr Barbara Meddin
Duration: 1 Day
Date: Thursday 16th February
Time: 9.30am – 4.30pm
Cost $190
The purpose of this one day workshop is provide workers who make home visits to clients with strategies, skills and knowledge to be able to create a positive environment for the achievement of better outcomes for clients through home visiting while concurrently enhancing worker safety at such visits. The workshop will look at what planning needs to occur prior to the visit to identify potential risks in advance, safety strategies to implement before leaving the office and how to manage the visit to ensure a safe and productive visit. It will also look at how to deal with unanticipated risks in the home and how to deal with hostile and aggressive clients and other potentially dangerous situations such as where clients are substance affected or experience mental health problems. The workshop will focus on managing risk from the worker, the client and the agency perspective
By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to
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Understand what types of situations and issues can pose risk to workers at home visits
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Assess potential risks in advance of making the home visit
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Determine what action needs to be taken prior to leaving the office
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Learn how engage in environmental scanning during visits for the presence of risk
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Develop strategies for handling potentially risky/dangerous situations when on a home visit
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Improve their capacity to deal with hostile and aggressive clients, those who are substance affected or experiencing a mental health episode
Introduction to Australia’s Family Law System
Duration: 1 Day
Date: Monday 20th February (also available Monday 19th March)
Time: 9.30am-4.30pm
Cost: $190
This workshop will review the current system of family law in Australia. It will review the structure of the Family Courts of Australia and Western Australia and the Federal Magistrates’ Court. Working within this system can be complex, and this workshop will review the different roles and responsibilities of family law practitioners, including relating with other professionals, referring to relevant and appropriate agencies, using separate sessions with clients, using support people in family dispute resolution and other processes and establishing appropriate rules for respectful and safe participation in the work.
The Skills of Family Dispute Resolution: An Introduction
Duration: 1 Day
Date: Tuesday 28th February (also available Wednesday 16th May)
Time: 9.30am-4.30pm
Cost: $190
This one-day session will introduce the specific skills required to work effectively in family dispute resolution. Beginning with the skills required for assessment, including recognising family violence, power differences and the levels of conflict, the session will then move to developing the skills for establishing and maintaining trust, encouraging client self-determination and managing conflict and cultural differences. Participants will be invited to work in small groups and undertake role plays aimed at practicing the skills presented.
Introduction to Mediation and Family Dispute Resolution
Duration: 2 Days
Date: Wednesday-Thursday 29th February- 1st March
Time: 9.30am-4.30pm
Cost: $380
Skills in working in mediation and family dispute resolution are extremely useful in a variety of situations including child protection, adolescent work, school counselling and student management, and working with families in crisis. This two-day workshop will provide participants with an understanding of an evidence-based process that assists families to resolve conflicts effectively, efficiently and economically.
The workshop will begin with a discussion about what is conflict before presenting an approach to helping families to resolve disputes. It will invite participants to consider the role of children in the resolution of conflicts and review some approaches to assisting children to manage conflicts between their parents, themselves and others. The workshop will include facilitator presentations, discussions, case studies and role play to develop skills and understanding in a supportive environment.
MARCH
Working with Victims of Family Domestic Violence
Facilitator: Jenny McKay
Duration: 2 Days
Date: Tuesday 6th – Wednesday 7th March
Time: 9.30am – 4.30pm
Cost $380
This two day workshop is aimed at helping professionals currently working or desiring to work in the field of Family and Domestic Violence. It will focus on understanding family and domestic violence from a survivor’s perspective, the impact of domestic violence on the family system and the effects it has on children. It focuses on the therapeutic system in particular issues of transference, counter-transference, resistance and collusion. Discussions will also centre on the Family Law Act, Violence Restraining Orders and refuges. .
What will I learn?
· Develop an understanding of Family and Domestic Violence from a survivors perspective
· Develop skills in working with Family and Domestic Violence
· Gain knowledge and an understanding of the Family Law Act
· Understanding the Power and Control Wheel
· Explore and discuss group work in Family and Domestic Violence
· Discuss models of working with survivors of Family and Domestic Violence.
· Self Care strategies in working with family and domestic violence
Introduction to Australia’s Family Law System
Duration: 1 Day
Date: Monday 19th March
Time: 9.30am-4.30pm
Cost: $190
This workshop will review the current system of family law in Australia. It will review the structure of the Family Courts of Australia and Western Australia and the Federal Magistrates’ Court. Working within this system can be complex, and this workshop will review the different roles and responsibilities of family law practitioners, including relating with other professionals, referring to relevant and appropriate agencies, using separate sessions with clients, using support people in family dispute resolution and other processes and establishing appropriate rules for respectful and safe participation in the work.
Working within a Child Focused Approach
Duration: 1 Day
Date: Wednesday 21st March (also available Monday 7th May)
Time: 9.30am-4.30pm
Cost: $190
When working with separating parents to decide on arrangements for their children, it’s imperative that we maintain a strong focus on the children themselves. This is especially important when the children are not present in the discussions.
This workshop considers ways to maintain the focus on the children at all times during the FDR process. It will include skills in identifying possible trauma in children who have experienced a difficult separation, issues of domestic and family violence and their effects on children, possibilities of sexual and other abuse towards children and cross cultural issues. Participants will learn how to undertake a needs assessment interview with family members and ways of focusing on children during the FDR process.
Adult Survivors of Child Abuse
Facilitator: Dr Barbara Meddin
Duration: 1 Day
Date: Thursday 22nd March
Time: 9.30am – 4.30pm
Cost $190
This workshop is aimed at helping those who work with adults who have been abused or neglected as children to understand the consequences for their clients that childhood maltreatment has on their functioning as adults. It will also look at what actually constitutes maltreatment of children and how the impact of that continues and changes for the child as they grow into adulthood. It will identify what roles heredity and environment play; the enormity such maltreatment has on the adult survivor and what factors may either ameliorate or exacerbate that impact. The workshop will also look at what interventions assist the adult survivor in the healing process.
The Skills of Family Dispute Resolution: Ethical Practice
Duration: 1 Day
Date: Tuesday 27th March (also available Wednesday 30th May)
Time: 9.30am-4.30pm
Cost: $190
Ethical practice in FDR involves some specific skills that may not be used in other human service interventions. These include maintaining impartiality and balancing power in an ethical manner.
This workshop will introduce participants to the skills involved in ensuring an impartial approach throughout the work with family members. It includes the development of specific questioning techniques, approaches to balancing power between the disputants, and a consideration of reflexive practice. Participants will engage in small group discussions, case study analysis and role play.
Working with Family Domestic Violence
Duration: 1 Day
Date: Wednesday 28th March (also available Tuesday 5th June)
Time: 9.30am-4.30pm
Cost: $190
This one-day workshop will present focus on engaging people who use violence. It will consider definitions of violence, discussing the range of violent and non-violent abusive behaviours. Case studies will highlight issues around how violence is used and the effects of violence on family members, including children and parents.
The workshop will then consider specific issues in working with violence, including addressing collusive behaviours, identifying and managing signs of power abuse, addressing the effects of violence on children, and cultural issues in relation to family violence. It will use video material, case studies, role plays and small group discussions.
APRIL
Case Management with Multi Problem Families
Facilitator: Dr Barbara Meddin
Duration: 2 Days
Date: Thursday 5th April and Thursday 3rd May
Time: 9.30am – 4.30pm
Cost $380
This two day workshop is designed for human service professionals who work with families that present with multiple problems. The workshop covers the complexities of developing a deep understanding of what is impacting on the family, how to determineexactly what the problems are and engaging with them in finding their own solutions
Participants will develop skills in
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Assessment and case management specific to multi problem families
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Defining the specific problems to be addressed in conjunction with the family
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Developing a viable intervention plan to resolve the multi-problem families’ identified problems
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Establishing goals, outcome measures and time frames for achieving change within the multi-problem family
Working with Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse
Facilitator: Mike Lew
Date: Thursday 5 April 2012
Time: 9:30 am – 4:00 pm
Venue: Burswood on Swan
Cost: $200 (incl. GST)
A one-day professional development workshop for people working with men who were sexually abused in childhood. PRESENTED BY MIKE LEW Author of the world-renowned “Victims No Longer: The Classic Guide for Men Recovering from Sexual Child Abuse” This workshop is designed for anyone working with (or thinking of working with) male survivors, professionally or in the voluntary sector, including therapists, counsellors, social workers, medical personnel, teachers, police, clergy and students. Mike Lew will present and review knowledge and skills found to be useful when working with male survivors of childhood sexual abuse.
Topics include:
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A greater understanding of effective (and ineffective) approaches for working with non-offending adult male survivors of sexual child abuse and other trauma.
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Understanding the difficulties and realities of recovery.
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Gaining information about specific needs of male survivors.
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Recognition of issues for professionals who work with male survivors, including stress, burnout, compassion fatigue, and the need for self-care and support.
Mike Lew, M.Ed., a psychotherapist and group therapy leader in the Boston, MA area, is director of The Next Step Counseling and Training Centre. Mike has worked with thousands of men and women in their healing from the effects of childhood sexual abuse, rape, physical violence, emotional abuse and neglect. The development of strategies for recovery from sexual abuse, particularly for men, has been a major focus of his work as a counselor and group leader. He conducts public lectures, workshops for survivors, training and consultation for mental health, medical, human service, clergy, law enforcement, and other professionals throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia,New Zealand and Asia.
Introduction to Mediation and FDR
Duration: 2 Days
Date: Thursday-Friday 12th-13th April
Time: 9.30am-4.30pm
Cost: $380
Skills in working in mediation and family dispute resolution are extremely useful in a variety of situations including child protection, adolescent work, school counselling and student management, and working with families in crisis. This two-day workshop will provide participants with an understanding of an evidence-based process that assists families to resolve conflicts effectively, efficiently and economically.
The workshop will begin with a discussion about what is conflict before presenting an approach to helping families to resolve disputes. It will invite participants to consider the role of children in the resolution of conflicts and review some approaches to assisting children to manage conflicts between their parents, themselves and others. The workshop will include facilitator presentations, discussions, case studies and role play to develop skills and understanding in a supportive environment.
Working Therapeutically with Children
Facilitator: Tunya Petridis
Duration: 2 Days
Date: Thursday 19th and Thursday 26th April
Time: 9.30am-4.30pm
Cost: $380
This workshop explores ways for professionals who work therapeutically with children to creatively engage their clients to access and express their feelings. Experience and practise using therapeutic tools for children like story-telling, art therapy and sand tray. Develop specific skills beneficial when counselling children such as limit setting, tracking children’s play and reflective responses. Core issues in working with children such as confidentiality and its limits and developing a relationship with the child’s caregiver will also be discussed
Family Dispute Resolution: Ensuring the Safety of all Participants
Duration: 1 Day
Date: Monday 30th April (also available Wednesday 6th June)
Time: 9.30am-4.30pm
Cost: $190
The safety of both clients and practitioners in family dispute resolution is paramount. Safety issues begin in the assessment phase and continue right through the FDR process. This workshop introduces participants to the unique safety issues faced by FDR practitioners and the skills used to assist participants to feel safe to engage in the work.
The workshop will unpack safety concerns for FDR clients and practitioners, including developing workable and effective safety protocols. The skills required in conducting separate sessions with clients, co-mediation and shuttle initiatives will be explored. Ways of suspending or terminating family dispute resolution and considering the next steps will be discussed.
MAY
Working within a Child Focused Approach
Duration: 1 Day
Date: Monday 7th May
Time: 9.30am-4.30pm
Cost: $190
When working with separating parents to decide on arrangements for their children, it’s imperative that we maintain a strong focus on the children themselves. This is especially important when the children are not present in the discussions.
This workshop considers ways to maintain the focus on the children at all times during the FDR process. It will include skills in identifying possible trauma in children who have experienced a difficult separation, issues of domestic and family violence and their effects on children, possibilities of sexual and other abuse towards children and cross cultural issues. Participants will learn how to undertake a needs assessment interview with family members and ways of focusing on children during the FDR process.
Protective Behaviours
Facilitator: Andrea Musulin
Duration: 1 Day
Date: Tuesday 8th May
Time: 9.30am-4.00pm
Cost: $ 190
This workshop is designed for anyone who cares for or looks after children. This comprehensive workshop has been designed to teach participants the content of the Internationally acclaimed Protective Behaviours Child Safety Program in order to increase their children’s personal safety. There are many ways of talking to children about their personal safety and we do it is so important that we do not scare them or leave them feeling unsafe, afraid or disempowered.
As a safety program Protective Behaviours provides children with strategies to keep themselves safe and cope with situations that threaten their well being, such as bullying child abuse and domestic violence. The program in essence empowers the individual to the right to feel safe and sets out ways in which they can gain the appropriate help when they are not feeling safe.
Understanding Child Inclusive Practice
Duration: 1 Day
Date: Wednesday 9th May (also available Monday 11th June)
Time: 9.30am-4.30pm
Cost: $190
This one-day course introduces participants to the concept of child inclusive practice. Using an interactive approach that will include group discussions, case studies and role plays, the course will consider an evidence-based approach to including children in their parents’ decision-making processes. It will include discussions on current assessments of families for suitability for child inclusive work; preparing parents for hearing from their children; reasons for asking children to participate; and working effectively with child consultants.
The course is suitable for not only family dispute resolution practitioners, but for counsellors, child advocates, and those working in child protection, youth and family work and related fields.
The Parenting Plan
Duration: 1 Day
Date: Friday 11th May (also available Thursday 31st May)
Time: 9.30am-4.30pm
Cost: $190
Family Dispute Resolution is oriented towards helping parents to plan their children’s activities and contact following separation. It includes issues such as where the children will live, how and when they will spend time with each parent, the participation in their lives of other significant people such as grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins, and issues around who will pay for their education and other activities.
The Skills of Family Dispute Resolution: An Introduction
Duration: 1 Day
Date: Wednesday 16th May
Time: 9.30am-4.30pm
Cost: $190
This one-day session will introduce the specific skills required to work effectively in family dispute resolution. Beginning with the skills required for assessment, including recognising family violence, power differences and the levels of conflict, the session will then move to developing the skills for establishing and maintaining trust, encouraging client self-determination and managing conflict and cultural differences. Participants will be invited to work in small groups and undertake role plays aimed at practicing the skills presented.
Facilitation Skills
Facilitator: Shaan Russell-Smith
Duration: 1 Day
Date: Tuesday 22nd May
Time: 9.30am-4.30pm
Cost: $190
A highly interactive workshop aimed at those who need or have a desire to facilitate workshops. You will explore different learning styles, how to develop trust and group commitment and create innovative delivery strategies that will help bring training alive. Come away with a tool kit of ideas that can be applied to a range of training contexts.
Suicide and Intervention
Facilitator: Simone Dayer
Duration: 2 Days
Dates: Wednesday 23rd and Thursday 24th May
Time: 9.30am-4.30pm
Cost: $380
The aim of this two day workshop is to assist participants in developing a greater awareness of the prevalence of suicide in the community, to gain knowledge and skills in identifying, assessing and applying interventions to support individuals and groups at risk of suicide.
At the completion of this two day training, participants will have:
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An understanding of the prevalence of suicide in the wider community
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An opportunity to explore their experience with and attitudes about suicide
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Identified individuals at risk of suicide as well as the link between suicide and mental health
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A knowledge of a framework for risk assessment
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Develop interventional skills
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Gained knowledge of community resources
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Developed and explored prevention strategies
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Explored and discussed staff self care strategies
Working with Children in Domestic Family Violence
Facilitator: Denise Wilson
Duration: 1 Day
Date: Tuesday 29th May
Time: 9.30am-4.30pm
Cost: $190
Family and domestic violence is a traumatic event for the majority of those who have experienced it.
This is an interactive workshop that balances theory and practice for those who work in a therapeutic, educational or care capacity with children who have experienced family and domestic violence.
In exploring the impact of family and domestic violence on children and how to support children in the recovery process,
The workshop topics covered will include;
* the neurobiology of trauma,
*identifying trauma behaviours in children and the meanings behind them,
* how to respond to trauma behaviours in a way which is trauma sensitive,
*participating in practical/ experiential activities that will assist in working therapeutically with children who have experienced family and domestic violence.
The Skills of Family Dispute Resolution: Ethical Practice
Duration: 1 Day
Date: Wednesday 30th May
Time: 9.30am-4.30pm
Cost: $190
Ethical practice in FDR involves some specific skills that may not be used in other human service interventions. These include maintaining impartiality and balancing power in an ethical manner.
This workshop will introduce participants to the skills involved in ensuring an impartial approach throughout the work with family members. It includes the development of specific questioning techniques, approaches to balancing power between the disputants, and a consideration of reflexive practice. Participants will engage in small group discussions, case study analysis and role play.
The Parenting Plan
Duration: 1 Day
Date: Thursday 31st May
Time: 9.30am-4.30pm
Cost: $190
Family Dispute Resolution is oriented towards helping parents to plan their children’s activities and contact following separation. It includes issues such as where the children will live, how and when they will spend time with each parent, the participation in their lives of other significant people such as grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins, and issues around who will pay for their education and other activities.
JUNE
Working with Family Domestic Violence
Duration: 1 Day
Date: Tuesday 5th June
Time: 9.30am-4.30pm
Cost: $190
This one-day workshop will present focus on engaging people who use violence. It will consider definitions of violence, discussing the range of violent and non-violent abusive behaviours. Case studies will highlight issues around how violence is used and the effects of violence on family members, including children and parents.
The workshop will then consider specific issues in working with violence, including addressing collusive behaviours, identifying and managing signs of power abuse, addressing the effects of violence on children, and cultural issues in relation to family violence. It will use video material, case studies, role plays and small group discussions.
Family Dispute Resolution: Ensuring the Safety of all Participants
Duration: 1 Day
Date: Wednesday 6th June
Time: 9.30am-4.30pm
Cost: $190
The safety of both clients and practitioners in family dispute resolution is paramount. Safety issues begin in the assessment phase and continue right through the FDR process. This workshop introduces participants to the unique safety issues faced by FDR practitioners and the skills used to assist participants to feel safe to engage in the work.
The workshop will unpack safety concerns for FDR clients and practitioners, including developing workable and effective safety protocols. The skills required in conducting separate sessions with clients, co-mediation and shuttle initiatives will be explored. Ways of suspending or terminating family dispute resolution and considering the next steps will be discussed.
Understanding Child Inclusive Practice
Duration: 1 Day
Date: Monday 11th June
Time: 9.30am-4.30pm
Cost: $190
This one-day course introduces participants to the concept of child inclusive practice. Using an interactive approach that will include group discussions, case studies and role plays, the course will consider an evidence-based approach to including children in their parents’ decision-making processes. It will include discussions on current assessments of families for suitability for child inclusive work; preparing parents for hearing from their children; reasons for asking children to participate; and working effectively with child consultants.
The course is suitable for not only family dispute resolution practitioners, but for counsellors, child advocates, and those working in child protection, youth and family work and related fields.