ACWA ENDORSED CPD
ACWA assessed and endorses good quality training to ensure that your professional development time and money is well spent.
ACWA members need to undertake 20 hours per year of targeted CPD. Professional development is an investment in your career and also ensures better outcomes for the people with whom you work. Members should read the CPD requirements infosheet and use the ACWA Member CPD Record to keep track of their progress.
Creating a CPD plan that addresses your specific needs will ensure that the activities you select directly support your practice and career advancement. Read how to develop a personalised CPD plan.
Training calendar 
Due to COVID-19 upcoming face to face sessions have been cancelled. However, we have a range of ACWA endorsed online training below.
To learn about an activity, click on the title below.
Online training
- Enhancing Emotional Wellbeing in Late Life - Practical Strategies by Wise Care Pty Ltd
- Employee Health and Wellbeing by PsychAssist Training
- Managing Vicarious Trauma & Burnout by PsychAssist Training
- Psychosocial Learning Hub (mobile micro-learning program) by Mental Health Victoria
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Keeping Children and Young People Safe e-Learning by Children, Youth and Families, ACT Community Services Directorate
- Alcohol, Other Drugs & Mental Health (Dual Diagnosis) Training ONLINE (12 Hr Advanced) by Optimal Health Group
- The Online Accidental Counsellor Course by Human Connections
- Supervisor E-learning (Level 1) by Jane Wexler
- Mental Health Academy - over 500 hours of online CPD by Mental Health Academy
Conferences
- 2020 Suicide Prevention Summit (online event starting 16 May 2020)
- 2020 Mental Health Super Summit (online event starting 9 October 2020)
- Family & Relationship Services Australia National Conference 2021 (7-11 June 2021, SA)
Workshops
- Clinical Supervisor Course by Clinical Supervision Services
- Supervision Training by Supervision Training Services
- Alcohol, Other Drugs & Mental Health (Dual Diagnosis) Training Live (12 Hr Advanced) by Optimal Health Group
- Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) by Lifeline Central Australia
- Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) by Lifeline Central Australia
- The 'Accidental Counsellor' Workshop by Lifeline Central Australia
- SafeTALK by Lifeline Central Australia
- An Introduction to Working with Individuals who have Self-Destructive Behaviours by SAFE in Oz
- The Accidental Counsellor Training by Human Connections
- Creative Tools for Transformative Healing - Dealing with the Imprint of Trauma by Judy Emma Greenberg and Anne Holland
- Mastering Group Supervision by Jane Wexler
- Supervision and State of Being Level 1 by Jane Wexler
- Supervision and State of Being Level 2 by Jane Wexler
- Wrapped in Angels by Cara House
- Without Question: Language of a Mindful Leader by Cara House
- Evidence based techniques for working effectively with the five most challenging client groups by TATRA Corporate and Allied Health Training Services
- Calming the Emotional Storm by TATRA Corporate and Allied Health Training Services
- Enhancing Emotional Wellbeing in Late Life - Practical Strategies by Wise Care
- ASIST 11 TuneUp by Lifeline Central Australia
- Engaging families using strength-based solution focused questions in child protection intervention by Eleonora De Michele Consultancy
- Successful restoration / reunification of children to their families – essential practices by Eleonora De Michele Consultancy
- Interviewing children and young people in the context of allegations of reportable conduct and professional misconduct against employees by Eleonora De Michele Consultancy
Workplace delivery programs
- Managing Workplace Grief and Loss Program by Karuna Hospice Service
- Cultural Insight: Strategies for working with Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander clients & families by Girraway Ganyi Consultancy
- Cultural Appreciation: Working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Clients by Girraway Ganyi Consultancy
- A Cultural Perspective: Working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Clients in Health Care Settings by Girraway Ganyi Consultancy
- Asking the Identifying Question by Girraway Ganyi Consultancy
- Mental Health Concepts in the Workplace by Girraway Ganyi Consultancy
- Mental Health Concepts for Managers by Girraway Ganyi Consultancy
- Standard Mental Health First Aid by Girraway Ganyi Consultancy
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health First Aid Edition 3 by Girraway Ganyi Consultancy
- Youth Mental Health First Aid by Girraway Ganyi Consultancy
