Offered by Embrace Empowerment

This course is trauma focused and covers more advanced EFT Tapping techniques than the Level 1 version of this training. You’ll learn techniques for managing emotions, anxiety, physical discomfort, trauma, PTSD, phobias, shifting beliefs, working in groups, and more.

EFT Tapping Level 2 is interactive, and you’ll have plenty of time to practice. You can choose to attend a face to face session or undertake the course online.

What you’ll learn:

• How to address what’s holding them back (Palace of possibilities and Writing on the walls)
• Additional tapping points
• Advanced trauma techniques (Chasing the pain, Tell the story, Tearless Trauma, Movie Technique)
• Ways to find core issues
• How to address physical issues
• How to conduct EFT Tapping sessions online and via telephone
• Best ways to work in groups – borrowed benefits explained
• What to do if you can’t use EFT - for example, working with clients who experience sensory sensitivity, a migraine or a client with a facial injury
• Working with phobias
• How to shift belief systems

Offered by Australian Institute of Professional Counsellors (AIPC)

This is a comprehensive professional development program designed to assist helping professionals integrate mindfulness practice into their client work.

The course will help learners develop their understanding of how mindfulness became the phenomenon it is in the West today, and the key processes and concepts that underlie it. Participants will explore how a personal mindfulness practice can be developed, consider the research into the effects of mindfulness in various contexts and among different groups, and how different professionals have integrated mindfulness into their practice approaches.

The course covers:

• Professional practice considerations
• A ‘nuts and bolts’ guide to using mindfulness in client sessions
• Helping clients develop a personal mindfulness practice beyond the helping context
• The major therapies that have integrated mindfulness

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Offered by Australian Institute of Professional Counsellors (AIPC)

In this micro-credential you’ll learn how to work effectively with children as your client, which is uniquely rewarding and challenging.

This program will introduce you to important topics and theories related to working with children (aged 2-12) in a therapeutic setting, as well as enrich your own skill set and confidence.

You’ll gain awareness of children's developmental stages, including examining attachment styles and how to develop a child-centric approach to practice. You’ll learn how to work with other stakeholders and how to work with trauma and various health conditions (illness, disability, ASD, ADHD, learning difficulties, anxiety, etc).

The course is divided into four parts:

• Development awareness
• Working with others/stakeholders, and engaging with families
• Health conditions
• Trauma

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Offered by Australian Institute of Professional Counsellors (AIPC)

In this micro-credential you’ll learn how to work effectively with LGBTIQ+ clients. You’ll learn about the specific challenges and areas of risk faced by the LGBTIQ+ population, including depression and suicide. You’ll review the benefits and limitations different therapeutic approaches can have when working with a client from the LGBTIQ+ community. And you’ll work through five case studies.

Mainstream Western understandings of gender and sexuality are changing. For example, gender identity has traditionally been understood in a limited way – a person could either be a man, a woman or ‘other.’ In the past twenty years the possibilities of gender and sexuality have become increasingly apparent.

This course is divided into four parts:

• Background
• Important issues
• Therapeutic approaches
• Case studies

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Offered by Australian Institute of Professional Counsellors (AIPC)

In this micro-credential you’ll learn about mental health issues that occur across the lifespan. You’ll learn conceptually about mental health, understanding supports and interventions, working positively with people with mental health issues, identifying and responding to risk, and more.

This program enables therapists to gain a deeper view of mental health and how it is conceptualised within the social services field.

The course is divided into four parts:

• Conceptualising mental health and mental health issues
• Understanding supports and interventions
• Working positively with people with mental health issues
• Identifying and responding to risk

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Offered by Australian Institute of Professional Counsellors (AIPC)

In this micro-credential you’ll learn effective ways to work with teens as they transition through this dynamic period of their lives. You’ll learn how to help them navigate social media and online communities; peer pressure and bullying; use of alcohol and drugs; risky behaviours; romantic relationships, trauma, and more. You’ll also learn to use the public health model when using a harm minimisation approach in these areas.

This course will focus on working with adolescents between the ages of 13 and 19, in particular, how to assist them and create strong working relationships.

The course is divided into four parts:

• Getting to know your client
• Freedom, AOD and romantic relationships
• Mental health, self-harm and suicidal clients
• Trauma

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Offered by Australian Institute of Professional Counsellors (AIPC)

In this micro-credential you’ll learn about the hugely popular modern behavioural therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). ACT aims to help people live a rewarding and meaningful life while accepting the presence of unwanted and often unpleasant thoughts, emotions, memories, urges and sensations that inevitably occur.

The course is divided into three parts:

• Introduction
• Putting ACT into practice
• ACT interventions

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Offered by Australian Institute of Professional Counsellors (AIPC)

In this micro-credential you’ll learn how to support employee wellbeing, gain an understanding of factors that can negatively impact on the psychological health of workers, and learn strategies to support the ongoing mental wellbeing and address psychological concerns if and when they arise.

This course has been designed specifically for helping professionals, to build on your existing knowledge, skills and practical experience, and help you develop understanding, techniques and strategies to assist you as you continue your professional journey.

The course is divided into four parts:

• Workplace wellbeing
• Communication and collegial care
• Secondary traumatic stress and vicarious trauma
• Self-care and supervision

Learn more and register

Offered by Mindarma

Mindarma is a ten-session online learning program proven to enhance psychological resilience. It teaches mindfulness and a range of other psychological skills and strategies which can help protect mental health. This training has been designed with workers and the workplace in mind, to help practitioners cope with stressful or tough days on the job.

This evidence-based e-learning program is supported by the Black Dog Institute and has been adopted by organisations including Ambulance Victoria, NSW Ambulance, Queensland Fire and Emergency Services, Unicef and many others.

The program is also supported by regular free webinars run by clinical psychologists.

Get the ACWA discount
ACWA members can get a 20% discount on this training using the code: ACWA20

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Offered by First 1000 Days Australia

First 1000 Days Australia is a First Nations model focused on the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from preconception to 2 years of age.

Referencing WHO principles of integrated health and holistic family care, this activity provides community workers with the capacity to address intergenerational trauma and promote strategies for family resilience, mental health, cultural safety and social and emotional wellbeing.

The online training course consists of 5 modules and 1 masterclass compromising of over 34 lessons. Participants can learn at their own pace and the course can be completed in as little as 5 weeks or over a period of 3 months.

Learn more and register

Enquiries: info@first1000daysaustralia.com

Offered by Queensland Transcultural Mental Health Centre

This is a self-directed, online training course which teaches learners how to identify and support people from CALD backgrounds who may be at risk of suicide.

The training course takes 5-6 hours to complete and is comprised of 4 modules.

• Module 1: Culture and Suicide.
• Module 2: Suicide Prevention: How to Recognise, Respond and Support.
• Module 3: Practicing Suicide Prevention in your Organisation for Volunteers and Staff.
• Module 4: Supporting People Bereaved by Suicide.

Cost: This training is free.

Learn more and register

Enquiries: Hanan.Al-Alawneh@health.qld.gov.au

Offered by Queensland Transcultural Mental Health Centre

This is a self-directed, online training course to upskill professionals working with CALD media outlets on how to report suicide safely in the media.

The training course takes 30 minutes to complete.

Cost: This training is free.

Learn more and register

Enquiries: Hanan.Al-Alawneh@health.qld.gov.au

Offered by RMIT University, College of Vocational Education

This free, nationally accredited vocational education and training (VET) course was developed by Monash University’s Department of Forensic Medicine and the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine to assist people working directly with clients/service users or students to recognised and respond to sexual violence.

The course is delivered online by RMIT University, with self-paced learning activities and facilitated 3-hour workshops. There are two units of competency.

You will undertake knowledge-based assessment to demonstrate your understanding of the forms, contexts and impacts of sexual violence and response practices. You will demonstrate your response skills through practical tasks and engage in reflection to develop self-awareness and practice.

Cost: This course is a Commonwealth Department of Social Services funded initiative under the National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children 2010-2022. There is no cost to students.

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Offered by Settlement Council of Australia

The workshop aims to introduce settlement workers to the recently launched Settlement Sector Quality Framework (SSQF), including the revised National Settlement Outcomes Standards (NSOS).

This program includes:

• Introduction to the SSQF
• Exploring the 10 NSOS standards
• Introduction to the 10 Key Principles and Practices (KPPs)
• Exploring the KPPs through individual reflection and discussion
• Applying NSOS and KPPs in practice
• Further information and resources to support the SSQF

Note: similar workshops are available for team leaders and managers in settlement agencies; and for mainstream services that have a role in supporting the settlement of newly arrived migrants and refugees.

Cost
Free

Learn more and register

Enquiries: info@scoa.org.au

Offered by Settlement Council of Australia

The aim of this training workshop is to provide team leaders and managers from settlement agencies with further ideas for implementing and embedding the SSQF within their teams and organisations.

Note: It is essential that people taking part in this workshop have attended AT LEAST the first half of the workshop entitled Introduction to NSOS and SSQF for Settlement Agencies, as this workshop builds on the knowledge, skills and concepts explored in the introductory workshop.

The workshop includes the following:

• Welcome and Introduction
• Review of the SSQF
• Using the SSQF in staff recruitment and retention
• Using the SSQF to improve program planning and delivery
• Using the SSQF to improve practice
• Exploring the SSQF Self-Assessment Tool
• Action Planning (Optional)
• Evaluation and finish

Learn more and register

Enquiries: info@scoa.org.au

Offered by Settlement Council of Australia

The aim of this training workshop is to provide staff and volunteers from non-settlement agencies with an introduction to the NSOS, and the opportunity to consider and discuss their role in contributing to good settlement outcomes.

The workshop includes the following:

• Welcome and Introduction
• Introduction to Settlement
• Introduction to the National Settlement Outcomes Standards (NSOS)
• Exploring the NSOS
• Further Exploring the NSOS
• Useful Information and Resources
• Planning for Action
• Evaluation and Finish

Note: This workshop is aimed at non-settlement agencies. A separate workshop has been developed for staff of settlement agencies, to introduce them to the NSOS and to the Settlement Sector Quality Framework (SSQF).

Learn more and register

Enquiries: info@scoa.org.au

Offered by Human Connections

The Accidental Counsellor Training is a practical mental health training that teaches basic counselling skills and principles to people who are not trained counsellors but often find themselves in a “counselling role by accident”.

Cost
$275

Offered by Wise Care Pty Ltd

COVID times have been challenging for all and particularly for our elders who may already be experiencing changes in their health status and support network, resulting in an increased risk of isolation. Strategies to boost social connection through group activities and outings are not feasible at present.

The purpose of this program is to upskill frontline workers in how to boost client wellbeing through delivery of 1:1 support focusing on strengths and resilience building. Activities are intended to be brief (maximum 15 min) to allow a range of professionals to implement them during their service delivery. Further, participants are taught skills in how to manage their own stress to minimise the risk of burnout.

This program includes:

• Live 90 minute webinar ("The impact of the pandemic on mental wellbeing and emotional fulfillment")
• 10 scripts for strengths based activities (maximum 15 minutes each)
• 5 scripts for worker wellbeing and resilience building during the pandemic
• LIVE coaching sessions

Learn more and register

Offered by Online Courses Australia

This is a bundle of online modules and high-quality video sessions which cover mental health across the lifespan.

Once completed, you’ll have a deep understanding of common mental health conditions for children, adolescents and adults. You’ll know how to identify symptoms and how to engage with the very best support techniques and treatments.

The bundle covers 19 topic areas including:

• Mental and physical health disorders
• Emotional wellbeing in children and adolescents
• Psychiatric problems affecting adults
• Complex disorders and neurological illnesses
• Holistic health and wellness
• Treatment and support
• Recovery-focused care
• Learning resilience in adulthood

Offered by Responsible Gambling Fund as a community education initiative

This three hour workshop is to educate community workers who are not gambling harm experts on how to identify and respond to possible gambling issues that their clients are experiencing.

The workshops are delivered either online (webinar) or face to face and are delivered by experienced problem gambling counsellors.

Content covered includes:

• the Australian context of gambling and gambling harm
• how to identify potential gambling harm within an individual
• psychosocial factors and co-morbid conditons that may accompany gambling harm
• how to respond to a client who may be experiencing gambling harm, include providing education, outlining management strategies and providing referrals.

Offered by The Grief Centre

Making the Difference is a self-paced online course for professionals who work with clients or staff who may be facing a difficult life situation, significant change, or any form of loss or grief. The course looks at the impact of these difficult situations on our clients, how you can support them through it and strategies for your own professional self-care.

The course is structure into 4 training modules:

1. The impact of difficult life situations
2. What does 'good support' mean?
3. Providing good support
4. Strategies for self-care

Offered by Clinical Supervision Services

This e-learning course is offered as either 6 stand-alone modules or as a discounted course combining all 6 modules. Each module provides a theoretical overview of family therapy practice guidelines and an introduction to contemporary family therapy models.

Enrol online anytime for 12 months access to course materials. The full course covers the following modules:

1. Using Genograms in Family Therapy
2. Family Assessments
3. Structural Family Therapy and Solution Focused Brief Therapy
4. Milan Systemic Therapy
5. Bowen Family Systems Theory and Narrative Therapy
6. Contemporary Family Therapy Models

Offered by Clinical Supervision Services

This e-learning course aims to increase confidence and skills in setting up supervision, developing learning goals and establishing a competency based supervision contract. Topics cover how to effectively use feedback and evaluation in supervision and measure the supervision efficacy.

Participants will develop a solid understanding of the tasks and responsibilities of supervision and become a competent and reflective supervisor. It is estimated that it will take 35 hours to complete the 7 self-paced study modules:

1. Introduction to Supervision
2. Models of Clinical Supervision
3. Preparing for Supervision
4. Methods & Techniques (including Telehealth delivery)
5. Reflective Practice
6. Ethical Issues
7. Evaluation and Feedback

Offered by Evolation Learning

This course equips participants with the cultural awareness required for effective communication and cooperation with persons of diverse cultures.

It will explore reflecting cultural awareness in work practice and accepting cultural diversity as a basis for effective workplace and professional relationships.

Cost
$19.99

Offered by Wise Care Pty Ltd

Grief is a normal part of life. However, in late life, it is often experienced more frequently. Because of this, it can be difficult to recognise and differentiate grief from other life factors and adjustments. Understanding that emotional symptoms that are present during times of grief, can also be symptoms of depression, complicated grief or other mental health conditions is critically important.

This 2 hour workshop will upskill the participants in recognising grief and loss, as well as other common mental health conditions experienced by elders. Participants will learn the impact of grief in late life and uncover practical strategies to help older adults affected by grief and loss. Importantly, they will learn terminology when interacting with clients and learn how to draw on the strengths of clients through their experience of grief.

Cost
$97

Offered by Wise Care Pty Ltd

This six hour training will increase participant’s knowledge of emotional wellbeing in late life and confidence in improving social engagement with their clients. The training will empower practitioners to better understand when and how to escalate concerns about client wellbeing, improve engagement with socially isolated clients who may experience loneliness and to embed a strengths based approach to service delivery by curating social goals.

Cost
$249

Offered by PsychAssist Training

Wellness programs are becoming common in Australian workplaces – and for good reason! When you think that the average adult spends one-third of their life at work, it makes sense to target health promotion strategies at the workplace.

In this training course we will explore the four dimensions of wellness and offer strategies that you can incorporate into your daily lives to enhance your health and wellbeing.

Cost
$120

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Offered by PsychAssist Training

In this course we will explore the nature, dynamics and risks of vicarious trauma and contrast it with secondary trauma, burnout and compassion fatigue. The course will equip you with a range of interpersonal, personal and organisational strategies to address the risks of vicarious trauma and its impacts, and foster possibilities for post-traumatic growth and vicarious resilience.

The course will equip you with a range of interpersonal, personal and organisational strategies to address the risks of vicarious trauma and its impacts, and foster possibilities for post-traumatic growth and vicarious resilience.

Cost
$220

Offered by Children, Youth and Families, ACT Community Services Directorate

This free e-Learning is designed to help you understand reporting requirements under the ACT Children and Young People Act 2008. This includes the important role and responsibility of mandated and voluntary reporters, what should and should not be reported to CYPS and how to respond to a child who tells you they have been abused.

Cost
FREE

Offered by Optimal Health Group

This advanced training covers current evidence-based, best practice in Alcohol & Other Drugs (AOD) and mental health from an integrated, holistic framework. The program will equip workers to deliver brief and early interventions to people struggling with substance abuse and mental health issues, as well as develop advanced psychotherapeutic skills.

Cost
$195 (excluding GST) using the link below

Offered by Jane Wexler

This online course provides meaningful, experiential learning that has been contextualized using film and interactive narratives, which focus on essential knowledge and skills required for new or inexperienced supervisors working in the human services profession. It provides maximum opportunity for participants to engage and learn, using multiple methods including realistic video and audio scenarios, reflective exercises and group discussions.

Cost
Get the ACWA discount ACWA members receive discounted registration
ACWA member: $495.00 (excl. GST)
Non Member: $545.00 (excl. GST)

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Offered by Mental Health Academy

MHA is Australia’s largest provider of mental health CPD online. Their comprehensive course catalogue is available 24/7 and includes over 700 hours of ACWA endorsed CPD. Click the link below for the list of courses available on the platform.

Cost
MHA CPD is based on a membership model to increase your choices. You only pay a fixed monthly or annual fee to access the entire catalogue.

Thanks to our partnership, you can join MHA entirely risk free with MHA’s 30-day money back guarantee.

LIVE: 14-16 Oct 2022
ON-DEMAND: 14 Oct – 11 Dec 2022

For the 8th consecutive year, Mental Health Academy and Act for Kids are co-hosting the Mental Health Super Summit online conference (live on 14-16 October, 2022).

The Summit will be delivered via 15 live webinar sessions from Friday 14th to Sunday 16th of October and will continue as an on-demand event (i.e. you can watch recordings of live webinars) until up to Sunday 11th of December.

The Summit covers a broad range of topics, including the link between trauma and addiction; learned hopefulness; enhanced support; lived experience; CBT for medical problems

Choose what you pay - access content for as little as $25.

22-24 April (Live Online)
25 April – 19 June (On-Demand)

Mental Health Academy has partnered with Lifeline Australia and other leaders in the suicide prevention sector, to bring you the 2022 Suicide Prevention Summit.

The purpose of the Summit is to equip practicing mental health professionals and peer support workers with the most up-to-date, advanced knowledge and treatment options on suicide prevention. To achieve that, MHA has assembled 15 highly respected experts on mental health and suicide prevention into one online specialised Summit.

The Summit covers a broad range of topics, including clinical interventions; assessment tools; lived experience; Aboriginal & TSI mental health; men’s, youth, elderly & LGBTIQ+ suicide prevention.

Registration is entirely free – or just $10 to enjoy extra perks, including extended access to session recordings, slides and post-session notes. And all content is streamed online (live & on-demand).

16-19 May 2022, Adelaide SA

This ‘not to be missed’ event will feature several 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.

Offered by Embrace Empowerment

Suitable for beginners, this interactive and practice course covers the basics of EFT Tapping (Emotional Freedom Techniques). The course enables you to use simple EFT Tapping with your clients and on yourself.

It includes techniques to assist with reducing uncomfortable emotions and physical discomfort, lowering stress and anxiety, and managing cravings.

Participants can choose to attend a face to face session or undertake the course online.

What you’ll learn:

• What is EFT Tapping?
• Why and how does EFT work?
• The tapping points
• Ways to overcome blocks to progress
• An overview of the standard EFT procedure
• EFT for physical issues, pain, or discomfort
• Important points for applying EFT successfully
• EFT for cravings
• EFT for anxiety
• Ways to find core issues
• Testing results

Offered by Embrace Empowerment

This course is trauma focused and covers more advanced EFT Tapping techniques than the Level 1 version of this training. You’ll learn techniques for managing emotions, anxiety, physical discomfort, trauma, PTSD, phobias, shifting beliefs, working in groups, and more.

EFT Tapping Level 2 is interactive, and you’ll have plenty of time to practice. You can choose to attend a face to face session or undertake the course online.

What you’ll learn:

• How to address what’s holding them back (Palace of possibilities and Writing on the walls)
• Additional tapping points
• Advanced trauma techniques (Chasing the pain, Tell the story, Tearless Trauma, Movie Technique)
• Ways to find core issues
• How to address physical issues
• How to conduct EFT Tapping sessions online and via telephone
• Best ways to work in groups – borrowed benefits explained
• What to do if you can’t use EFT - for example, working with clients who experience sensory sensitivity, a migraine or a client with a facial injury
• Working with phobias
• How to shift belief systems

Offered by Project Paradigm - A program of IFYS Ltd

This training enables professionals and agencies involved with children and young people to gain a greater understanding of Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE).

It explores the sophisticated models of recruitment (‘grooming’) used to sexually exploit young people as well as teaching skills in assessment and intervention with the aim of protecting young people and preventing CSE within communities.

Level 2 - Preventing Child Sexual Exploitation

This workshop looks at the current body of research in both an Australian and overseas context and covers the following key elements:

• Definitions and exploration of processes of control used in CSE.
• Common risk indicators found to be present in cases of CSE.
• Examining stereotypes and the use of language when responding to CSE.
• The impact of sexual exploitation and the needs of young people when considering intervention.
• How to risk assess specific cases to enable an informed approach to intervention.

Level 3 - Working with Practical Challenges of Child Sexual Exploitation**

This workshop aims to support professionals and agencies involved with children and young people to gain a greater depth in knowledge and understanding of CSE and will cover the following key elements:

• Discuss challenges and barriers to engaging with young people resistant to change.
• Understand how to better support young people with additional needs.
• Develop an understanding of the potential for victims to become perpetrators, and potential ways to work with them.
• Suggestions and tips for dealing with disclosures of CSE.
• Potential resources and techniques for problem solving.

**In order to undertake Level 3 Training, participants need to have completed the Level 2 training beforehand.

Cost
Enquire direct

Where and when
Level 2 – 7.5 hours
16 March 2022, Ipswich Brisbane QLD
30 March 2022, Cairns QLD
26 April 2022, Toowoomba QLD
6 June 2022, Rockhampton QLD
7 July 2022, Gold Coast QLD
10 August 2022, Sunshine Coast QLD
7 September 2022, Magill SA

Level 3 – 7.5 hours
17 March 2022, Ipswich Brisbane QLD
31 March 2022, Cairns QLD
27 April 2022, Toowoomba QLD
7 June 2022, Rockhampton QLD
8 July 2022, Gold Coast QLD
11 August 2022, Sunshine Coast QLD
8 September 2022, Magill SA

Course Recognition
Certificate of completion – For Australian teachers and educators this training aligns with the following standards:
APST – 4.4, 4.5, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4
NQS – 2.2.3

For further information and to submit an expression of interest please contact:
Email: communityservices@ifys.com.au Phone: (07) 5438 3000

Offered by Settlement Council of Australia

The workshop aims to introduce settlement workers to the recently launched Settlement Sector Quality Framework (SSQF), including the revised National Settlement Outcomes Standards (NSOS).

This program includes:

• Introduction to the SSQF
• Exploring the 10 NSOS standards
• Introduction to the 10 Key Principles and Practices (KPPs)
• Exploring the KPPs through individual reflection and discussion
• Applying NSOS and KPPs in practice
• Further information and resources to support the SSQF

Note: similar workshops are available for team leaders and managers in settlement agencies; and for mainstream services that have a role in supporting the settlement of newly arrived migrants and refugees.

Learn more and register

Enquiries: info@scoa.org.au

Offered by Settlement Council of Australia

The aim of this training workshop is to provide team leaders and managers from settlement agencies with further ideas for implementing and embedding the SSQF within their teams and organisations.

Note: It is essential that people taking part in this workshop have attended AT LEAST the first half of the workshop entitled Introduction to NSOS and SSQF for Settlement Agencies, as this workshop builds on the knowledge, skills and concepts explored in the introductory workshop.

The workshop includes the following:

• Welcome and Introduction
• Review of the SSQF
• Using the SSQF in staff recruitment and retention
• Using the SSQF to improve program planning and delivery
• Using the SSQF to improve practice
• Exploring the SSQF Self-Assessment Tool
• Action Planning (Optional)
• Evaluation and finish

Learn more and register

Enquiries: info@scoa.org.au

Offered by Settlement Council of Australia

The aim of this training workshop is to provide staff and volunteers from non-settlement agencies with an introduction to the NSOS, and the opportunity to consider and discuss their role in contributing to good settlement outcomes.

The workshop includes the following:

• Welcome and Introduction
• Introduction to Settlement
• Introduction to the National Settlement Outcomes Standards (NSOS)
• Exploring the NSOS
• Further Exploring the NSOS
• Useful Information and Resources
• Planning for Action
• Evaluation and Finish

Note: This workshop is aimed at non-settlement agencies. A separate workshop has been developed for staff of settlement agencies, to introduce them to the NSOS and to the Settlement Sector Quality Framework (SSQF).

Learn more and register

Enquiries: info@scoa.org.au

Offered by Human Connections

The Accidental Counsellor Training is a practical mental health training that teaches basic counselling skills and principles to people who are not trained counsellors but often find themselves in a “counselling role by accident”.

An Accidental Counsellor can be anyone who is not employed as a trained counsellor, but often finds themselves placed in a counselling role by accident. You could be an Accidental Counsellor as a teacher, youth worker, team leader, aged care professional or chaplain.

Where and when
23 March 2022, Sydney NSW
8 June 2022, Sydney NSW
14 September 2022, Sydney NSW
16 November 2022, Sydney NSW

Offered by Responsible Gambling Fund as a community education initiative

This three hour workshop is to educate community workers who are not gambling harm experts on how to identify and respond to possible gambling issues that their clients are experiencing.

The workshops are delivered either online (webinar) or face to face and are delivered by experienced problem gambling counsellors.

Content covered includes:

• the Australian context of gambling and gambling harm
• how to identify potential gambling harm within an individual
• psychosocial factors and co-morbid conditons that may accompany gambling harm
• how to respond to a client who may be experiencing gambling harm, include providing education, outlining management strategies and providing referrals.

Offered by the Daniel Morcombe Foundation

This workshop is focused on providing frontline professionals with a critical introduction to the topic of harmful sexual behaviours (HSB). It will look to define and contextualise HSB whilst expanding professionals’ current skills and competency to be able to prevent, identify and respond in a holistic, strengths-based manner. Participants will have the opportunity to engage in activities and discussions, to access resources, and to network with other professionals.

Course Recognition:
Certificate of completion.
For Australian teachers, this course aligns with the following APST; 4.4, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2, 7.4 and the NQS 2.2.3.

Cost = Free

Where and when
In all Australian capital cities

Offered by Clinical Supervision Services

This workshop covers the core concepts and techniques of family therapy practice, providing an overview of the influence of the major schools of thought on contemporary practice. The emphasis will be on applying theory as systemic practice, through teaching, demonstration, video, role play, case illustrations, group discussion and small group exercises.

Where and when
19 & 20 May 2022, Surry Hills NSW

Offered by Clinical Supervision Services

This course provides the fundamental knowledge required of establishing a competency-based supervision working alliance including the fundamentals of setting up supervision using clear learning goals, establishing a learning contract, how to use reflective questioning techniques in supervision and how to provide effective feedback to develop best practice skills in supervision.

The Supervisor course includes 3 components: an online component, a 14 hour two-day workshop and a 7 hour one day assessment of competency that includes a 60-minute formal assessment.

Where and when
16-17 March 2022
13-14 April 2022
29-30 June 2022
30-31 January 2023 (Videoconference)
27-28 February 2023 (Videoconference)

Offered by Jane Wexler

This highly interactive, two-day workshop teaches participants the foundational skills of a supervisor working with multi-disciplinary teams and introduces participants to a State of Being approach to supervision, where relationship is placed at the heart of supervision. Participants receive a comprehensive Learner Guide and a Course Certificate upon completion of the two days.

Level 1 is suitable for community workers with no supervision experience, or inexperienced supervisors wanting to grow their skills and increase their confidence.

Pre-requisites
A minimum of 2 years practice experience and an understanding of what supervision; some formal theories beyond entry level; knowledge of legislation related to organisational practice, and an open mind.

Cost = Get the ACWA discount ACWA members receive discounted registration.

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Where and when
TBA

Offered by Jane Wexler

This highly experiential, practical two-day workshop teaches participants how to deepen and expand their supervision skills and take their supervision practice to advanced levels. It uses carefully selected frameworks and tools for more experienced supervisors, leaders and managers, and a State of Being approach to supervision, where relationship is placed at the heart of supervision.

Level 2 is designed for (but not limited to) supervisors, team leaders, human services & other professionals with some supervision experience, wanting deeper insight and transformative tools resulting in professional growth. Please note, Supervision and State of Being Level 1 is not a pre-requisite to attend Level 2

Pre-requisites
Some experience as a supervisor, team leader or manager, or completion of Supervision and State of Being: Level 1, or other supervision training.

Cost = Get the ACWA discount ACWA members receive discounted registration.

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Where and when
TBA

Offered by Jane Wexler

This highly interactive one-day workshop has been developed in response to a high demand from supervisors, team leaders, human services & other professionals seeking ethical, practical & effective models for group supervision that enrich and support all group members. It teaches the foundational skills of group supervision, provides tailored supervision frameworks for groups, and equips participants with tools to manage complex group dynamics in supervision.

The workshop is offered in a high quality, hands on learning environment and provides full catering. Participants receive a comprehensive Learner Guide and a Course Certificate upon completion of the day.

Pre-requisites
A minimum of 3 years practice experience; an understanding of what supervision is and familiarity with some supervision frameworks; having received or provided supervision for a minimum of 3 years; a preparedness to participate in and explore group processes as part of training.

Cost = ACWA members receive discounted registration for this training.

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Where and when
TBA

Offered by Optimal Health Group

This advanced training covers current evidence-based, best practice in Alcohol & Other Drugs (AOD) and mental health from an integrated, holistic framework.

The program will equip workers to deliver brief and early interventions to people struggling with substance abuse and mental health issues, as well as develop advanced psychotherapeutic skills.

Cost = $195

Where and when
14 & 15 November 2022, Surfers Paradise QLD

Offered by Supervision Training Services

Supervision Training Services offers the ''RISE UP Model'' of clinical group and individual supervision training. This three day program is designed for prospective supervisors and based on globally benchmarked curriculum with concepts gleaned from best practice.

The training with equip supervisors with the competencies needed for offering supervision and the theoretical knowledge that, when combined with appropriate practical experience, can serve as a foundation for a career as a counselling supervisor professional in either a service or an academic setting.

The Supervisor course includes 3 components: an online component, a 14 hour two-day workshop and a 7 hour one day assessment of competency that includes a 60-minute formal assessment.

Where and when
16, 17, 18 March 2022, Adelaide SA (Bowden)
20, 21, 22 May 2022, Melbourne VIC
9, 10, 11 September 2022, Melbourne VIC
25, 26, 27 November 2022, Melbourne VIC

Offered by Lifeline Central Australia

This comprehensive training provides participants with the knowledge and skills to recognize when someone might be at risk of suicide and to respond in ways that help increase the person at risk’s immediate safety and refer them to appropriate help.

ASIST is a two day interactive workshop based on a scientifically proven intervention model taught through powerful audio visual learning aids, group discussions, skills practice and development..

The Supervisor course includes 3 components: an online component, a 14 hour two-day workshop and a 7 hour one day assessment of competency that includes a 60-minute formal assessment.

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Cost
$275 incl GST for volunteers, individuals and not-for-profit organisations
$360 incl GST for government and businesses

Where and when
23 & 24 March 2022
29 & 30 March 2022
12 & 13 April 2022
9 & 10 May 2022, Tennant Creek

Learn more and register
Laurel Duffell, Education & Training Manager
Phone: 08 8953 1250
Email: karen.lifelinent@bigpond.com

Offered by Lifeline Central Australia

The ASIST 11 TuneUp is a half day workshop/refresher for improving participant comfort, confidence and competence in using the Pathways for Assisting Life (PAL). This workshop is only for participants who have completed an ASIST Version 11 Workshop.

Cost
$90

Where and when
TBA

Learn more and register
Laurel Duffell, Education & Training Manager
Phone: 08 8953 1250
Email: karen.lifelinent@bigpond.com

Offered by Lifeline Central Australia

safeTALK is a short, practical half day workshop which encourages suicide alert communities. The ‘safe’ of safeTALK stands for ‘suicide alertness for everyone’. The ‘TALK’ is about the fact that clear and open communication about suicide is one of the keys to preventing it. The letters in TALK stand for the actions that help those with thoughts of suicide: Tell, Ask, Listen, and Keep-safe.

The training program teaches participants to be alert to suicide as a risk to people’s lives and responsive when they detect the risk arising. The skills taught in safeTALK are designed to give participants a clear process to follow to become a ‘suicide alert helper’ in their own community.

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Cost
$90 incl GST for volunteers, individuals and not-for-profit organisations
$110 incl GST for government and businesses

Where and when
17 May 2022
1 June 2022, Tennant Creek

Learn more and register
Laurel Duffell, Education & Training Manager
Phone: 08 8953 1250
Email: karen.lifelinent@bigpond.com

Offered by Lifeline Central Australia

This two day course teaches adults how to give initial help to adolescents experiencing mental health problems, in a mental health crisis situation, or in the early stages of mental illness.

Participants will learn about adolescent development and the signs and symptoms of mental health problems, how and where to get help and what sort of help has been shown by research to be effective.

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Cost
$400 incl GST for volunteers, individuals and not-for-profit organisations
$450 incl GST for government and businesses

Where and when
TBA

Learn more and register
Laurel Duffell, Education & Training Manager
Phone: 08 8953 1250
Email: karen.lifelinent@bigpond.com

Offered by Lifeline Central Australia

Accidental Counsellors are not counsellors as such, but often find themselves in a ‘counselling role’ by accident as a result of conversations or requests for help from clients, colleagues, friends or others.

This two day workshop aims to provide non-counsellors with a range of practical and effective skills to ‘step into the shoes’ of an accidental counsellor and be able to appropriately respond to and support people when they are angry, distressed or experiencing a challenging time. The training gives participants a practical framework for managing these issues, while achieving a sense of structure and confidence.

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Cost
$450 incl GST for volunteers, individuals and not-for-profit organisations
$560 incl GST for government and businesses

Where and when
4-5 August 2022

Learn more and register
Laurel Duffell, Education & Training Manager
Phone: 08 8953 1250
Email: karen.lifelinent@bigpond.com

Offered by Judy Emma Greenberg and Anne Holland

The levels of trauma in our community continue to grow. Are you working with clients who are presenting with increasingly complex issues? Is it possible they may be carrying the imprint of trauma from childhood or more recent events?

Creative Tools for Transformative Healing is an experiential 2-day workshop for professionals to empower clients and patients to increase their own self-management using creative practices.

Cost
$500

Where and when
TBA

Learn more and register
Anne - E: anneholland@optusnet.com.au
P: 0407 324 593

Offered by Eleonora De Michele Consultancy

This highly interactive and practice focused 2-day workshop aims to increase confidence and competence in conducting interviews with children in the context of allegations of reportable conduct.

Many staff have little or no experience undertaking investigative interviews with children, especially when those interviews may form the basis for disciplinary action. Consequently, many professionals become concerned about their capacity to interview children when an allegation of reportable conduct or misconduct against an employee is made. However, many of the skills, knowledge and practices used in daily communication with children also apply to more formal investigative interviews with children.

With some prior planning, some basic understanding of children’s memory and developmental capacities and the legal requirements underpinning good questioning, most professionals can complete a competent interview with a child that will be acceptable in the civil arena.

Where and when
30 Aug & 01 Sep 2022, Sydney NSW

Learn more and register
Email eleonorad@bigpond.com

Offered by Eleonora De Michele Consultancy

This highly interactive, practice focused 2-day course provides practitioners and their supervisors with an opportunity to reflect what they, as practitioners, bring to conversations with families and how to best manage their impact to promote positive relationship. The course also introduces strength-based, solution focused questioning approaches when working with families in the early intervention and child protection space. A key component of this work is assisting families to surface intrinsic and extrinsic motivation to bring about lasting change.

The questions professionals ask families are an intervention in themselves and with these questions practitioners can help family to think creatively about how to progress towards their goals of safety for their themselves and their children.

Where and when
To be announced

Learn more and register
Email eleonorad@bigpond.com

Offered by Eleonora De Michele Consultancy

The Out-of-Home Care sector is undergoing a rapid and profound change since evidence and research findings and legislative changes have promoted the safe return of children to their families and communities. Agencies whose usual business is the provision of foster care services are now required to undertake restoration work with birth families. As this is a very new piece of work for the sector, anxiety about how to do the work is patent. This workshop will commence the development and enhancement of restoration practices within the sector.

This two workshop will commence the development and enhancement of restoration practices within the sector. It invites direct service providers, their supervisors and agency managers to explore the most current research, evidence and practices into what works in providing restoration services.

Where and when
To be announced

Learn more and register
Email eleonorad@bigpond.com

Offered by Girraway Ganyi Consultancy

The purpose of this 4 hour course is to provide awareness of Aboriginal culture in Australia and provide an open environment in which participants = learn and explore how history impacts on current Aboriginal health of contemporary Indigenous people. Through discussions and simulated exercises, participants will learn practical skills and strategies that will allow effective working relationships between health care professionals and Aboriginal clients and families.

Strategies

• Learn about the different Indigenous cultures in Australia
• Acknowledge national trends and statistics
• Recognise why we need to ask that identifying question
• Acknowledge barriers that exist for Indigenous people accessing services
• Understand the events in Aboriginal history and how this impacts on Indigenous people today
• Identify evidence based skills and strategies to work with Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander clients and families

Organisations interested in this workshop for their employees can submit an expression of interest or phone Girraway Ganyi Consultancy on 0434 049 764 for details, including pricing.

Offered by Girraway Ganyi Consultancy

The purpose of this 4 hour course is to provide awareness of Aboriginal culture in Australia and provide an open environment in which participants are able to learn and explore how history impacts on current Aboriginal health of contemporary Indigenous people. Through discussions and simulated exercises, participants will be able to learn practical skills and strategies that will allow effective working relationships between health care professionals and Aboriginal clients and families.

Strategies

• Learn about the different Indigenous cultures in Australia
• Acknowledge national trends and statistics
• Recognise why we need to ask that identifying question
• Acknowledge barriers that exist for Indigenous people accessing services
• Understand the events in Aboriginal history and how this impacts on Indigenous people today
• Identify evidence based skills and strategies to work with Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander clients and families

Organisations interested in this workshop for their employees can submit an expression of interest or phone Girraway Ganyi Consultancy on 0434 049 764 for details, including pricing.

Offered by Girraway Ganyi Consultancy

The purpose of this 6 hour course is to provide awareness of Aboriginal cultures in Australia and provide an open environment in which participants are able to learn and explore how history impacts on current Aboriginal health. Through discussion and simulated exercises, participants will learn practice skills that will allow effective working relationships with Aboriginal clients and families.

Course objectives

• Identify barriers that affect contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people (clients and families)
• Learn how history impacts on current Indigenous people today
• Use practical strategies to assist with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
• Understand models and theories of practice

Organisations interested in this workshop for their employees can submit an expression of interest or phone Girraway Ganyi Consultancy on 0434 049 764 for details, including pricing.

Offered by Girraway Ganyi Consultancy

This 2 hour workshop presentation is designed for organisations seeking training for their employees and can be tailored to meet organisational needs. This workshop explores asking the identifying question, which could be: Do you identify as being of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin, or do you or your family identify as being Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander?

The workshop covers topics such as why do we ask the identifying question, what makes it so hard to ask, when can we ask, how to ask and how not to respond.

Course objectives

• Increase understanding of why organisations must ‘ask the question’
• Increase asking the question across organisation
• Reflect upon their own practices

Organisations interested in this workshop for their employees can submit an expression of interest or phone Girraway Ganyi Consultancy on 0434 049 764 for details, including pricing.