Training Programs

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From Early Years Through to School Transitions

The Journey to Big School

This program provides practical tools, incorporating and showing respect for local strengths and culture. It focuses on holistic transition programs to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families in their journey from pre-school to primary school.

 

A Place for Culture?

Develops cultural competence for staff in non-Indigenous early childhood education and care services to improve service access and service quality for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. The development of a cultural competency framework is required to building understanding, skills and strategies that support service staff to engage effectively with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

 

Deadly Futures

This program provides training and accompanying resources for educators and community members who provide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander playgroups or parenting programs. These educational sessions will support educators, parents and carers to apply a cultural lens and use evidence-based strategies to increase children’s social, emotional and educational development.

 

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Child Protection, Family Violence and Community Support

Stronger Safer Together

This program develops skills and understanding of intensive family support work, designed to address multiple and/or complex needs and assist families to build their capacity to care for and protect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. This workshop will explore good practice learning, practice and reflection for workers providing intensive family support services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families with multiple and complex needs.

 

Through Young Black Eyes

This well-established program builds participant’s confidence and skills, as well as community capacity for running community based workshops using the Through Young Black Eyes Workshop kit. Participants discuss and learn about issues and running programs relating to family violence, trauma, child abuse and neglect in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

 

Safe for Community

This workshop is designed as an introductory program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workers and non -Indigenous workers in the community sector working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people affected by family violence. The focus includes working with the whole community, children and young people, women and men.

Participants include family violence workers, child protection, out-of-home care, social housing, early childhood, youth work and related fields. Participation in the workshop is also encouraged for non-Indigenous workers who engage with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people affected by family violence and trauma.

 

Safe for Kids

Develop a culturally safe approach and practice framework for working with Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander children & young people who have experienced Family Violence, abuse and neglect.

 

Safe for Women

Develop a culturally safe approach and practice framework for working with Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander women and their children who have experienced Family Violence and abuse.

 

Safe and Healthy Men

This workshop improves the skills and knowledge required to work with and engage Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander men who use violence in the home and to assist them to:

• To heal and become stronger and healthier men
• Keep their families safe from violence & abuse;
• To take responsibility and be held accountable for their use of violent and abusive behaviour;
• To work towards changing their violent behaviour
• To focus on their parenting role and value their children & young people’s well being

 

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Workforce, Partnerships and Cultural Competence

Working and Walking Together

This program develops culturally appropriate professional practice and service responses for mainstream services working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and organisations by providing ideas, information, tools, practical approaches and ways to strengthen relationships.

 

Opening Doors to Genuine Partnerships

This program supports partnerships between non-Indigenous organisations and Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations, where there is genuine commitment to local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leadership, community empowerment, and developing cross-cultural understanding.

 

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Trauma and Healing

Introduction to Recognising and Responding to Trauma

Looks at trauma and understanding its impacts, and builds understanding of trauma-informed approaches to healing and working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, communities and families.

 

Tracks to Healing

Looks at trauma and understanding its impacts, and builds understanding of trauma-informed approaches to healing and working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, communities and families.

 

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Children’s Day, Storybooks & General Interest