Our Courses

This short course is tailored for workplaces or individuals that would like to develop their understanding of violence against women, the role workplaces can play in prevention violence against women including bystander action, skills and strategies. 

A child-led approach considers children as the entry point for supporting growth within families who have experienced intergenerational violence. This two-day workshop focusses on the theory behind and the application of ‘child-led’ interventions with groups, families and individuals affected by family violence.

With the rapidly-changing family violence sector and new legislation, it’s never been a better time to learn about case notes or to have a refresher. In this full-day training, you will learn best practices for the structure, style and language of case notes, and develop your knowledge about how to respond to subpoenas, appearing as a witness in court, privacy and legal issues.

This four-day accredited course will give you the essential knowledge, skills and understanding to work effectively with women and their children affected by family violence. You will have opportunities to reflect on your practice, and build on your knowledge and skills with current research and evidence.

Whether you are new to family violence, or to working with children and young people, this four-day accredited course will support you to understand these unique issues and experiences, and give you practical skills to help you engage with and respond appropriately to children and young people, and strengthen relationships between mothers and children.

If you work in family violence, you need to understand how perpetrators are using technology, and how to support victim survivors who are experiencing tech-facilitated abuse. Based on current research, information and risk assessment protocols, this one-day training will help you increase your practice awareness, skills and client safety.

Do you work in management, human resources or a leadership role? This full-day training will give you the skills and knowledge you need to understand the impact of family violence, recognise and support staff who are experiencing family violence, understand the limitations of your role, and develop workplace policies to support staff.

This training will look at challenging the assumptions and changing the outlook for women who have experienced family violence. It will provide an understanding of the response-based practice mode, used in a group work context, and focus on the experiences of women survivors of family violence who participated in a response-based support group.

 

For any professional working with infants, toddlers and young children who have been exposed to family violence and/or early childhood relational trauma, this training is a must. Handouts and pre-reading are also included.

Sex Ed by Porn? Pornography, young people and sexuality



This short course is tailored for individuals working in education, health promotion, violence prevention, support or counselling with young people that would like to develop their understanding and develop their understanding of pornography and its influence on young people and develop the frameworks, skills and confidence to address the impact of pornography with young people.

 

In this two-day intensive course, you will learn what makes family violence different from other traumatic experiences, and how you can integrate a trauma-informed framework into your practice. We will also cover ways to prevent vicarious trauma and strategies for you and your employer to support your wellbeing.

If you’re doing gender equality or primary prevention work, it’s likely that you’ve come across backlash and resistance. This one-day workshop for practitioners will give you effective, evidence-based tools and strategies to respond to resistance.

This one-day training will provide practical strategies and tools for you and your employer to support your wellbeing while doing family violence work at a time of unprecedented demand and rapid change.

Working with fathers who perpetrate intimate partner violence.
 
Delivered by Tracy Castellino from ShantiWorks. 
 

This four-day accredited course will give you the essential knowledge, skills and understanding to work effectively with women and their children affected by family violence. You will have opportunities to reflect on your practice, and build on your knowledge and skills with current research and evidence.

Whether you are new to family violence, or to working with children and young people, this four-day accredited course will support you to understand these unique issues and experiences, and give you practical skills to help you engage with and respond appropriately to children and young people, and strengthen relationships between mothers and children.

This short course is tailored for workplaces or individuals that would like to develop their understanding of violence against women, the role workplaces can play in prevention violence against women including bystander action, skills and strategies. 

For senior managers, CEO's, councillors, board members, school principals, childcare centre managers, university administrators, policy makers and community leaders who want to better understand the issue of violence against women and their role in preventing it.

Sex Ed by Porn? Pornography, young people and sexuality



This short course is tailored for individuals working in education, health promotion, violence prevention, support or counselling with young people that would like to develop their understanding and develop their understanding of pornography and its influence on young people and develop the frameworks, skills and confidence to address the impact of pornography with young people.

 

This course explores ways to work with the whole school community, including parents, staff, students and other external organisations. 

 

If you’re doing gender equality or primary prevention work, it’s likely that you’ve come across backlash and resistance. This one-day workshop for practitioners will give you effective, evidence-based tools and strategies to respond to resistance.