Shared Lives Victoria Please note this training is spread over 3 days, with each date below being the first date in the set. To see all the days in each set, click on the sessions below. 

Course Overview This workshop looks the Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) practically, developing an understanding of what ASD is and the types of ASD, looking at the challenges faced by individuals with ASD and secondary challenges that may present.  The workshop also explores how as a worker, you can support a young person with ASD by […]

Delivered by four Lived Experience Experts, this training will help workers better understand care leavers’ experience and what skills and attributes care leavers are looking for in a worker and service. Overview A group of care leavers have come together to develop and deliver workshops for the child, youth and family service’ sector and allied […]

  Overview This workshop provides participants with an opportunity to review the foundational knowledge of early child development and identify how common experiences such as family violence can impact child wellbeing. Participants will then explore how they can integrate a child focused, trauma informed approach into their own practice with young children, their parents/carers and […]

  Overview The training is designed for case managers and others working closely with children and their families to support collaboration with parents to meet the stability, development and safety needs of children - so they can thrive!   We cover ages and stages of development, how to notice the signs of trauma, working with parents […]

Beginning Practice calendar invite for delivery of each unit   To go back to the main course, please click on- Begining Practice- Course 2023

The Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare invites you to a series of webinars on the theme of ‘Diversity in Practice’ to assist organisations to strengthen professionals understanding of good practice when engaging with children and young people from diverse backgrounds and communities. Please register for our upcoming sessions below:  Working with culturally […]

The Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare invites you to a series of webinars on the theme of ‘Diversity in Practice’ to assist organisations to strengthen professionals understanding of good practice when engaging with children and young people from diverse backgrounds and communities. Please register for our upcoming sessions below:  Working with culturally […]

  Overview This workshop provides participants with an opportunity to review the foundational knowledge of early child development and identify how common experiences such as family violence can impact child wellbeing. Participants will then explore how they can integrate a child focused, trauma informed approach into their own practice with young children, their parents/carers and […]

  Overview The training is designed for case managers and others working closely with children and their families to support collaboration with parents to meet the stability, development and safety needs of children - so they can thrive!   We cover ages and stages of development, how to notice the signs of trauma, working with parents […]

The Centre has developed a series of new MARAM workshops entitled “Putting MARAM into Practice”. The workshops address some of the key challenges practitioners confront when they integrate MARAM into their everyday work. These practice challenges were identified from three types of consultation: Interviews with MARAM participants Observations and recommendations from the team of MARAM […]