This webinar explores key changes to the new Child Safe Standards and sector specific implementation implications across AOD, Health and Community Health, and Child and family services. 

This webinar included the following presenters:

• Liana Buchanan- Principal Commissioner for Children and Young People
• Meena Singh – Aboriginal Commissioner for Children and Young People
• Adam Collins – Acting Director, Legal and Regulatory Reform and Policy Branch, Department of Health
• Anthony Kolmus – Director, Human Services Regulator, DFFH Secretary, Department of Families, Fairness and Housing

Dr Erin Kelly from the Matilda Centre at the University of Sydney discusses the use and efficacy of brief interventions for substance use disorder.

This webinar will explore the lessons learned from Omicron and examine the likely trajectory of the pandemic over the coming months. Looking at insights from Australia and across the globe, this webinar will delve into the impacts and outcomes of the latest COVID-19 variant and explore what this means for 2022.

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In this webinar we explore the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children and family services around the world, examining how it has influenced demand patterns, sector responses and recovery.

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The panel will explore various aspects of video game addiction, including:

• The neuropsychology of gaming addiction
• Clinical diagnosis and treatments
• Service provision: preventing harms and engaging clients about their gaming

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As the pandemic continues to impact Australian workforces, more organisations and leaders are seeking evidence-based solutions to manage psychosocial hazards such as occupational violence, fatigue and stress. While health and wellbeing can at times seem to be catch-cries for individual responsibility, there is a need to manage these issues systemically as part of the business-as-usual.

This webinar seeks to provide practical prevention and intervention strategies for health and wellbeing among community services.

Presented by Dr Richard Kasperczyk on behalf of WorkSafe Victoria, this session will explore the systems that impact on mental health and wellbeing and key topics including:

• mental health and wellbeing in the workplace, including roles and responsibilities;
• a systemic approach to prevention and discussion of work-related factors; and
• how to promote positive mental health and wellbeing and prevent mental injury.

Dr Richard Kasperczyk is an Organisational Psychologist with over 25 years of experience of consulting and training, with a focus on mental health and wellbeing in the workplace. His passion for healthy and high performing organisations led to the earliest application of a risk management framework to managing psychological health and safety in Australia. A valued member of the WorkSafe Organisational Psychologist Panel, Richard provides subject matter expertise to support the prevention of mental injury in Victorian workplaces.

As COVID-19 continues to have a prolonged impact on every aspect of daily life, individuals, sectors and clients are facing fatigue and questions of sustainability.

Presented by Sonia Sharp, Partner at EY, this webinar will explore global trends in long-term COVID resilience, examining what is being done around the world collectively, individually and organisationally to survive and thrive through the extended impacts of the pandemic.

Looking into what we can expect over the next few years, this critical webinar will delve into the initiatives, ideas and infrastructure that are being implemented to maintain and support resilience across the world.

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Professor Leah Bromfield is one of Australia’s foremost child protection researchers and is Co-Director at the Australian Centre for Child Protection.  She is a well-regarded research expert in issues affecting child protection systems, chronic maltreatment and cumulative harm, and has worked closely with state, national and international governments on establishing and implementing child welfare reforms, including the National Framework for Protecting Australia’s Children.

Professor Bromfield was the Professorial Fellow to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, established by the Australian government and lead its extensive research program.

She won the 2017 Telstra Business Women’s Award for Public Sector and Academia.

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This webinar Sarah Bendall (DFFH) will give an overview of the Client voice framework for community services and how it helps to ensure the quality and safety of community services for everybody, every time. The webinar also included a panel of representatives from across community services who are passionate about client voice and will share some practical examples and ideas about how to engage clients well.  

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Tom Craven is an economist and strategy consultant with Cube Group. Cube is a purpose-driven consultancy, working solely with public value organisations across government and non-government sectors.

Tom’s work focusses on the delivery of public services. He helps health, justice, education and social services organisations to understand the major economic, social and policy trends impacting their business and to chart a course through them.

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