Parenting Advice: 50 Solutions for 50 Parenting Problems
Many people working with families find themselves called on to give advice on a whole range of issues: How do I get my baby to sleep? What should I do when my toddler throws a tantrum? How do I get my pre-schooler to eat nutritious food? What should I do when my child talks back? How should I respond when my children fight....and on and on....! This can be anxiety-provoking for professionals, who often feel unsure about the best way to guide and support parents. This one day...
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Grief and Loss in OOHC and Post Adoption
Grief and loss occur in many situations, including terminal illness, disability, loss of employment, migrant and refugee experience, adoption, divorce/loss of love, and in the situation of death of a loved one. This workshop addresses ways to respond to those experiencing grief and loss in the context of adoption and foster care. The workshop will be taught from a Narrative Therapy perspective, and will include opportunities to practice counselling skills in pair work. The ideas...
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Permanency for Children in Care: Casework Implications Focusing on Adoption and Guardianship
For each child in care, where restoration is not an option, permanency options need to be considered. These options include open adoption and guardianship, where carers become responsible for the care of the child in their care, as well as promoting an open relationship with birth family members, developing the child’s identity etc. This course considers the principles of permanency for children and the implications and differences between adoption and guardianship orders. The...
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From Birth Onwards – Caring for Babies in the Early Months
Sometimes workers and those caring for new babies, whether biological parents or carers have very little experience of this new, important job. This course covers the practical aspects of caring for a new baby, including feeding, settling and sleeping and what to expect in the early months. It will also look at the process of babies forming attachments and how to support parents and carers to understand babies' communication in those early months. There will also be information on...
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Family Inclusion: Building Better Relationships
This Family Inclusion course is for workers and carers, and concerns permanency planning, restoration, and creating and sustaining relationships between children in care and their families, no matter the case plan goal, the care order or its duration. Familly Inclusion: (a) Family inclusion is the active and meaningful participation of parents and family in the lives of children. It requires open, warm, professional relationships aimed at building equity with workers and carers and...
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Walking with Clients through Pregnancy and Birth
For workers with little experience or training in pregnancy and birth there are benefits to learning about this important time in working with a woman and her partner (if involved). There are antenatal classes in hospitals and some midwives provide excellent education for women, however sometimes there are barriers to accessing classes, (financial, feeling they don’t fit in with others in the class because of their situation, etc.) Visits with midwives and doctors are usually only...
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Family Group Conferencing Facilitator Training
Family Group Conferencing is a process that brings families together to develop solutions for the issues that children and young people are facing. In NSW it is increasingly being used in the out of home care system to support decision making processes about where children and young people in care can find a permanent placement. This course will provide you with the mediation skills needed to successfully facilitate a family group conferencing process. It is presented in a blended...
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Assessments are made against units of competency from the Certificate IV in Community Services CHC42015.
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Facilitating Parenting Groups
Do you facilitate parenting groups? Parenting groups can provide very effective support and learning opportunities for parents. Parenting groups can support parents to explore issues, review their assumptions, develop new ways of thinking and learn more pro-active ways to address parenting issues through bringing together professional and peer input. In this practical workshop, you will learn key skills to establish and facilitate effective parenting groups. Learn how to create an...
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Working Therapeutically With Post-Separated Families
Working with families post-separation is a highly specialised field with multiple complexities. Clinicians and case workers require specialised training to navigate the nuances of work with families after separation. This course is founded upon extensive experience working with families including families in high conflict. The course works through practical ways to work with both parents and kids/young people post-separation. It explore theories and interventions as well as...
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Fathers Matter
Alongside every engaged father is a committed practitioner. For several years there has been a more intense focus on father engagement in child protection. This one-day training will encourage participants to look at their internal values and biases and how these may support or hinder success in engaging fathers. Men’s behaviour and choices matter to families and being father-inclusive in our work opens space and opportunities. We cannot just work with women and children, as...
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