Step by Step Training and Assessment Tools - Association of Childrens Welfare Agencies ACWA

Parent Assessment for Restoration Tool Familiarisation (Step by Step)

Assessing parents for the return home of their children is challenging. Parent assessors must have relevant knowledge about good restoration practice. This is a two-part course: The first part is a self-paced distance-learning course entitled Foundations for Good Restoration Practice. In order to be able to assess if a parent has the capacity to safely care for their child/ren, assessors must be able to understand key messages from research, be aware of parental capacity to change,... [More]

Parent Assessment for Restoration Tool Familiarisation (Step by Step)

Wed 19 Feb
9:30am - 4:30pm
1 session, 7 hours total

Joanna Gail Roach , Joanna Gail Roach

When	Time	Where	Session Notes
Wed 19 Feb 2020	9:30am - 4:30pm (UTC+11:00)	Rooms 3.11 & 3.12 - Sydney - ACON Training Rooms

If there isn't a class to suit you, please the waiting list.

Shared Lives Training Skills

Develop skills and confidence in conducting effective Shared Lives carer training. This three day course is designed for those who haven’t previously delivered carer training. Participants will become familiar with the content of the new Shared Lives training package for general foster carers and the package for Relative/kinship carers. They will also have the opportunity to put newly learnt training skills and nerve-management skills into practice. Who should attend? All OOHC staff [More]

Shared Lives Training Skills

Tue 25 Feb - Thu 27 Feb 2020
9:30am - 4:30pm
3 sessions, 21 hours total

Niamh O'Connor

When	Time	Where
Tue 25 Feb 2020	9:30am - 4:30pm (UTC+11:00)	Rooms 3.11 & 3.12 - Sydney - ACON Training Rooms
Wed 26 Feb 2020	9:30am - 4:30pm (UTC+11:00)	Rooms 3.11 & 3.12 - Sydney - ACON Training Rooms
Thu 27 Feb 2020	9:30am - 4:30pm (UTC+11:00)	Rooms 3.11 & 3.12 - Sydney - ACON Training Rooms

If there isn't a class to suit you, please the waiting list.

Foster Care Assessment Skills (Step by Step)

Quality provision of OOHC starts with quality foster care placements for children, and these start with quality carer assessments. Making good, evidenced based decisions about carer applicants suitability means fewer placement breakdowns for children who have already experienced enough trauma in their lives. Successful completion of this course leads to registration to use Step by Step (a suite of evidence informed competency based carer assessment tools). This is a two part... [More]

Foster Care Assessment Skills (Step by Step)

Mon 16 Mar - Wed 18 Mar 2020
9:30am - 4:30pm
3 sessions, 21 hours total

Niamh O'Connor

When	Time	Where
Mon 16 Mar 2020	9:30am - 4:30pm (UTC+11:00)	Rooms 3.11 & 3.12 - Sydney - ACON Training Rooms
Tue 17 Mar 2020	9:30am - 4:30pm (UTC+11:00)	Rooms 3.11 & 3.12 - Sydney - ACON Training Rooms
Wed 18 Mar 2020	9:30am - 4:30pm (UTC+11:00)	Rooms 3.11 & 3.12 - Sydney - ACON Training Rooms

If there isn't a class to suit you, please the waiting list.

Parent Assessment for Restoration Tool Assessment Skills (Step by Step)

Assessing parents for the return home of their children is challenging. Parent assessors must have relevant knowledge about good restoration practice in addition to good assessment skills. This is a two-part course: The first part is a self-paced distance-learning course entitled Foundations for Good Restoration Practice. In order to be able to assess if a parent has the capacity to safely care for their child/ren, assessors must be able to understand key messages from research, be... [More]

This course has no current classes. Please the waiting list.

Shared Lives Familiarisation

Become familiar with the updated Shared Lives training packags for foster carers and relative/kinship carers. This one-day familiarisation course is designed for those who have some previous experience in delivering Shared Stories Shared Lives carer training. Who should attend? Trainers experienced in conducting Shared Stories, Shared Lives training [More]

Step by Step Familiarisation

Quality provision of OOHC starts with quality foster care placements for children, and these start with quality carer assessments. Making good, evidenced based decisions about carer applicants suitability means fewer placement breakdowns for children who have already experienced enough trauma in their lives. Successful completion of this course leads to registration to use Step by Step (a suite of evidence informed competency based carer assessment tools). Experienced assessors can... [More]

This course has no current classes. Please the waiting list.