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Communities of Practice: Working with Aboriginal Children and Families

December 2, 2025

Please note we’ve updated our enrolment process. To complete your enrolment and receive the calendar invite, please fill out the Teams Webinar registration form that appears after you click Submit on this page. This step is required to receive your session link.

This Communities of Practice provides a reflective, conversational space for practitioners to deepen their practice when working alongside Aboriginal children, families and communities. Rather than a structured training session, this CoP draws on shared wisdom, group discussion and real practice experiences to explore what culturally responsive, relational work looks like in everyday casework. Together, participants will yarn about navigating the diversity of Aboriginal families, kinship systems and community dynamics, understanding how history, trauma, strengths and cultural obligations shape family experiences today, building trust, showing respect and working in ways that honour cultural authority, partnering with families, extended kin and community to strengthen identity, belonging and connection, and practice dilemmas and challenges and how to approach them with humility, curiosity and cultural safety. This session is grounded in reflective dialogue rather than instruction and supports practitioners to learn with and from each other while strengthening culturally strong practice across PSP.

F2F Training: Quality Provisional and Kinship Assessments

November 26, 2025

Quality Provisional and Kinship Assessments

Join this session to understand the essential components of effective provisional and kinship assessments. Learn practical strategies for conducting thorough evaluations that prioritise the safety, stability, and well-being of children. Discover how to engage families and kin effectively, ensuring assessments are comprehensive and culturally sensitive. Equip yourself with the skills to make informed decisions that support the best outcomes for children in care.

F2F Training: PCMP Business Rules & Practice Guidance

November 26, 2025

PCMP Business Rules & Practice Guidance

Join us for an insightful session on the Permanency Case Management Policy (PCMP). This training will cover the essential rules and practice guidance, ensuring you understand the minimum expectations for collaborative work between the Department of Communities and Justice and Permanency Support Program providers. Learn how to effectively navigate case management responsibilities, statutory powers, and the intricacies of permanency case planning to achieve the best outcomes for children and families. Equip yourself with the knowledge to support stable, secure, and loving homes for children in care.

Coaching: Purposeful Home Visiting

November 26, 2025

Please note we’ve updated our enrolment process. To complete your enrolment and receive the calendar invite, please fill out the Teams Webinar registration form that appears after you click Submit on this page. This step is required to receive your session link.

This session will explore the vital role of home visits in ensuring children thrive even when they can’t live at home with their parents. Learn how to meet the OOHC standards meaningfully and creatively and discover how planning, heartfelt interactions, and innovative tools can turn each visit into a powerful opportunity for growth and connection. Learn to craft visits that are not just organised but deeply impactful, tailored to each family’s unique needs. From building trust through active listening to igniting joy with creative activities, this session equips you to make a profound difference in every child’s life

F2F Training: Difficult Conversations

November 26, 2025

Difficult conversations will explore knowledge and skills for responding to situations when important, yet difficult conversations are needed in the context of working with clients across the range of permanency support programs. The course will:

  • identify the purpose and foundations for engaging in difficult conversations as well as how to address barriers to having meaningful conversations about difficult issues
  • provide opportunities to explore strategies and tools that enhance outcomes in partnering with families in difficult conversations that are important to positive outcomes for children and young people.

Coaching: Affidavit Writing in PSP

November 26, 2025

Training Overview

Please note we’ve updated our enrolment process. To complete your enrolment and receive the calendar invite, please fill out the Teams Webinar registration form that appears after you click Submit on this page. This step is required to receive your session link.

Strengthen your impact on children and young people’s lives through expert affidavit writing. As a PSP Service Provider, your affidavit directly shapes Children’s Court decision-making. Our practice-based coaching session empowers casework staff to craft compelling and professional affidavits.

In this coaching session, you will:

  • Develop essential knowledge about affidavit structure, content requirements, and their crucial role in care proceedings
  • Learn best practices for presenting clear, factual, and relevant evidence in your affidavits.

Join us to build confidence in presenting evidence that helps secure the best outcomes for children and young people in care proceedings.

Online Training: Working with Men who use Violence

August 25, 2025

Please note we’ve updated our enrolment process. To complete your enrolment and receive the calendar invite, please fill out the Teams Webinar registration form that appears after you click Submit on this page. This step is required to receive your session link.

This workshop has been written and will be delivered by Mary Jo McVeigh, a highly respected external expert and sector leader. It represents a unique opportunity to learn directly from a recognised practitioner and thought leader in this field.

The session will introduce participants to a conversational style grounded in safety principles – designed to engage fathers who use violence in a way that increases their protective capacity and accountability. It will promote confidence and skill in transforming difficult interactions into opportunities for respectful, safe engagement and referral to specialist agencies.

By attending, participants will be able to:

  • Critically reflect on their own practice.
  • Recognise dominant discourses in the domestic violence field and their impact on casework.
  • Outline the aims and elements of engaging men who use violence, with safety for women and children at the centre.
  • Apply safety frameworks that prioritise protection while engaging men.
  • Identify respectful engagement strategies that encourage men to take responsibility for their violence.
  • Articulate the conversational pathways that support accountability and promote safe change

 

Coaching: Developing Meaningful Aboriginal Cultural Support Plans

August 22, 2025

Please note we’ve updated our enrolment process. To complete your enrolment and receive the calendar invite, please fill out the Teams Webinar registration form that appears after you click Submit on this page. This step is required to receive your session link.

Developing Meaningful Aboriginal Cultural Support Plans

This training provides PSP casework staff and leaders with the essence of cultural planning for children, young people and their families from Aboriginal backgrounds. Embark on a journey in cultural planning, tailored to Aboriginal children, young people and their families. Delve into diverse perceptions of culture and its profound impact on family dynamics and community interconnection. Acquire skills in crafting culturally sensitive plans that resonate with diverse Aboriginal identities and values. Engage deeply with children, families, and caregivers, fostering meaningful connections and collaborative efforts. This session emphasizes the critical importance of collaborative partnerships with Aboriginal children, young people and families, ensuring their voices are central in cultural planning, thus honoring and meeting their unique cultural needs effectively.

Coaching: Developing Meaningful CALD Cultural Support Plans

August 22, 2025

Please note we’ve updated our enrolment process. To complete your enrolment and receive the calendar invite, please fill out the Teams Webinar registration form that appears after you click Submit on this page. This step is required to receive your session link.

Developing Meaningful CALD Cultural Support Plans

This training provides PSP casework staff and leaders with the essence of cultural planning for children, young people and their families from diverse backgrounds. Delve into the nuanced perceptions of culture, understanding its impact on family dynamics and community interconnection. Learn effective strategies for developing inclusive cultural plans that resonate with diverse identities and values. Engage with children, young people and their families as well as carers through an interactive session designed to foster understanding and collaboration. The session ensures that children’s unique cultural needs are not only recognized but celebrated.

Webinar: Difficult Conversations in PSP

August 22, 2025

Difficult conversations will explore knowledge and skills for responding to situations when important, yet difficult conversations are needed in the context of working with clients across the range of permanency support programs. The course will:

  • identify the purpose and foundations for engaging in difficult conversations as well as how to address barriers to having meaningful conversations about difficult issues
  • provide opportunities to explore strategies and tools that enhance outcomes in partnering with families in difficult conversations that are important to positive outcomes for children and young people.

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