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Coaching: Affidavit Writing in PSP

November 26, 2025

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Training Overview 

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

Working with Men who use Violence

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

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

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.

Webinar: PSP Time Management

June 20, 2025

Managing time well in PSP casework isn’t just about ticking off tasks – it’s about making space for what matters most: children, families, and quality practice.

This highly practical session gives PSP practitioners and leaders simple, effective strategies to get control of their workload and priorities. Together, we’ll explore:

• Smart ways to use technology so it works for you, not against you.
• How to work smarter (not harder) with realistic hacks you can put into practice straight away.
• Practical systems and approaches that free up valuable time to focus on children and families.

Walk away with tools you can apply the very next day to feel more organised, less overwhelmed, and more present in your practice.

Online Training: Purposeful Home Visiting

June 20, 2025

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.

Webinar: Session 3 – Working with Aboriginal Families and Communities

June 20, 2025

Overview: 

“Working with Aboriginal Families and Communities provides information and strategies for PSP casework staff to better understand and support Aboriginal children, families, and communities. This webinar focuses on understanding diversity in Aboriginal culture, privilege and its impacts and how to support a strong sense of identity in Aboriginal children.

Though not mandatory, we recommend enrolling in Session 1 Aboriginal Cultures and History (3 June) and Session 2 Aboriginal Child Protection History (10 June) to enhance your understanding and effectiveness in supporting Aboriginal children and families.”

Communities of Practice: Working with Men

June 20, 2025

Working with Men

Communities of Practice aims to improve the lives and outcomes of children and families by creating a space for practitioners to come together and explore difficult practice issues within the Permanency Support Program.

In this Communities of Practice (CoP), participants will explore how fathers can positively influence their children’s upbringing and become the nurturing caregivers and role models they always intended to be. The focus will be on practical strategies for engaging men in meaningful change, helping them foster healthy, supportive relationships with their children. Additionally, the CoP will address the critical issue of working with fathers who use violence, offering practice approaches that practitioners can learn from. Key elements include:

– Supporting fathers in becoming the positive influence they aspire to be
– Identifying and managing family violence
– Ensuring safety for both professionals and families
– Using effective communication to facilitate meaningful interactions.

Online Training: Making Family Time Meaningful

June 20, 2025

Making family time meaningful

This training provides PSP casework staff and leaders with information, tools, and resources to support them in helping families and children get the most out of their family time. It will also resource practitioners to support carers in gaining skills and confidence in managing family time where it is safe for them to do so. The training explores:

• The differences between supervising, supporting, or monitoring family time
• Engaging children, families, and carers in decision-making around family time using the Sonya Parker Safe Contact Tool
• Tools, resources, and tricks of the trade to create opportunities for successful family time
• Linking the FAP-C to family time:  Family time is an opportunity for parents to demonstrate their parenting and new skills