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Coaching: Affidavit Writing in PSP

May 25, 2023

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: Affidavit Writing in PSP

May 25, 2023

Training Overview

PSP Service Providers play a very important role in helping ensure that the Children’s Court has the best evidence to make the decisions about children and young people subject of care proceedings. The training, run by an Accredited Specialist in Children’s Law aims to:

• provide knowledge and skills to prepare affidavits in Children’s Court care proceedings
• explores the purpose and content of affidavits, and their role in care proceedings
• provides participants with the opportunity to draft an affidavit based on a case study and receive feedback.

Online Training: Culture and Connections: Working with Aboriginal and multicultural children, young people and families

May 24, 2023

Culture and Connections: Working with Aboriginal and multicultural children, young people and families

This training provides PSP casework staff and leaders with information and resources to strengthen their relationships with children, young people and families from Aboriginal and Multicultural backgrounds.

The training explores:

• Perception of culture
• Our understanding of Aboriginal and Multicultural families in PSP
• Intergenerational trauma and the realities of now
• Effectively engaging with children, families and carers
• How to incorporate children’s cultural needs in cultural plans

Webinar: Family Action Plan for Change

May 24, 2023

Family Action Plan for Change (FAP-C)

A quality FAP-C is critical in preservation & restoration casework.  In this session, Practitioners are given the opportunity to practice what they have learned by having a crack at writing some content for a FAP-C based on a case study.  This session covers:

• the purpose of a FAP-C
• building adult capabilities
• participation
• the road map of change (storytelling)
• simplifying complexity
• the role of hope
• working with Aboriginal families.

Coaching: PSP Time Strategies: Building Permanency Pathways

January 3, 2023

Time Management in PSP:

This training provides PSP casework staff and leaders with tips, tricks, and hacks to get the most out of their time. The training explores:

• how technology can work to make you as efficient as possible
• how to work smarter, not harder
• how modifying techniques, systems, and approaches can carve out more time to spend with children and families

Webinar: Understanding and Supporting Child Development

April 19, 2021

This foundational workshop provides an overview of child development underpinned by a theoretical framework. This involves looking at the whole child and understanding that learning and development occur holistically. When working with young children there is a responsibility to recognise the interconnectedness of all aspects of a child’s learning and development to ensure the child is nurtured and supported. Without a clear knowledge of child development, vital information can often be missed. Unpacking the core principles and influences of development is key to fostering the child’s acquisition of skills, knowledge, and attitudes towards lifelong learning.

Webinar: Part 1 – Aboriginal Culture and History

April 19, 2021

“Aboriginal Cultures and Histories provides information and strategies for PSP casework staff to better understand and support Aboriginal children, families, and communities. This webinar focuses on exploring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and the history of Australia and legislation from an Aboriginal perspective.

Though not mandatory, we recommend enrolling in the next two sessions, held on 16 October and 23 October, Aboriginal Child Protection History and Working with Aboriginal Families and Communities to enhance your understanding and effectiveness in supporting Aboriginal children and families.”

Webinar: Looking Back – Looking Forward: How Single Stories and Practice Traditions can Impact Permanency

January 20, 2023

Looking Back – Looking Forward: How single stories and practice traditions can impact Permanency

This training provides a reflective space for practitioners and leaders to explore the concept of a single story and practice traditions – and how these can impact permanency casework. The training explores:

• Single stories and practice traditions: what are they and how can they impact permanency
• The role of consultation and critique in safeguarding practice
• The role of perspective-taking, reflection, and challenge
• Pioneering new stories and practices

Webinar: Understanding PSP: Legislation, Standards and Guiding Principles

June 30, 2022

Webinar Overview

This foundational webinar is delivered to enhance PSP casework staff and managers work to understand the foundations and guiding principles of the child protection system.

(1) Legislation and Standards; provides an overview of the mechanisms of government that create and administer the legislation and standards that guide our practice in PSP.

(2) Guiding Principles and Understanding the PSP; provides an overview of the dimensions of permanency for children and young people in PSP, why it’s important and the policy framework to achieve permanency.

Coaching: Leaving Care with Focus on Financial Plans

January 23, 2023

Coaching: Topic to be drive by PWG

This coaching session is for case workers.

It will provide a more detailed, intimate reflective practice space. The PSP Learning Hub coaching is based on the GROW model.

Coaching is a trained and practiced skill that assists PSP Service Providers to reflect on practice and set and reach personal goals that are in line with organisational objectives, increasing their knowledge, understanding and skills in service delivery to children, young people, and families.