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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
  • Tools, resources, and toys: how to get the best out of your toolkit

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 – Financial Plans

January 23, 2023

Leaving Care – Financial Plans

This training session is for all PSP staff.

This session is designed for PSP leaders who want to strengthen their practice in supporting young people as they transition from care.

The session offers a focused and supportive reflective practice space to explore how to craft individualised financial leaving care plans that are practical, meaningful, and responsive to each young person’s needs.

Through guided discussion and reflection, leaders will consider approaches that not only meet organisational requirements but also build their confidence and capability in ensuring young people are set up for financial stability and independence as they move into adulthood.

Webinar: Safeguarding Quality Practice

January 23, 2023

Safeguarding Quality Practice

This session supports practitioners and leaders to strengthen day-to-day safeguarding practice through a focus on quality, accountability and reflective decision-making.

The session explores what quality safeguarding looks like in practice, including quality case plans, family time planning, cultural consultations, documentation standards and meaningful due dates. Participants are supported to apply the Quality Assurance Framework, consider measures of wellbeing, and reflect on their role in maintaining safe, accountable practice for children and young people.
Using practical activities, discussion and coaching-based facilitation, the session supports participants to translate policy and statutory requirements into clear, consistent and defensible practice, while building confidence to navigate complex situations and difficult conversations.

F2F Training: Family Action Plan for Change

January 20, 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.

F2F Training: Making Family Time Meaningful

September 20, 2023

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

Webinar: Motivational Interviewing in PSP

August 3, 2021

Join us in this introductory webinar about how Motivational Interviewing can be used effectively in PSP to help families start their process of change. In this webinar, the context, process and skills used in Motivational Interviewing are explored, which may assist in engaging families in safe parenting and building a positive, collaborative and trusting relationship with parents to help resolve the challenges parents face.

Online Training: Difficult Conversations in PSP

April 8, 2021

Overview

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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