Professional Development - 8 OctoberWritten on the 8 October 2020 by SAFCA Friday 16 October 9.30am 3.30pm AEST AIPC Working with Children & Families As community services professionals and volunteers tackle increasingly complex issues within their role, our free workshop Working with Children and Families will provide you and your team with specialist knowledge and skills to work effectively with children and families, adding greater professional and personal effectiveness and confidence in their role. (Places are necessarily limited so please review and register now). The 6-hour, comprehensive online workshop is entirely free. It's an opportunity to network with other professionals and engage in 4 online learning sessions, which include:
PLEASE NOTE: All attendees receive a comprehensive workbook, which includes a summary of all information and skills covered. The workbook will not be printed in hard copy format on this occasion due to difficulties being experienced with Australia Post deliveries. Register here: https://www.aipc.net.au/Oct2020/
New Monday 26 October Elder Abuse One Day Virtual Workshop Financial Counselling Australia are offering a one day, virtual training workshop on elder abuse. Because the workshop is virtual, groups are limited to 15 people. If you're interested in participating, the dates available for SA are:
The link to register is here - https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/online-training-on-elder-abuse-sa-registration-121650843949 FCA will be running more workshops next year, so if these fill up, you won't miss out. The facilitators are Kat Lane (lawyer), Karyn Schluter-White (training consultant) and Fiona Guthrie (FCA). If your workspace has two screens that would be handy, as they use a variety of facilitation tools, including an online whiteboard, plus zoom. (But they'll make anything work.)
AFSA invites you to attend its next Financial Counsellor Technical Information Sharing Forum to be held on Tuesday 27 October 2020. We will be hosting two, one hour sessions at 10AM and 2PM which will be presented via Zoom Webinar. The aim of these sessions is to enhance AFSA's commitment to share information and guidance to better support to Financial Counsellors on topical and technical issues concerning debtors in this current environment. The webinar will cover the following topics:
We also invite you to submit any questions you may have in relation to the above topics prior to Wednesday 21 October 2020 in order for AFSA to better deliver targeted information.
If you have any questions, please contact James Franze on james.franze@afsa.gov.au or (02) 8233 7838, otherwise we hope to see you on the 27th!
Covid-19 and physical distancing restrictions have meant rapid adaption of many community services. The service design team from Mission Australia shares how they supported services to quickly adapt to this new context, some of the resources that were produced and opportunities and challenges that emerged during this time.
It is inevitable within helping and support work crises will arise. In this webinar we cover common crises that helping professionals encounter and key aspects of responding to risk. We'll also focus on how helping professionals can support themselves when crises arrive, from monitoring for burnout, compassion fatigue, and vicarious trauma to practical strategies we can use both at work and beyond. https://www.aipc.net.au/webinars/ **Please note that you will need to initially Register to AIPC to receive this FREE training**
Helping and support work is grounded in ethical principles and values, with the nature of the work and the client base meaning that, at times, ethical and boundary dilemmas will arise. In this webinar, we explore professional values and models of ethical decision making. We also consider common ethical issues and dilemmas, and the strategies helping professionals can utilise to help resolve them. https://www.aipc.net.au/webinars/ **Please note that you will need to initially Register to AIPC to receive this FREE training**
Financial Counselling Australia are offering a one day, virtual training workshop on elder abuse. Because the workshop is virtual, groups are limited to 15 people. If you're interested in participating, the dates available for SA are:
The link to register is here - https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/online-training-on-elder-abuse-sa-registration-121650843949 FCA will be running more workshops next year, so if these fill up, you won't miss out. The facilitators are Kat Lane (lawyer), Karyn Schluter-White (training consultant) and Fiona Guthrie (FCA). If your workspace has two screens that would be handy, as they use a variety of facilitation tools, including an online whiteboard, plus zoom. (But they'll make anything work.)
The Legal Services Commission are providing free webinars as part of the FREE Law for Community Workers Program. Community workers are key problem-spotters, they can play an important role in assisting their clients to understand and protect their legal rights, and access legal help. Webinar topics are:
Webinars are currently scheduled for Wednesdays from 12.30pm to 1.30pm. For more information visit https://lsc.sa.gov.au/cb_pages/law_for_community_workers.php For any queries, contact Paula Meegan, Law for Community Workers Program Co-ordinator paula.meegan@lsc.sa.gov.au
Good Shepherd Microfinance FREE financial coaching training for community sector workers A collaborative, solutions-focused, goal-oriented model of building financial capability that goes beyond just giving people financial info. About this Event The training is provided over 3 weeks. There are numerous starting dates available please check the Eventbrite link above. Different dates available If you have any questions, please call Emily on 02 8571 7800 or email emily.ninnes@goodshep.org.au
Modules include:
*Please contact Steffany Woolford if you require assistance with accessing these Modules from the FCA Toolkit
Thriving Communities Partnership The TCP Connect Webinars create the opportunity for all members of the TCP community to come together to learn, share and connect with one another as we all strive towards ensuring that everyone in Australia has fair access to the modern essential services they need to thrive in Australia. https://thriving.org.au/TCPevents
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