On this page, you will find training opportunities designed to enhance the knowledge and skills of professionals working with those experiencing family violence and sexual violence. It includes courses on essential capabilities and frameworks tailored to specific populations.
This package challenges the common practice of placing responsibility on victim-survivors. Backed by current evidence, this training highlights the gendered drivers of men’s violence against women and shifts the focus to perpetrator accountability.
When: 19th & 20th March 15th & 16th May18th & 19th June
All sessions between 10.00AM and 1.00PMLocation: OnlineCost: $369.40 or discounted price of $299.00
No to Violence and YSAS have co-developed a 7-hour training on AYIPV dynamics, impacts, and youth-focused interventions. Participants will gain skills to engage adolescents and young men using IPV with developmentally appropriate approaches. Suitable for practitioners and students working with young people, including family violence practitioners, youth workers, and child protection workers.
When: Wednesday 12th of MarchLocation: OnlineCost: $352.00 (1x 7 hour interactive workshop)
The Centre delivers MARAM training for nominated staff from schools and early childhood services, and MARAM intermediate training for mental health and wellbeing clinicians. The Centre can provide tailored MARAM training to any workforce. For more information go to our MARAM training webpage or email training@cfecfw.asn.au to enquire about MARAM training.
The Centre also delivers Young Person Violence in the Home training to support professionals working with young people and their families. This customised training will build practitioners knowledge base and understanding of young people who use violence in the home and increase their confidence and skills to support them.
Level: Identification
For professionals who may come in contact with family violence victim–survivors or adults using family violence while providing universal services.
When: Multiple dates each week
Time: 9:30 am–4:30 pm
Where: Online
Cost: FREE
Level: Intermediate
For professionals who may have contact with people experiencing or using family violence in their work but responding to family violence is not their core role or function.
When: Dates each week
Time: 2 days, 9:30 am–3:00 pm
Level: Comprehensive
For professionals who require a specialist level of knowledge and expertise in family violence practice with adults using family violence.
Where: Online and in person. Focused training also available for organisations, ACCOs or sectors
Perfect for practitioners who are new to working with men using family violence or those who have not explored de-escalation techniques in their work, this training explores the Five Essential Discussion Tools whilst applying an intersectional lens. It identifies how practitioners can engage in conversations to help men make sense of their behaviour, examines the client facing tools, develops practice skills in using the tools as additional interventions with men using family violence and discusses how safety for families can be established by connecting men with their capacity to change.
When: Multiple dates available commencing January 2025
Time: 10:00 am–1:00 pm
Safe and Equal delivers a range of training courses for family violence practitioners as well as practitioners in allied social services to further knowledge in preventing and responding to family violence. Click below to see offerings across a range of family violence response, primary prevention and leadership courses.
The family and domestic violence (FDV) e-learning pathway by Emerging Minds is for all practitioners working with adults, whether as a generalist practitioner or as a specialist in alcohol and other drugs. This learning pathway is designed to support all practitioners to better understand how family violence affects children’s physical and mental health, and the signs that a child or parent might need help. They offer a conversation guide to help you to ask about a parent’s experience of violence safely and sensitively, and how the violence may be affecting their child’s wellbeing.
This pathway by Emerging Minds is for practitioners wanting to learn more about the impacts of trauma on infants and children and develop key practice skills to support their work with children who have experienced trauma.
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Training opportunities will be continually refreshed on the Family Violence Sexual Violence Knowledge Hub, ensuring professionals have access to the latest resources and tools for improving outcomes in family violence and sexual violence sectors.
