CCWT prides itself on delivering workshops that provide solutions and best practice strategies for those working in the community sector. We conduct research and consult annually with the sector in order to determine its training needs and priorities, and work hard to ensure that our workshops are of the highest quality possible. Our training professionals are highly skilled at what they do and, having worked many years in the community sector themselves, can relate to the realities and challenges faced by those attending their workshops.

CCWT courses are delivered either as open public workshops (Calendar) which are available to all community sector workers, or as In-House/ Customised courses that can be specifically tailored for your own organisation at your own venue.

Visit our website to find the right workshop for you and your organisation.

June Workshops

Healing the Effects of Trauma on Children and Young People: A Creative Whole of Body Approach
Date: 15, 16 June 2017
Venue: Sydney
Presenter: Eleanor Britz
Target Group: Professionals working with children and young people who have been traumatised

Most workshops on trauma focus solely on the effects of trauma on the brain. This workshop goes deeper into a whole of body approach. It will explore the effects of trauma on the body, from cellular wellbeing to the major systems of the brain, heart, immune and electromagnetic field of the body.

Two Steps Forward One Step Back: Understanding and Responding to the Complexities of Neglect (formerly Continuum of Neglect)
Date: 19 June 2017
Venue: Sydney (Salvation Army)
Presenter: Saul Nightingale
Target Group: Anyone working with children and families

Examine different types of neglect, its impact at different ages, assessment tools and a range of response strategies – including working with parents who neglect their children.

Developing the Best Business Model for Your Service in the New Environment
Date: 20 June 2017
Venue: Sydney
Presenter: Grace Leotta
Target Group: Managers in community, aged and disability services

Develop a business model to keep your existing consumers/customers and attract new ones and have a continuous source of income in a market, consumer driven environment.

Accidental Counsellor – Further Along the Road
Date: 20 June 2017
Venue: Sydney (Salvation Army)
Presenter: Saul Nightingale
Target Group: People who have completed the Accidental Counsellor

Deepen the skills and knowledge you gained in Accidental Counsellor with this practical one-day extension focused primarily on skills application.

Note: Participants must have previously completed Accidental Counsellor to attend this course.

Parenting Advice: 100 Solutions for 100 Parenting Problems
Date: 21, 22 June 2017
Venue: Sydney
Presenter: Beth Macgregor
Target Group: Anyone working with parents

A course jam-packed with solutions (including emotion coaching, time in and much more) to tricky parenting questions for parents of children aged 0-10 years. All solutions are based on top quality research about the best way to support children’s development.

Safe Home Visiting
Date: 22 June 2017
Venue: Campbelltown
Presenter: Donna Bevan
Target Group: Open

Whether you are just starting your home visits or are experienced and want to review/refresh your practice, this workshop will help you to make your home visits safer and more productive. Use case scenarios and participant experiences to explore good practice policy, procedures and strategies.

Workplace Coaching and Mentoring Strategies
Date: 23 June 2017
Venue: Sydney
Presenter: Judi Apte
Target Group: Team leaders, experienced practitioners

The workshop will draw upon a number of coaching models, and also introduce some resources for facilitating appreciative enquiry and learning from experience.

Involuntary Clients: Challenges and Opportunities
Date: 26 June 2017
Venue: Sydney
Presenter: Alison Bell
Target Group: Workers who provide counselling or casework services

Examine the specific challenges and identify effective approaches for working with people who are under pressure to change.

Person-Centred Approach in Disability: Mapping the Road
Date: 26 June 2017
Venue: Sydney (Salvation Army)
Presenter: Betty Stampoulis-Lyttle
Target Group: Workers in the Disability Sector

Examine the reasons for and relevance of ‘person-centredness’. Participants will reflect upon what working within a ‘Person-Centred Approach’ really means, by tracking the journey and development of this concept.

Children’s Brain Development: Understanding the Impacts of Trauma, Supporting Resilience and Recovery (formerly The Neurobiology of Childhood Trauma)
Date: 27, 28 June 2017
Venue: Sydney
Presenter: Mirna Tarabay
Target Group: Anyone who works with children, young people and families including teachers, child care staff, family support, refuge workers, early intervention, child protection workers and counsellors

Learn about the influences of early childhood trauma and abuse on the developing brain, nervous system, human behaviour and memory, as well as ways to support resilience and recovery.

Please note: This workshop is a prerequisite for the workshop Beyond Developmental Trauma – What We Know About Changing Brains, and Changing Outcomes for Children and Young Adults.

Writing Case-notes and Documentation
Date: 28 June 2017
Venue: Dubbo
Presenter: Lane Blume
Target Group: Open

Learn structured ways to ensure that your case-notes and documentation are clear, useful and consistent, and will hold up to scrutiny.

Staying Current in Child Protection
Date: 29 June 2017
Venue: Merimbula
Presenter: Saul Nightingale
Target Group: Staff who have previously completed Identify and Respond training, those who are new to NSW and needing to learn about NSW legislation, and supervisors of Mandatory Reporters

A refresher for staff who have previously completed the two-day Identify and Respond to Children and Young People at Risk. Also customised for workplaces so staff can reflect and build on their current child protection policies and practice.

Groupwork Activities, Activities and More Activities
Date: 29 June 2017
Venue: Sydney (Salvation Army)
Presenter: Peter Slattery
Target Group: Professionals who already have a solid framework and understanding of groupwork who want to expand their skills with a range of practical strategies/activities

Explore over a dozen activities to gain groupwork strategies that are dramatic, impactful and meaningful. Learn to move beyond the idea of icebreakers and focus on selecting activities for a specific purpose and for a particular group, time and place.

Unpacking the Complexity of Hoarding and Squalor
Date: 29, 30 June 2017
Venue: Sydney
Presenter: Debbie Graham
Target Group: Frontline workers, case workers, mental health workers, family workers

Hoarding Disorder and Severe Domestic Squalor is on the increase with an estimated 600,000 Australians affected. But how do you work with and support someone living in clutter? Like the proverbial iceberg, it’s not what you can see on top of the water but rather, what’s underneath.

Don’t forget to regularly visit the CCWT website to find courses that are just right for you and your organisation.