Association of Children's Welfare Agencies
The Association of Children's Welfare Agencies (ACWA) is the NSW non-government peak body representing the voice of community organisations working with vulnerable children, young people and their families.
We work with our members, partners, government and non-government agencies and other peak bodies to bring about positive systemic reform that will deliver better outcomes to the lives of children and young people, including those living in out-of-home care.
Centre for Community Welfare Training
The Centre for Community Welfare Training (CCWT) is the name of ACWA’s learning and development arm. CCWT been operating as a Registered Training Organisation for more than 20 years, delivering quality, cost effective training that is tailored to meet the needs of the NSW community services workforce, particularly those working with vulnerable children, young people and families.
CCWT provides both short courses and in-house training, as well as specialised programs, coaching and supervision.
Latest News
Statewide Training to Help Young People in Care Plan for Their Future
ACWA will be delivering a series of workshops across NSW in the coming six months aimed at equipping out-of-home care caseworkers with the critical skills they need to effectively support and prepare the young people they work with for a life beyond care. It is universally acknowledged by child welfare professionals that ‘leaving care’ is […]
Read more→New CCWT Webinar Series Offers Community Workers Practical Training About the Law
ACWA’s CCWT team is kicking off the first in our new ‘Law for Community Workers’ free webinar series with an introduction to Law Check-Up, a tool that is used by community and health workers to identify and support the legal needs of their clients. Date: Tuesday, May 7 Time: 10:30am -11:30am Community workers play an important role […]
Read more→CCWT Out-of-Home Carer Training and Assessment Courses: Important Information
CCWT is delighted to be delivering our brand new course, Guardianship Application Documentation, in Sydney on May 6. This course is designed for all out-of-home care staff and managers who want to get an overview of all the steps and documents required by the court for a guardianship application. The pre-requisites for attending are as […]
Read more→ACWA Submission: Regulating Child Safe Organisations in NSW
In our response to the Office of the Children’s Guardian’s Regulating Child Safe Organisations discussion paper, ACWA outlines our support for the introduction of mandatory child safe standards in NSW. You can read ACWA’s full submission here.
Read more→EOFY Training Offer: Three CCWT Courses For the Price of Two!
With the end of financial year fast approaching, now is the perfect time for organisations to invest in staff training through CCWT’s fantastic three courses for the price of two deal. Organisations that enrol any two of their staff members into courses with CCWT before June 28 will be entitled to claim a further one-day […]
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