National Child Protection Week

There is a lot happening in the early years and this National Child Protection Week (4-10 September) serves as a reminder that “every child, in every community, needs a fair go". This week provides an opportunity to reflect on the ways that we can all work together to build communities that support children and families. Learn more […]

Understanding the lived experience of young people using violence | CECFW

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Join us in this webinar where we speak with Dr Kate Fitz-Gibbon and Dr Silke Meyer, who will present findings from the ANROWS-funded report, 'Adolescent family violence in Australia: A national study of service and support needs for young people who use family violence'. This research draws directly from the voices of over 5000 young people […]

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Stepping Stones to Kinder: overcoming barriers with families to support children access kinder

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The Early Start, Bright Future project is pleased to be offering an online training supporting child and family service (C&FS) practitioners to enrol and engage children and families into two years of kinder before school. The online session will provide: Support to unpack the kinder pathway for families, including Early Start Kinder, Three-Year-Old Kinder and […]

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CISS Information Session 1: The importance of the Child Information Sharing Scheme | CFECFW

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  The Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare is presenting a series of information sessions and workshops aiming to help consolidated and expand practitioner confidence in using the Child Information Sharing Scheme (CISS) to promote the safety and wellbeing of young people. This session will focus on why CISS was introduced and how […]

CISS Information Session 2: How CISS works alongside other privacy and information sharing legislation and provisions | CFECFW

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  The Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare is presenting a series of information sessions and workshops aiming to help consolidated and expand practitioner confidence in using the Child Information Sharing Scheme (CISS) to promote the safety and wellbeing of young people. This session will focus on CISS and the Child, Youth and […]

AVITH in Context: Mental Health | CFECFW

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Please join AVITH for our latest 'AVITH in Context'. The webinar will explore the complexity of adolescent violence in the home within the context of mental health. Speaker will be Dr Michelle Kehoe who is an Evaluation and Research Development Officer with Alfred Health (Headspace and the Child and Youth Mental Health Service) in South-East […]

CISS Information Session 3: Including the voice of families and children in discussions about child information sharing | CFECFW

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The Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare is presenting a series of information sessions and workshops aiming to help consolidated and expand practitioner confidence in using the Child Information Sharing Scheme (CISS) to promote the safety and wellbeing of young people. This session will focus on how to recognise and consider unique views […]

CISS Information Session 4: Unpacking the precedence given to wellbeing and safety over privacy under CISS | CFECFW

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The Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare is presenting a series of information sessions and workshops aiming to help consolidated and expand practitioner confidence in using the Child Information Sharing Scheme (CISS) to promote the safety and wellbeing of young people. This session will focus on the importance of child wellbeing and preventing […]

Early Start Kindergarten & Free Kinder in Long Day Care | CFECFW

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As part of the Victorian Government’s Best Start, Best Life reforms, Free Kinder is now available for families and we want to make sure the children that stand to benefit the most from this reform are actively engaged and included. This session will be helpful for all professionals working with families to enrol their children […]

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Putting MARAM into Practice: Techniques for Maintaining Engagement & Difficult Family Violence Conversations | CFECFW

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The Centre has developed a series of new MARAM workshops entitled “Putting MARAM into Practice”. The workshops address some of the key challenges practitioners confront when they integrate MARAM into their everyday work. These practice challenges were identified from three types of consultation: Interviews with MARAM participants Observations and recommendations from the team of MARAM […]

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