Human Services

Applied Trauma

For participants with existing knowledge of how trauma impacts the brain and childhood development. This training focuses on understanding trauma in the context of drug and alcohol misuse, domestic and family violence and mental health. Suitable for people working with children, parents or caregivers.

Case Work Fundamentals

This course provides essential tools and strategies to navigate every phase of case work with purpose. From engagement to transitions, this workshop enhances skills in assessment, planning, and reviews, ensuring impactful outcomes at each stage. Including a focus on how to hear the voices and assess the needs of the people you're supporting.

Identifying and Assessing Risk in Strengths-Based Practice

Guided by skilled facilitators, delve into concepts such as bias, disguised compliance, and professional danger. Through real-life examples, understand how risk affects clients, organisations, and communities. Participants walk away with practical tools and strategies to address risk to self, clients, the organisation, and the community. Join us for one of our most popular training sessions.

Practice Enhancement Program (PEP)

This program is tailored to meet your unique organisational needs. Collaborate with our expert team to identify skill gaps and co-design bespoke training sessions on a range of topics, including record keeping, casework, de-escalation, communication, and more. SCS practitioners have expertise across human services, so let us build a suite of PEP sessions, customised to enhance your practice!

Reflective Supervision Practice

Embrace the essential role of reflective practice and supervision with our workshop. Gain the skills, tips, and knowledge needed to deliver high-quality, meaningful supervision and group reflection, all grounded in evidence. Our skilled practitioners will guide you in structuring your approach effectively, eliminating the guesswork.

Trauma and Disaster Recovery

Expertly crafted and designed with foster and kinship carers to deepen their understanding of trauma in the context of natural disasters. This series provides valuable evidence, tips, and ideas for caregivers, care teams, and children to effectively respond to and recover from events such as floods and fires. Access all four modules online for free.

Building Resilience with Positive Childhood Experiences

High Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) can have lifelong negative impacts on physical, social, and emotional well-being, making it important to identify, grow, and build upon children's Positive Childhood Experiences (PCEs). This resource-filled masterclass helps parents, carers, and practitioners learn ways to provide children and young people with the PCEs they need to heal, thrive, and grow.

What's Identity Got to Do with It

Delve into the concept of 'identity' and its critical role in children's and young people's lives in our current society. This workshop offers user-friendly tools and resources to deepen your understanding of the significance of a child's identity and its importance, particularly for children in care.

Cultural Awareness Training

This training (built and delivered by Aunty Tammy Solomon of Mullah Mara Together) offers a unique journey beyond generic sessions, exploring the impacts of pre- and post-colonisation on First Nations people. Engage with a wide array of events through storytelling and truth-telling, enriching your understanding of cultural history and fostering a deeper appreciation for the experiences and resilience of First Nations communities

Building Secure Attachments

A dynamic workshop that delves into the principles of attachment theory to help you connect with children who may struggle to bond. Discover practical strategies to foster secure relationships, even with children who naturally resist. Creating nurturing environments and interactions where every child feels seen, valued, and supported.

Having Difficult Conversations

Learn how to move forward through impasses, conflicts and misunderstandings. Gain the confidence to engage with clients, colleagues, and parents/carers through professional and respectful dialogue. This course equips you with a range of approaches and resources designed to help you prepare for and work through difficult conversations.

Introduction to Trauma

Dive into the foundational aspects of trauma with our introductory workshop, focusing on the neurobiology of trauma and the effects of adverse childhood experiences and attachment on development and behaviour. Complete this training to gain insights that will help you become trauma-informed, thereby enhancing your ability to engage with and support children, young people, families, and colleagues.

Professional Integrity in Record Keeping

Discover the deeper significance of record-keeping in this workshop. Learn not just the 'how,' but the 'why' behind case note writing, understanding who it serves and the values it should embody. Participants will gain practical strategies to capture their work accurately, honouring the lives they work alongside.

The Why and How of Self-Care

Discover why self-care is essential for preventing burnout and maintaining the well-being of your brain and body, allowing you to perform at your best at work and care for others effectively. Walk away with fresh ideas on nurturing the nervous system, balancing the load, and supporting those around you.

Understanding Triggers

Gain a deep understanding of what 'triggering' means and its impact on our stress responses, values, behaviours, and interactions with the world. This workshop is designed to help you better comprehend yourself and those you support and work with. Enhance your ability to navigate these dynamics with empathy and insight.

Understanding the Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences

Gain a profound understanding of how Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) impact and influence us in our daily lives and parenting approaches. This workshop equips you with the knowledge to discuss, assess, and address ACEs effectively, fostering healthier environments for children and shaping the adults they become.

Working in Statutory Child Protection Legislation

Explore how statutory child protection legislation applies to your role and program, tailored to your state or territory. This workshop familiarises participants with key legislative elements, including identifying harm and risk, mandatory reporting, and methods to respond. Understand how child protection extends beyond government roles, emphasising that ensuring children's safety is a shared responsibility.