Self-directed online training

Event description

‘Child Aware’ practice is an emerging concept in Australia. It involves building an organisational and workplace culture that embraces a range of practices and attitudes that aim to keep the ‘child in mind’. This practice needs to occur from a client’s first contact with a service through to their follow-up.

This course aims to enhance understanding about the impact that adult problems may have on children and to support practitioners to think about children early in any contact with a parent. It ensures that families are supported to make and sustain changes so that they can better meet the needs of their children.

The course is interactive and features high-quality video scenarios that are partnered with a useful workbook. The workbook contains exercises, discussion starters and reflective questions that can be used in a range of settings (e.g. staff meetings, professional development, team and management meetings) by practitioners, team leaders, managers and organisations.

This session will cover:

- Raise awareness about how adult issues can potentially impact on children.

- Reflect on and work towards ways of talking with adults about these potential impacts.

- Extend practitioner’s thinking so that both children and the parenting role are considered when working with adult clients who are parents.

Eligibility criteria

Child Aware Practice is for professionals, practitioners, team leaders and managers, or those who want to explore ways to implement Child Aware practice in their organisation or services.

Professionals in:
- adult mental health settings
- primary health care
- non-government organisations
- child mental health
- child and youth services.

Categories: Capability 8 - Working effectively with families, carers and supporters, Capability 14 - Embedding evidence-informed continuous improvement, Working with infants, children, and younger persons
Disciplines: Allied Health, Lived Experience Workforce, Medical, Nursing
Levels: Introductory, Intermediate
Lifespans: Infant, Child, Adult

1.5 - 2 hours

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Provided by Emerging Minds