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To assist our service providers to make CAFS as effective as possible, the following support and development opportunities are available.
DCJ will be hosting a series of online sessions called "The DEX Files", which aim to further support the DEX transition from the TEI program to the CAFS program.
The fortnightly sessions are open to CAFS funded service providers, including services delivering the Safe and Strong Families program, Commissioning and Planning teams, peak bodies, and other CAFS program stakeholders.
The sessions are optional and free to attend. They will be recorded to help ensure service delivery is prioritised. Session recordings and slides are found at Data Exchange.
Change Together is a DCJ funded learning program for non-government practitioners working with children and families who are receiving CAFS or Family Preservation services. The program provides free training to complement the professional learning of individual non-government organisations.
To access the training, visit Change Together.
Complete our e-module on developing a program logics to guide you through understanding and completing program logics.
In partnership with DCJ, CCWT offers free online courses to support staff who work with children, young people and/or their families.
Topics include:
CCWT also offer a variety of paid training courses, searchable by topic.
To learn more about coercive control, access CCWT’s free coercive control webinar series.
DV-alert is a nationally recognised training funded by the Australian Government Department of Social Services.
The training is designed to equip frontline workers, health, allied health, educators, community sector workers and volunteers to recognise the signs of domestic and family violence (DFV) and know what to do next. It provides valuable foundational training for any staff working with DFV victim-survivors.
Free foundational eLearning and public awareness workshops are available to learn how to:
There are a range of flexible learning options that include self-paced eLearning, face to face workshops and awareness courses.
Our sector Peaks offer regular and tailored training and development opportunities. Visit their websites below to find out what opportunities they have available:
The Child Safe Standards are principle-based and designed to keep children safe by creating organisations that help prevent, detect and respond more effectively to harm and abuse, if it occurs.
Not sure how to implement the child safe standards? Visit Child Safe Standards: Getting started in your organisation.
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