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:
- 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
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