About the project
This modernisation is all about empowering our incredible residential care workforce with enhanced skills, knowledge, and confidence - so they can provide even stronger, more responsive, and more compassionate care to the children and young people who need it most.
Why now? The world is changing, and so is the sector! Since its original development, Hope & Healing has been a cornerstone of residential care best practice, but now it’s time to take it to the next level.
This renewal is driven by:
- Practitioner-led feedback - Because the best insights come from those on the ground, doing the work every day!
- Sector advancements - Aligning with the latest policies, practices, and emerging needs
- Cutting-edge research - Ensuring the framework reflects the most up-to-date evidence and insights
This is more than just an update, it’s an opportunity to elevate the standard of care, to inspire those working in the field, and to create better outcomes for every child and young person in residential care.
We can’t wait to share more with you soon - Hope & Healing is evolving, and the future is brighter than ever!
Get involved
White Paper - share your thoughts on consultation feedback so far
In partnership with the DaV’ange Group, PeakCare will soon invite feedback on the road so far in modernising Hope & Healing for Residential Care. Your input will play a direct role in shaping updated training content that is responsive, relevant, and empowering for today’s residential care workforce — ensuring every child and young person in care receives the best possible support.
The developing White Paper will bring together the voices of the Queensland residential care sector and provide a foundation to guide the next phase of Hope and Healing’s modernisation.
Stay tuned to find out about how you can share your thoughts.
Further information can be obtained by contacting the project team at workforce@peakcare.org.au
Frequently Asked Questions
Modernising Hope & Healing - Residential Care
See below for our most recent FAQs. If there is anything you would like to see or discuss, we welcome you to contact us at anytime to workforce@peakcare.org.au
Hope & Healing Framework:
Will there be changes to Hope & Healing?
Catalyst for Care will review and refresh the overarching Hope & Healing Framework to ensure currency of theoretical underpinnings and applicability to emerging research. We will work with experts and researchers to create a curriculum framework with associated learning outcomes and customised assessment that supports workers to provide the best possible services to the children for whom they care. We will refresh and revise the existing Hope & Healing modules and content, tailored to the learning styles of the workforce to maximise utilisation of content to support professional development. In particular, new Masterclass content that we develop will facilitate increased interactivity with content, creating enhanced learning outcomes. We are excited for the refreshed and revised content we will be able to provide to the workforce, informed by your needs and the ways in which you like to consume, utilise and apply content.
Will workers need to re-take the course?
Existing successful completion of Hope & Healing foundational and Masterclass content will remain valid. However, with the renewed content we will be providing, you might feel like re-engaging with previously completed content at your leisure to refresh your learning and take advantage of new examples, contemporary theory, and accessibility features.
Will there be improvements to the administration of the course?
Catalyst for Care recognises that employers face increasing pressures on their time including ongoing compliance activities. As part of our review, we will be looking to address administrative burden and take advantage of opportunities to streamline efficiency for use of the platform and user management. We look forward to engaging with providers and Hope & Healing Admins on what this might look like to you.