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National Reconciliation Week 2023
National Reconciliation Week 2023 - Be a Voice for Generations Keep up the momentum for change with this year's theme for National Reconciliation Week 2023: Be a Voice for Generations. The theme encourages all Australians to be a voice for reconciliation in tangible ways in our everyday lives – where we live, work and socialise. For…
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World Foster Day 2023
World Foster Day 2023
World Foster Day 2023 World Foster Day aims to create awareness about foster care and celebrate families in the fostering process. To get involved: > draw a smiley face on three fingers > snap a pic of your smiley face moment > share it on social media using #worldfosterday
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UN Global Day of Parents 2023
UN Global Day of Parents 2023
UN Global Day of Parents The UN Global Day of Parents celebrates the value of parenthood and acknowledges the critical role parents play in the nurturing and protection of children. The importance of family and parenting support Families, parents and caregivers play a central role in child wellbeing and development. They offer identity, love, care,…
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Mabo Day 2023
Mabo Day 2023
Mabo Day 2023 - Sunday, 3rd June Mabo Day is marked annually on 3 June, commemorating Mer Island man Eddie Koiki Mabo and his successful efforts to overturn the legal fiction of terra nullius, or ‘land belonging to no-one’. Despite the fact that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples occupied the land, spoke their own languages…
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QHRC – Human Rights Act for community advocates (Brisbane)
QHRC – Human Rights Act for community advocates (Brisbane)
A three hour in person session for those working or volunteering in community organisations, who assist clients with advocacy, but are not legal advocates Queensland Human Rights Commission (QHRC) presents Human Rights Act for community advocates This 3 hour course aims to help non-legal advocates based in community organisations learn how to use the Human…
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Disability Leadership Summit 2023
Bringing together the sector to produce a roadmap for better outcomes – in the leadership space and beyond Disability Leadership Summit 2022 As Australia suffers from its worst labour shortage in a generation, there is no better time than now to discuss the actions and opportunities to change the landscape of Disability careers at the Disability…
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Encompass Family & Community – For The record: effective report writing for child and youth work
An online workshop across two sessions, on best practice for case note recording Encompass Family & Community presents For the Record: effective case note recording for child and youth work Recording – particularly making case notes – is essential to effective child and youth work but can be difficult to do well. This highly interactive…
QHRC – Contact Officer (Brisbane)
QHRC – Contact Officer (Brisbane)
A full-day in person course for Contact Officers to understand their role, and secure the knowledge, skills and confidence to carry it out Queensland Human Rights Commission (QHRC) presents Contact Officer (Brisbane) This practical course will give Contact Officers an in-depth understanding of the role, as well as the knowledge, skills and confidence to carry…
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Home Stretch Symposium 2023
Third national symposium held over two days, focussing on the implementation of the extended care to 21 years reform across Australia The Home Stretch campaign presents the Home Stretch Symposium 2023 Young people in state care should have a place they call home and support until the age of 21 Every state and territory in…
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6th National Child Protection Forum
6th national forum amplifying the voices of children and young people to shape Australia's child protection system Third Sector presents the 6th National Child Protection Forum The number of children receiving child protection services in Australia has continued to rise over the last 5 years. Numerous inquiries have concluded that failures in child protection services’…
QHRC – Unconscious Bias (online)
QHRC – Unconscious Bias (online)
A half-day online session for anyone who wants to understand how biases affect daily decision-making in a professional and personal context Queensland Human Rights Commission (QHRC) presents Unconscious Bias (online) This course is for anyone who wants to better understand their own biases and how they affect day-to-day decision making. It is particularly beneficial for…
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QFCC – Child Rights Dialogue: Applying the UNCRC in decision making involving children and young people in conflict with the law
QFCC – Child Rights Dialogue: Applying the UNCRC in decision making involving children and young people in conflict with the law
How can we apply international human rights instruments, such as the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child to decisions that affect children and young people in conflict with the law? Queensland Child and Family Commission (QFCC) presents Child Rights Dialogue: Applying the UNCRC in decision making involving children and young people in conflict with the…
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Parentshop – Tough Conversations™ in Child Protection
Parentshop – Tough Conversations™ in Child Protection
A one-day online course for child protection workers to build skills for challenging conversations with parents and families involved with the child protection system Parentshop presents Tough Conversations™ in Child Protection (online) Tough Conversations in Child Protection is a one-day course for child protection professionals and family workers to help them to hold the often-challenging conversations…
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Lighthouse Resources – Gender Awareness
Lighthouse Resources – Gender Awareness
One day in person workshop for anyone seeking future information around gender identity and how to support people who identify as gender diverse Lighthouse Resources presents Gender Awareness Gender Awareness training will explore Gender Identity and how to support and work alongside people who identify as Gender diverse. It will explore harmful stereotypes, labelling and…
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Lighthouse Resources – Youth Mental Health First Aid (online)
Lighthouse Resources – Youth Mental Health First Aid (online)
Online two-component course for adults working or living with adolescents aged between 12 and 18 years Lighthouse Resources presents Youth Mental Health First Aid (online) Two component course: Component 1 must be completed before component 2 Participants will receive an introduction to mental health, mental health problems and mental health first aid. Each module will…
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Queensland Kinship Care Forum IV
On Wednesday, 20th October 2021, PeakCare held our fourth Kinship Care Forum and sought to answer the question – What INFORMAL Kinship Carers
Queensland Kinship Care Forum III
The third Queensland Kinship Care Forum III was held Thursday, 9th September 2021 as part of Queensland Child Protection Week, hosted by PeakCare in association with IFYS, Kummara Association, Infinity Community Solutions, QATSICPP, and Queensland Foster and Kinship Care.
Queensland Kinship Care Forum II
Queensland Kinship Care Forum II The second Queensland Kinship Care Forum was held on the 26th of February 2020 and was co-hosted by PeakCare Queensland, the Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Protection Peak…
Queensland Kinship Care Forum
The first Queensland Kinship Care Forum was held on the 2nd of September 2019 in Brisbane. We were very pleased to see so many people with an interest in family care/kinship care, attend the forum,…