Hello and welcome,

Over the past few years we have run a series of Community of Practice sessions. This has focused on helping to foster inter-agency approaches through the exchange of ideas, practice, knowledge and solutions. A topic of great importance that has arisen time and time again is sleep.  This month we have written an article on that subject that we hope will both help and inform you in looking after your children and young people in out of home care (OOHC).

We have also selected some more articles, courses and resources to help you in your journey in Therapeutic care.

Finally, if you find something missing or not covered that is important to you, just drop us a line at cetc@childhood.org.au

All the best.
CETC Team

Articles

Children, young people and sleep

Many of those of you who know me, know that I have a big interest in sleep hygiene and the children and young people in out of home care (OOHC). To this end I have put together a small package of material that I hope you will take the time to look at and discuss with your colleagues and carers.
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Trauma Informed Relationship-Based Recovery Reflection Tool

Children and young people can recover from adverse childhood experiences. However, this requires that the adults they live with and/or work with to commit themselves to a safe and trustworthy relationship.
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Understanding vicarious trauma and compassion fatigue

Research shows how profoundly influenced we are by other people’s emotional states and how rapidly our interpersonal affective responses occur, and how dynamically our physiology responds to others’ emotional states. This is why trauma can be emotionally contagious.
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Online Courses

Responding to Child Sexual Exploitation

Ongoing - 8 Online Training Modules & Resource Kit

Responding to Child Sexual Exploitation is an online self-paced training for caseworkers, residential workers, house supervisors and managers, therapeutic specialists and organisational leaders working in out of home care and therapeutic care.
Learn more

Foundational Training in Intensive Therapeutic Care

Ongoing - 12 Online Modules

This online course supports the development of a common knowledge base and shared way of understanding the principles of supporting young people across the intensive  therapeutic care system.
Learn more

Upgrade your qualification - 10800NAT Graduate Certificate in Developmental Trauma

intakes open now

Upgrade your qualification with this innovative, practical and relevant post-graduate qualification and enhance your practice with abused and traumatised children, young people, and their families.
Learn more

Community of Practice

We have a range of interactive group workshops that are run  regularly.. These are each focused on a particular area such as Intensive Therapeutic Transitional Care, etc. These are free to attend though we do ask for you to please register beforehand and confirm your availability. The reason is these are sessions that depend on group interaction.

Intensive Therapeutic Transitional Care Community of Practice-Next: 25 Nov 10am-12pm- Monthly

Do you work in Intensive Therapeutic Transitional Care (ITTC) in NSW? This Community of Practice aims to provide a space for ITTC staff from across the state to exchange ideas, practice, knowledge and solutions.
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Practice Support & Learning Group: Intensive Therapeutic Care House Managers / Supervisors- Next: 17 Nov-10am-12pm- Every 6 weeks

The Practice Support and Learning Group is for House Managers/Supervisors working in Intensive Therapeutic Care (ITC) in New South Wales. The aim of the group is to provide a space for House Managers/Supervisors to identify and discuss issues faced in the work and to collectively share wisdom, brainstorm, reflect on—and where possible—resolve challenges.
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Therapeutic Specialist Community of Practice—Next: 23 Nov -10am-12pm- Monthly
Therapeutic Specialist Community of Practice—Next: 24 Nov-930am-11.30am- Monthly
Therapeutic Specialist Community of Practice-—Next: 24 Nov-12am-200pm- Monthly

The purpose of this community of practice is to promote best practice in the delivery of therapeutic residential care by fostering inter-agency approaches to problem solving, practice development and innovation.
Email us to join

Other News & Resources

Giving voice to all survivors

In recognition of the third anniversary of the National Apology to Victims and Survivors of Institutional Child Sexual Abuse, we are proud that the Commonwealth Government has named Australian Childhood Foundation,  Blue Knot Foundation and the Healing Foundation as the consortium selected to establish and run a new National Centre for the prevention of child sexual abuse.
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Safe Connections - Resource Kit

A resource kit to support young people in care at risk of child sexual exploitation.
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Transform Digital Library

One of the best Online Digital Libraries about Trauma you will find! Our TRANSFORM DIGITAL LIBRARY includes video recordings of keynote presentations and full day workshops from some of the world’s best-known therapists and writers about trauma.

Want to know more?

If you would like to find out more about the Centre or discuss how the Centre could support your work please contact us at cetc@childhood.org.au 

If you would like to discuss how the Centre can build your staff capacity through training and accredited courses contact Marina Dickson on 1300 381 581 or on mdickson@childhood.org.au

We want to hear from you!

We would love to hear any feedback how we are going and ideas on how we can better work together.