Course Aim: To enable learners to develop the safeguarding and child protection knowledge and skills needed to identify and respond to child well-being concerns and/or allegations against staff. Learning Objectives By the end of this course, learners will be able to: Define safeguarding and child protection Recognise those children who may be more vulnerable to risks of harm. Name the impact adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) can have on a child’s immediate and long-term development, hauora/health and well-being. Identify the different types of harm, categories and possible indicators of abuse. Recognise the different types of disclosures and demonstrate how to respond safely. State how concerns may relate to a child's well-being and/or allegations against staff. Apply best practices when reporting, referring and recording a concern. Role model being in a Position of Trust with adherence to professional boundaries. Reflect safeguarding as a shared responsibility. Participants will have until the 17 December, 2025 to complete the course.

Shame is a powerful and often misunderstood emotion. Occurring in relationship it has many hiding places. Striking at the core of the self, shame has physiological, behavioural, emotional and cognitive impacts which involve one’s entire being. Shame lies at the root of perfectionism, depression, eating disorders and addiction. The special nature of shame means that it cannot be worked with as the other primary emotions. To work effectively with shame requires an understanding of it’s purpose and complexity. In this workshop participants will learn to recognise shame and all its disguises, to distinguish healthy shame from toxic shame, and to identify triggers and shame related reactions. Focus will be given to how to create a counter shaming environment in which shame can be worked with gradually, without getting stuck in a shame freeze. Participants will be introduced to working in different realms: Interpersonal, cognitive, somatic, emotional and imaginal, all of which can be potent in the transformation of shame. Building shame resilience in both client and the practitioner will be underscored as critical. This is an experiential workshop that will involve some examination of participant’s own responses and reactions to shame. One important principle in the work is for practitioners to be willing to face into experiences of shame in themselves and their clients, and to see these as valuable opportunities for growth. This workshop is suitable for counsellors, psychotherapists, psychologists, social workers and youth workers.

This workshop explores the presentation, risks, prevention and intervention strategies for vicarious trauma, to help support your well-being and psychological safety in your work. This training is informed by current research, and will provide you with relevant knowledge, skills and tools to better recognise the early signs of toxic stress and offers a range of organisational, interpersonal and personal strategies to minimize the risks and impacts of vicarious trauma. Workshop Content: What is Vicarious Trauma? (definition, signs and symptoms) Differentiating burnout, secondary traumatic stress, compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma Exploring risk factors and protective factors Tools for assessment, prevention and intervention Empathy, compassion, vicarious resilience and post-traumatic growth Building a personalized self-care plan Who Should Attend? This introductory-intermediate level workshop is suitable for anyone working in helping fields eg. schools, hospitals, prisons, primary and emergency health care, crisis responders, criminal justice system etc. where there is ongoing exposure to potentially traumatic material such as people’s trauma stories, reports with trauma content, reading material, legal reports, compensation claims, visual trauma material and media content. This is also appropriate for anyone concerned about the toll and impact of their workload on their personal and professional functioning, looking to have a better understanding of what vicarious trauma is and tools for prevention.