AbSec West Pilbara Training – Responding to Trauma | Karratha

This interactive short online course aims to equip workers with basic skills, knowledge, understanding, approaches and strategies to work effectively with survivors of past and current/ongoing trauma. In particular, this course will explore the way that complex trauma, caused by early childhood abuse and neglect, impacts survivors and outlines a number of principles and approaches for working in a trauma-informed way with children and families. Additionally, there is a focus on understanding and responding to Aboriginal intergenerational trauma using both mainstream and traditional Aboriginal healing methods to optimise worker practice.

Course content draws on and aligns with current, sector best-practice. A range of activities provide learners in diverse roles with opportunities to develop practical skills to enhance their work with trauma survivors. A blend of mainstream, clinical, non-clinical, (recovery), Aboriginal and lived-experience expertise has been utilised to develop the course materials.

You can learn more about AbSec and the training here: https://www.absecldc.org.au/responding-to-trauma/

This training has been made possible thanks to the generous support of West Pilbara Communities for Children through the Department of Social Services.

Important, please note:

• You must work within the West Pilbara (City of Karratha and Shire of Ashburton) to attend this training. This includes Karratha, Dampier, Wickham, Roebourne, Point Samson, Onslow, Pannawonica, Tom Price, Paraburdoo and the surrounding Indigenous communities. If you are not based in the West Pilbara, please feel free to email rose@wacoss.org.au to register your interest for other Pilbara training.

Date: Tuesday 11 February – Wednesday 12 February 2025
Time: 8:00am – 2:30pm
Location: Welcome Lotteries House, Karratha
Cost: $50 per person, $40 for P4P and WACOSS members (this course is usually $650)

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