Collective Care: Moving Beyond Self Care to Consider Organisational Culture and Practices

LCSA is pleased to provide another opportunity to register for our Collective Care online training. This training is funded through the Community Organisation Disaster Adaptation (CODA) Project funded by the Australian Government and the NSW Government.

Collective care asks us to look beyond individual self-care and toward the cultures and practices that shape our workplaces. This workshop recognises the important shift toward employer responsibility in creating psychologically safe workplaces. It moves beyond framing burnout and vicarious trauma as individual failings or the result of insufficient self-care and instead explores organisational and collective approaches that support long-term sustainability in community work.

Participants will be invited to consider how organisational culture, systems, and shared responsibility can better support the wellbeing of those doing this vital work. The training consists of one online session facilitated by Carolyn Cousins from Tuned In Consulting.

Training Date

Wednesday 21 Oct 2026 (10:00 AM - 1:00 PM) 

About the Training

This practical, facilitated workshop will explore how organisations can respond to burnout and vicarious trauma through workplace culture, systems and shared responsibility. Participants will reflect on collective approaches that support psychological safety, staff wellbeing and long-term sustainability in community work.

Who is the Training for?

Managers, Board Members, Community Development Workers, Program Coordinators, Community Engagement Officers, and Family and Children Support Workers will all find the content of this training relevant and applicable to your work.

Cost

This session is presented by Local Community Services Association (LCSA) and is free of charge. It is delivered as part of LCSA's role in the Community Organisation Disaster Adaptations (CODA) Project. CODA is funded by the Australian Government and the NSW Government.

Register Now

Before registering, please note that this training will not be recorded. Please only register if you are able to attend. While this course is usually in high demand, a minimum number of participants is required for the training to proceed. LCSA reserves the right to reschedule the training if the minimum number of participants is not reached. A link to join the session will be sent to registrants 24 hours before the first training.

About the Trainer

The Collective Care training will be delivered by Carolyn Cousins from Tuned In Consulting. Carolyn is an adult educator and clinical social worker with a background in trauma work. She has a Bachelor and Master’s degrees in Social Work, a Masters of Education (Adult) and a Masters in Applied Neuroscience. She has delivered training for a range of organisations including NSW Health (HETI), NSW Police, Relationships Australia, Services Australia and NSW Ambulance. Carolyn developed this training in collaboration with LCSA.

More information

LCSA is a membership organisation representing the diverse interests of locally governed not-for-profit Neighbourhood Centres & Community Organisations in New South Wales. It is one of the state peak organisations involved in the CODA Project led by NSW Council of Social Services (NCOSS).If you have any questions about the training or the CODA project, please contact Bronwyn Hutchings on the details below.