The Practice Conversation Series is an opportunity to connect with practitioners across the sector to share practice, learn from each other, and strengthen practice through collective reflection and discussion.

WorkUP Queensland is pleased to offer a series of brief online Practice Conversations exploring key topics identified through engagement with the sexual violence, domestic and family violence, and women’s health and wellbeing sectors across Queensland.

These sessions are designed as interactive learning conversations rather than traditional training workshops. While facilitators will share practice wisdom, resources, and sector-informed frameworks, the primary learning occurs through discussion, reflection, and engagement with peers. Conversations will draw on relevant practice standards, capability frameworks, legislation, and sector guidance to support critical reflection and strengthen practice across diverse service contexts.

Participants are required to attend with cameras on and be prepared to actively contribute to discussion and reflection activities. These sessions are offered for workers seeking collaborative, practice-based learning rather than passive webinar-style participation.

Practice Conversations provide an opportunity to:

Explore contemporary practice issues with peers across Queensland

Reflect on practice in a supportive and respectful environment

Build confidence and skills across a range of practice areas

Strengthen understanding of sector-informed frameworks, standards, and approaches

Develop language to describe and articulate practice, including in organisational and audit contexts

Practice Conversations Series:

Please click here to access the Practice Conversations series and register.

https://collections.humanitix.com/practice-conversations-series-july-to-december-2026-online

Session Topics

1. Feminist Values in Practice
A brief online introduction to feminist values and how they can be applied in everyday practice and organisational settings.

Learning outcomes: Increased skills and confidence in describing and applying feminist values in practice.

2. Documenting for Safety
A brief online introduction to effective approaches to documentation, including case files, case notes, information sharing, and record keeping.

Learning outcomes: Increased skills and confidence in maintaining appropriate records and writing effective case notes.

3. Safety Planning
A brief online introduction to the key aspects of risk assessment, safety planning, and collaborative responses to safety concerns.

Learning outcomes: Increased skills and confidence in risk assessment and safety planning.

4. Case Management
A brief introduction to case management approaches, including engagement, coordination, advocacy, and supporting people with complex needs.

Learning outcomes: Increased skills and confidence in case management practice.

5. Professional Boundaries
A brief introduction to ethical practice, self-awareness, and maintaining clear professional boundaries in emotionally demanding work.

Learning outcomes: Increased skills and confidence in ethical practice and professional boundaries.

6. Values and Multi-disciplinary Teams

A brief online introduction to working collaboratively across disciplines, services, and systems while maintaining alignment with feminist values, ethical practice, and client-centred approaches.

Learning outcomes: Increased skills and confidence in contributing to collaborative practice while navigating power, values, and accountability across service systems.

Event Details:

Date: Wednesday, 23rd September 2026
Time: 9:30am - 11:00am AEST (QLD time)

Location: Online

Please click here to access the Practice Conversations series and register

Who should attend

The Practice Conversations are open to anyone working in the Domestic and Family Violence, Sexual Violence, and Women’s Health and Wellbeing sectors.

Facilitator

Gabrielle Borggaard

Gabrielle is a feminist, an executive leader, asocial worker and a mentor. Her 22 + year career in the human services includes work in the Domestic and Family Violence Sector, the Child Protection Sector, Family Support and Therapeutic Counselling and experience in the Disability Sector.

During the last 18 years, she specialised in the executive management of not for profit organisations with a strong focus on justice and equality for women and elimination of gender based violence. Gabrielle left her position as the CEO of the Domestic Violence Action Centre, a position she held for more than 11 years, to establish Inner Vision Consulting in 2020 and has had the privilege of supporting the sector with professional supervision, consultation, training and workshops since.

Contact the host of Safety Planning: Practice Conversation - September 2026 (Online)