Safe & Together Model CORE Training

In-person four-day course delivered over two weeks

CORE is a four-day training designed to provide a skills-oriented foundation for domestic abuse-informed practice. Each day will provide key skills and learnings for participants to implement the Safe & Together Model into their practice.

Each day of training focuses on the following foundational practice areas:

Day 1 – Monday 23 June

9:00AM – 4:00 PM

Introduction to the Model and Assessment

Day 2 – Tuesday 24 June

9:00AM – 4:00PM

Interviewing

Day 3 – Monday 30 June

9:00AM – 4:00PM

Documentation

Day 4 – Tuesday 1 July

9:00AM – 4:00PM

Case Planning

Lunch will be 12.00PM – 1:00PM each day

CORE Training explores the importance of:

Identifying the impact of domestic violence on children and family functioning.
Gathering a fact-based assessment of the perpetrators’ behaviour patterns.
Partnering with adult survivors of domestic violence.
Intervening with perpetrators.
Understanding how domestic violence intersects with other issues like substance abuse and mental health.

Participants of the CORE Training will:

Learn to use practice tools, such as Mapping Perpetrators’ Patterns and Multiple Pathways to Harm that can be implemented right away to improve assessment of risk, impact on children, survivor protective efforts and essential case decisions.
Practice interviewing perpetrators, survivors and children through modelling, role play and videos.
Improve domestic violence-informed documentation through individual and group exercises.
Discuss current or past cases and explore how the Safe & Together Model could be implemented.

Also included in CORE Training:

Action Plans will be developed by participants to support implementation of the Model to improve their day-to-day practice and to influence their communities and family service systems to become more domestic violence-informed.
Participants will complete a pre- and post-test to reflect learning, as well as a training evaluation.
Participants who attend all four days and take the post-test will receive a certificate of completion, which indicates they participated in 22 training hours.
Participants who complete all four days and score an 80% or higher on the CORE Training post-test will meet one of the prerequisites to become a Safe & Together Model Certified Trainer.

Target Audience

Social Workers
Child Protection Caseworkers
Psychologists/Counsellors
Education
AOD Counsellors
Domestic Violence Advocacy/Women's Sector
Family/Child Services
Family Lawyers and Solicitors working in FDV
Family and Domestic Violence Response Teams (Police)
Health Workers (Doctors/Midwives etc.)
Housing
Disability and Aged Care
Judges/Magistrates
Mental Health Workers
Women's Refuge workers
Youth Workers
Anyone working with perpetrators of Family and Domestic Violence

Training Resources

A copy of the training manual will be provided at the training.

Cost

This training is sponsored by Department of Communities and Justice and is free for participants working in family violence.

Trainers

Angie Weir, Family Safety and Wellbeing Lead and Sandy Rawson, Clinical Lead at Rawson Psychologists and Consultants. For more information on the host agency please visit: Rawson Psychologists & Consultants

Venue

Bathurst Neighbourhood Centre Community Room, – 96 Russell St, Bathurst

Catering

Tea, coffee, and morning tea are included in the cost, but lunch will not be provided. There will be a mix of morning tea options that caters for all dietary requirements.

Cancellation Policy

Registration cancellation with a full refund is available up to 7 days prior to the event.

A refund will not be provided for registration cancellation made after 7 May 2025.

A refund will not be provided for non-attendance. Registrations may be transferred to another employee of the organisation.