Upcoming training & events

Fri 30 May 2025

9:00 AM - 4:30 PM (7 hours 30 minutes)

This workshop is designed to help both professionals and those touched by grief to understand its complexities and explore links with mental health and personal wellbeing.

Fri 6 Jun 2025

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM (4 hours)

The Being Trauma Responsive course has recently been revised for delivery as a half-day online learning session and is an ideal refresher course for those with a foundational understanding of this topic. This workshop will explore how to safely engage with someone affected by trauma and provide practical strategies to support their recovery.

Mon 9 Jun 2025

9:00 AM - 4:30 PM (7 hours 30 minutes)

This course was developed to provide participants with practical tools that they can use in their work as well as in their daily lives to build and maintain resilience and a sense of wellbeing. The course blends theory/practical activities to provide a pathway to an improved sense of wellbeing.

Wed 18 Jun 2025

9:00 AM - 4:30 PM (7 hours 30 minutes)

This workshop is about building our confidence as first responders to support someone experiencing a mental health challenge. It prepares participants to know how to recognise signs of mental health issues and how to respond in an effective way.

23 - 24 Jun 2025

2 days, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM

A two-day interactive course, MHFA will equip you with the skills and resources to recognise and respond appropriately to someone experiencing a mental health crisis, until professional help arrives.

Wed 25 Jun 2025

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM (4 hours)

This condensed half-day refresher course is perfect for those with foundational knowledge on this topic. In this course participants will revisit the topic with the focus on building their confidence in recognizing and safely de-escalating situations and developing an awareness of strategies to use.

Mon 30 Jun 2025

9:00 AM - 4:30 PM (7 hours 30 minutes)

This course will look at how effective supervision plays a strong role in attracting, retaining, and providing ongoing support to a motivated and highly skilled workforce.

Mon 7 Jul 2025

9:00 AM - 4:30 PM (7 hours 30 minutes)

This course examines the nature of boundaries and how to work within boundary frameworks while maintaining care and compassion. Participants are encouraged to reflect on their current model of practice identifying aspects of their work that can be improved through the theory and practical strategies presented.

Tue 8 Jul 2025

9:00 AM - 4:30 PM (7 hours 30 minutes)

Participants will learn from this course how to establish and build safe and person-centered relationships that are strengths-focused. Participants will also learn practical strategies to support their clients with their recovery goals.

Mon 21 Jul 2025

9:00 AM - 4:30 PM (7 hours 30 minutes)

One in four Australians will experience a mental illness at some point in their lives. That means that at any given point, a proportion of your workforce is either experiencing, heading towards or recovering from a mental health challenge or disorder.

Wed 23 Jul 2025

9:00 AM - 4:30 PM (7 hours 30 minutes)

This workshop discusses talking safely with someone who is impacted by trauma and teaching simple strategies to support recovery, respond to someone experiencing triggers and improve the experiences of people impacted by trauma when seeking support.

Tue 29 Jul 2025

9:00 AM - 4:30 PM (7 hours 30 minutes)

This course is designed to assist individuals to recognise when a person is becoming distressed or when their behaviour is escalating, and it provides a set of tools and strategies to respond in ways that are likely to result in positive outcomes.

Mon 18 Aug 2025

9:00 AM - 4:30 PM (7 hours 30 minutes)

Many non-counselling professionals find themselves in day-to-day situations where they are called to support another person emotionally, such as responding to someone experiencing distress, anger, confusion, anxiety or fear.

Tue 19 Aug 2025

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM (4 hours)

This course has been designed for people who are accredited MHFA aiders and it offers the opportunity for them to extend their accreditation for a further 3 years by completing the refresher course.

Wed 20 Aug 2025

9:00 AM - 4:30 PM (7 hours 30 minutes)

Build capacity to support others who self-harm. As well as the knowledge component, participants will develop their practical skills by using practice tools to respond to real-life scenarios.

Thu 28 Aug 2025

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM (4 hours)

The De-escalation Skills course has been redesigned specifically for an online learning setting and will support workers to recognise when a person is becoming distressed or a situation is escalating. This condensed half-day refresher course is ideal for those with a foundational understanding of this topic and who is seeking practical tools and strategies to effectively respond in ways that promote positive outcomes.

Thu 28 Aug 2025

9:00 AM - 4:30 PM (7 hours 30 minutes)

This course will look at how effective supervision plays a strong role in attracting, retaining, and providing ongoing support to a motivated and highly skilled workforce.

Tue 16 Sep 2025

9:00 AM - 4:30 PM (7 hours 30 minutes)

People often experience both mental health challenges and alcohol and other drugs (AOD) issues. The intersection of mental health and AOD use is recognised as presenting complex challenges across both domains. This course examines each challenge and its interrelationship with the other.