Workplace Training
The Safe & Together model is an internationally recognised suite of tools and interventions designed to help children’s services practitioners and their partner agencies be informed about domestic violence.
Training in Safe & Together will give you the tools you need to:
- build a partnership with the protective parent (the survivor)
- ensure the child’s needs are heard, valued, and respected
- work with the perpetrator to reduce negative outcomes
1-Day Overview Training
Who’s it for? – Suitable for all employees (practitioners and non-practitioners) within an agency, usually the staff
What will you learn? – you will receive an overview of the Safe & Together Model. The includes:
- the key principles and components of the Safe & Together Model
- how to create domestic abuse-informed child welfare and community systems
- the framework behind competency-building in child welfare around domestic violence
Upcoming Dates: TBC
4-Day CORE Training
Who’s it for? – Suitable for practitioners who want to become more domestic abuse–informed in all aspects of their practice.
What will you learn? –
Each day of training provides experiential classroom training focused on the following foundational practice areas: Assessment, Interviewing, Documentation, and Case Planning.
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’ behavior patterns
- Partnering with survivors of domestic violence
- Intervening with perpetrators
- Understanding how domestic violence intersects with other issues like substance abuse and mental health
Upcoming Dates: TBC
Meet the Trainer
Zara Robson
Zara is our accredited Safe & Together™ trainer, who has been delivering Safe & Together training in Canterbury since January 2023, just prior to being awarded the Safe & Together™ Champion Award for Excellence in Practice (pictured here).
“Zara was a very engaging trainer and made the material easy to follow and interesting to engage with and apply to my work.”
“Zara created a safe place for us to learn the safe and together model, and we were able to relate it back to our mahi (work) as we were a group with a wealth of experience between us, it was a great learning space.”
“Thoroughly enjoyed the training from Zara and appreciated her experience.”
FAQs
Where is training held?
Training is normally delivered at Home & Family’s ‘Our House’ in Waltham, Christchurch – 41 Opawa Road, Waltham, Christchurch, 8023. For 8+ people, training will be delivered at an alternative venue in Christchurch.
For those outside of Christchurch in Canterbury, we can travel to a selected venue to deliver the training. Please get in touch to make an enquiry.
Do I need to complete the overview before the CORE training?
No, you do not need to complete the overview training before the CORE training. It is generally recommended that practitioners and frontline staff complete the CORE training instead of the overview, as this offers a more in-depth understanding of integrating the model into your everyday work.
