Professional Development
This section contains professional development opportunities including workshops, courses, training, etc.
Anti-Discrimination Training Program
The Northern Territory Anti-Discrimination Commission provides a range of programs designed to educate management, staff and the general public. You can attend training in Darwin or at a regional or remote centre, or they can customise training to meet your organisational requirements and come to you. An information flyer listing their scheduled training sessions up until June 2012 has just been released.
“Promoting Healthy Childhood – Preventing Chronic Conditions”
The 16th Annual Chronic Diseases Network Conference: “Promoting Healthy Childhood - Preventing Chronic Conditions,” will be held at the Darwin Convention Centre on the 20th – 21st of September 2012. The conference program will explore the range of factors during the early years that contribute to chronic diseases later in life. Chronic diseases can be the result of influences during pregnancy, childhood, or adolescence. The CDN Co-ordinator and Chair of the Conference Organising Committee would like to encourage everyone to take up the opportunities that this conference will offer, by sponsoring, presenting or registering to attend.
The Accidental Counsellor Workshop
Accidental counsellors are people who may not have formal qualification or counselling experience but find they are placed in a counselling role by accident. Drawing on Lifeline’s vast experience in crisis counselling, this two day workshop aims to provide non-counsellors with a range of skills to work effectively with people who may be distressed, agitated or in crisis. With a heavy emphasis on enhancing communication skills, the course gives participants a practical framework for managing these issues.
ASIST - Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training
ASIST is a 2 day workshop where the emphasis is on suicide ‘first aid’; helping a person with thoughts of suicide to stay safe and seek further help. The majority of people with suicidal thoughts will find some way to signal their distress and their intent to harm themselves. ASIST training can help us see and respond to these invitations for help.
safeTALK - Suicide Alertness for Everyone
safeTALK is a short, practical half day workshop which encourages suicide alert communities. Suicide is mostly preventable. Most people with thoughts of suicide want help to live and a small gesture of support can be life saving. The skills taught in safeTALK are designed to give participants a short clear process that anyone over the age of 15 can follow to become a suicide alert helper in the community.
NT Early Intervention Program (NTEIPP) – Alice Springs
The Northern Territory Early Intervention Pilot Program (NTEIPP) workshops bring together police and community services, introducing practical resources and skills over three hours to better engage with young people and address binge drinking related harms. The next workshop in Alice Springs is scheduled for the 8th and 22nd of February 2012.
DRUMBEAT Program - Darwin
Want to be a DRUMBEAT facilitator? The DRUMBEAT Program is an early intervention program for ‘at-risk’ youth and adults that uses drumming to teach a range of social skills and lift self-esteem. The three day training program covers group facilitation skills, working with defiant youth, and the implementation of the DRUMBEAT program itself. The training program is scheduled to be held in Darwin from 28 - 30 May 2012.
Social Media Bootcamps
Dialogue Consulting are running a series of two day Social Media Bootcamps in a number of capital cities across Australia, aimed particularly at youth organisations, non-profits and LGA’s. Depending on numbers, a Bootcamp will be held in Darwin 26-27 April, 2012. If you enter NTYAN as a promo code you will receive $50 off your registration fee.
3rd Annual National Juvenile Justice Summit 2012
The 3rd Annual National Juvenile Justice Summit 2012 will provide attendees with a unique opportunity to hear from key state government representatives and youth justice organisations on the significant issues moving forward for juvenile justice in Australia. The Summit will draw together a cross section of the nation’s leaders in juvenile justice to discuss effective practice; highlight any major developments in each of the jurisdictions, and; showcase some of the new and innovative strategies being implemented across the country. The summit is scheduled for 26-27 March 2012 at the Rendezvous Hotel in Melbourne.
Indigenous Mental Health and Suicide Prevention
The Indigenous Psychological Services (IPS) is pleased to announce that Dr Westerman’s public training workshops dates for 2012 have just been released! She will be visiting Darwin in June to deliver two workshops, one on “Mental Health Assessment of Aboriginal Clients” and the other on “Suicide Prevention in Aboriginal Communities.”
Cyber Bullying Seminar – Sydney
A seminar presenting the latest information about online cyber bullying is taking place in Sydney on Friday 16 March 2012. It is geared towards parents, carer or educational professionals. Topics include whole school approaches to cyber bullying, sexting and recent developments in cyberspace and on-line behaviours.
21st National VET Research Conference ‘No Frills’ – Call for Papers
Co-hosted with TAFE SA, and held for the first time in Adelaide on 11-13 July 2012, this 21st anniversary conference will be an opportunity to celebrate, collaborate and connect.
Tools and Resources to Prevent Child Abuse & Neglect
In addition to NAPCAN’s Mandatory Reporting training sessions, they are now launching another new exciting training program - “Tools and Resources to Prevent Child Abuse and Neglect: Engaging Vulnerable Kids and Families.” Initial sessions will be held in Darwin (Thursday 8 March) and Nhulunbuy (Tuesday 29 May) with a view to expanding the program to Alice Springs, Tennant Creek and Katherine in the second half of 2012 depending on the level of expressed interest. Workshops are FREE and run for two hours.
NRGize Workshop - Brisbane 2012
Are you running a youth mentoring program, starting one, or considering starting one in the future? Learn from the experiences of successful Australian Mentoring programs! This three-day workshop (27 – 29 March, 2012) will provide you with the knowledge and tools you need to run a successful youth mentoring program. Early bird specials are on sale until 12 February, 2012.
Darwin Support Worker’s Forum
The next Darwin Support Workers Forum will be held at the Somerville Community Services Inc. training room in Wagaman on Thursday 19th January 2012 from 1pm-3pm. The original date for January’s forum falls on Australia day so the forum has been brought forward a week. In addition to the forum being a great opportunity for networking, Tracey Myles from Autism NT will also be presenting valuable information to attendees. Somerville Community Services Inc. have requested that NTYAN extend the invitation out through the network. All are welcome by return RSVP.
2012 Rural and Regional Law and Justice Conference
Following the success of the inaugural National Rural and Regional Law and Justice Conference in 2010, the School of Law, University of New England, is hosting the second National Conference in collaboration with Deakin University School of Law, to be held 18-20 May, 2012 at BreakFree Aanuka Beach Resort, Coffs Harbour on the north coast of NSW. The conference organisers have announced a call for papers.
Responding to Child Abuse and Neglect: What Primary Health Care Practitioners Need to Know
The Centre for Remote Health (a joint Centre of Flinders University & Charles Darwin University) will be offering FREE two day workshops to NT health professionals, and others working in health care settings, whose work brings them into contact with children and young people. The courses, which are funded by the Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health (OATSIH), will be offered in Alice Springs, Darwin, Katherine, Nhulunbuy and Tennant Creek in the first 6 months of 2012.
NAPCAN Mandatory Reporting & Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect Training in 2012
This training is ideal for staff working with children and families in Family Support, Youth Services, Crisis Accommodation, Family Violence or Early Childhood Services. Training will be taking place throughout the year in Tennant Creek, Katherine, Nhulunbuy and Darwin.
The NT Early Intervention Pilot Program (NTEIPP) in Katherine
The NT Early Intervention Pilot Program (NTEIPP) is running free training on the 18th of January and the 28th of February in Katherine (both sessions are the same). NTEIPP training is a three hour package and is designed to enhance positive interactions with youth around binge drinking and is in collaboration with NT Police officers. The session is conversational and strength based and draws on Brief Intervention, Behaviour Change and Restorative Practice theory.
NARSA 2012 Annual Conference – Darwin
The National Association for Rural Student Accommodation (NARSA), support house parents, residential supervisors and youth workers who provide pastoral care in student boarding facilities located Australia wide. The Boarding Australia Executive is pleased to announce that their 2012 annual Conference will be held in Darwin, Northern Territory, 10-13th July 2012.