To learn more and to register, visit Safeguarding Children's training calendar.

This training is intended as an introduction or refresher to the essentials of safeguarding and child protection. Attendees will gain an understanding of the impact of child abuse and neglect, including family violence and sexual violence, along with the knowledge of what to do to prevent and minimise the risk of harm to children and young people, tamariki and rangatahi. Attendees will gain confidence in the actions they need to take when worried about a child or young person.

Please direct all enquiries to the organiser.

To learn more and to register, visit Safeguarding Children's training calendar.

This training is intended as an introduction or refresher to the essentials of safeguarding and child protection. Attendees will gain an understanding of the impact of child abuse and neglect, including family violence and sexual violence, along with the knowledge of what to do to prevent and minimise the risk of harm to children and young people, tamariki and rangatahi. Attendees will gain confidence in the actions they need to take when worried about a child or young person.

Please direct all enquiries to the organiser.

For more information and to register, visit the Anchor Collective training page.

The topics covered in this training are:

• Definition, nature and dynamics of Family Violence
• Defining and recognising Coercive Control behaviours
• Tech-Facilitated & Post Separation Abuse
• Key Practice approaches in partnering with survivors
• Asking about Family Violence: Sensitive Enquiry
• Responding to disclosures of Family Violence
• Identifying risk
• Safety planning and referral pathways
• Practitioner wellbeing

Anchor Collective offer all of their specialist Family Violence training packages to organisations on a fee-for-service basis, both online and in-person, across Australia and Aotearoa.

For questions related to this training or their fee-for-service training options, please contact the organisers directly: resisting.collusion@gmail.com.

For more information and to register, visit the Anchor Collective training page.

The topics covered in this training are:

• Definition, nature and dynamics of Family Violence
• Defining and recognising Coercive Control behaviours
• Tech-Facilitated & Post Separation Abuse
• Key Practice approaches in partnering with survivors
• Asking about Family Violence: Sensitive Enquiry
• Responding to disclosures of Family Violence
• Identifying risk
• Safety planning and referral pathways
• Practitioner wellbeing

Anchor Collective offer all of their specialist Family Violence training packages to organisations on a fee-for-service basis, both online and in-person, across Australia and Aotearoa.

For questions related to this training or their fee-for-service training options, please contact the organisers directly: resisting.collusion@gmail.com.

For more information and to register, visit the event page.

Prerequisite: Level 1 Introductory Training or relevant on the job knowledge or experience.

Using case-based learning, attendees will learn how to make in-depth risk assessments and develop safe strategies and plans to provide effective and useful support mechanisms to people experiencing family violence.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand Response-based practice (RBP) as an approach to engagement with clients
• Explore the complexity of risk and how to make accurate assessments
• Develop ways of tailored safety strategising that provide effective and useful support to people experiencing violence.

For any queries about training, contact trainer@2shine.org.nz.

For more information and to register, visit the event page.

Prerequisite: Level 1 Introductory Training or relevant on the job knowledge or experience.

Using case-based learning, attendees will learn how to make in-depth risk assessments and develop safe strategies and plans to provide effective and useful support mechanisms to people experiencing family violence.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand Response-based practice (RBP) as an approach to engagement with clients
• Explore the complexity of risk and how to make accurate assessments
• Develop ways of tailored safety strategising that provide effective and useful support to people experiencing violence.

For any queries about training, contact trainer@2shine.org.nz.

For more information and to register, see the event page.

Intersex Aotearoa warmly invites anyone interested in positive outcomes for intersex /ira tangata/ ivsc people in Aotearoa New Zealand, including whānau, community leaders, practitioners, researchers, and allies to attend their Inaugural Wānanga.

This Wānanga creates space for:

• Intersex-led kōrero and knowledge sharing
• Reflecting on lived experience and community histories
• Building relationships across sectors and generations
• Exploring pathways for advocacy, care, and systemic change

For all enquiries, contact the organiser: info@intersexaotearoa.org.

For more information and to register, see the event page.

Intersex Aotearoa warmly invites anyone interested in positive outcomes for intersex /ira tangata/ ivsc people in Aotearoa New Zealand, including whānau, community leaders, practitioners, researchers, and allies to attend their Inaugural Wānanga.

This Wānanga creates space for:

• Intersex-led kōrero and knowledge sharing
• Reflecting on lived experience and community histories
• Building relationships across sectors and generations
• Exploring pathways for advocacy, care, and systemic change

For all enquiries, contact the organiser: info@intersexaotearoa.org.

For more information or to register, please visit the event page.

This webinar is intended for practitioners and professionals who regularly support victim-survivors of domestic violence who want a better understanding about how technology is misused in domestic and family violence situations.

Newer cars have advanced automotive technologies that connect to the internet and have vehicle apps. However, these technologies also pose a risk for survivors as they can be used for tracking or stalking.

This one-hour training covers the levels of connectivity in newer cars, the data collected and shared, privacy concerns, and ways survivors in Australia are vulnerable to being tracked through their cars.

Please direct all queries to the organisers.

For more information or to register, please visit the event page.

This webinar is intended for practitioners and professionals who regularly support victim-survivors of domestic violence who want a better understanding about how technology is misused in domestic and family violence situations.

Newer cars have advanced automotive technologies that connect to the internet and have vehicle apps. However, these technologies also pose a risk for survivors as they can be used for tracking or stalking.

This one-hour training covers the levels of connectivity in newer cars, the data collected and shared, privacy concerns, and ways survivors in Australia are vulnerable to being tracked through their cars.

Please direct all queries to the organisers.

For more information and to register, please visit ECLIPSE's event page.

ECLIPSE's Te Tiriti o Waitangi and Family Violence course explores the impacts of colonisation on Māori and relates this to the context of family violence.

Attendees ofthe training will gain a greater understanding of:

• Te Tiriti o Waitangi and the impacts of colonisation and racism
• The unique status and experiences of tangata whenua as indigenous people
• Tikanga Māori beliefs, values, and collective practice
• Different dynamics of whānau violence that may be experienced by tangata whenua
• Racism at a structural level
• The importance of supervision, particularly cultural supervision

For all questions, contact the organiser.

For more information and to register, please visit ECLIPSE's event page.

ECLIPSE's Te Tiriti o Waitangi and Family Violence course explores the impacts of colonisation on Māori and relates this to the context of family violence.

Attendees ofthe training will gain a greater understanding of:

• Te Tiriti o Waitangi and the impacts of colonisation and racism
• The unique status and experiences of tangata whenua as indigenous people
• Tikanga Māori beliefs, values, and collective practice
• Different dynamics of whānau violence that may be experienced by tangata whenua
• Racism at a structural level
• The importance of supervision, particularly cultural supervision

For all questions, contact the organiser.

For more information and to register, visit the event page.

This Shine DVFREE training aims to prepare the ‘First Responders’ in any organisation to provide safe and effective support for employees experiencing domestic and family violence, while maintaining professional boundaries.

This Training will prepare ‘First Responders’ to:

• Understand the role of a First Responder and its boundaries.
• Practise responding to people experiencing family violence using the Six Step Response Tool
• Broadly understand accountability and support for change for employees who use domestic violence.

For more information, please contact the organisers: phone 09 815 4601 (option 4) or email dvfree@2shine.org.nz.

For more information and to register, visit the event page.

This Shine DVFREE training aims to prepare the ‘First Responders’ in any organisation to provide safe and effective support for employees experiencing domestic and family violence, while maintaining professional boundaries.

This Training will prepare ‘First Responders’ to:

• Understand the role of a First Responder and its boundaries.
• Practise responding to people experiencing family violence using the Six Step Response Tool
• Broadly understand accountability and support for change for employees who use domestic violence.

For more information, please contact the organisers: phone 09 815 4601 (option 4) or email dvfree@2shine.org.nz.

For more information and to register for the online training, visit the webinar event page. For in-person training, visit the workshop event page.

This workshop focuses on understanding the concept of vulnerability and explores factors that contribute to vulnerability, risk and child abuse. Participants will learn how to identify when children and young people are vulnerable to abuse and neglect, and how to intervene early.

Please direct all queries to the organiser.

For more information and to register for the online training, visit the webinar event page. For in-person training, visit the workshop event page.

This workshop focuses on understanding the concept of vulnerability and explores factors that contribute to vulnerability, risk and child abuse. Participants will learn how to identify when children and young people are vulnerable to abuse and neglect, and how to intervene early.

Please direct all queries to the organiser.

For more information and to register, visit the Safeguarding Children's Training Calendar.

Register for the 2-part online workshop series.

In this Safeguarding Children's training, participants will learn:

• How to apply wise child protection practice in one's work; acknowledging there is no “best” way of doing things for all groups. Participants will need to reconcile new learning with existing and trusted cultural practices.
• The ‘grey areas’ in child protection concerns and reporting thresholds.
• Participants own personal barriers and what professional dangerousness could look link in their work; how this affects decision-making, and how to manage this.
• How to safely handle disclosures of harm.
• How to have conversations with family and whānau when there are child protection concerns.
• How to use Information Sharing legislation and engage in collaborative working.
• How to make an effective Report of Concern.

For all queries, please contact Safeguarding Children directly.

For more information and to register, visit the Safeguarding Children's Training Calendar.

Register for the 2-part online workshop series.

In this Safeguarding Children's training, participants will learn:

• How to apply wise child protection practice in one's work; acknowledging there is no “best” way of doing things for all groups. Participants will need to reconcile new learning with existing and trusted cultural practices.
• The ‘grey areas’ in child protection concerns and reporting thresholds.
• Participants own personal barriers and what professional dangerousness could look link in their work; how this affects decision-making, and how to manage this.
• How to safely handle disclosures of harm.
• How to have conversations with family and whānau when there are child protection concerns.
• How to use Information Sharing legislation and engage in collaborative working.
• How to make an effective Report of Concern.

For all queries, please contact Safeguarding Children directly.

For more information and to register, visit the event page.

Safe and Equal's Prevention Foundations training is designed to build skills and knowledge, grow professional networks and empower attendees to drive meaningful change.

This course is delivered online in two 2-hour sessions over one day, providing a space for practitioners to learn, connect with and bolster their professional toolkits to promote equality, safety and respect.

Attendees will:

• Build understanding of the gendered and overlapping drivers that shape family and gender-based violence
• Build understanding of prevalence, impacts and nature of family and gender-based violence
• Build understanding of the prevention continuum
• Identify key essential actions that will contribute to the primary prevention of family and gender-based violence

Please direct all queries to the organiser at training@safeandequal.org.au

For more information and to register, visit the event page.

Safe and Equal's Prevention Foundations training is designed to build skills and knowledge, grow professional networks and empower attendees to drive meaningful change.

This course is delivered online in two 2-hour sessions over one day, providing a space for practitioners to learn, connect with and bolster their professional toolkits to promote equality, safety and respect.

Attendees will:

• Build understanding of the gendered and overlapping drivers that shape family and gender-based violence
• Build understanding of prevalence, impacts and nature of family and gender-based violence
• Build understanding of the prevention continuum
• Identify key essential actions that will contribute to the primary prevention of family and gender-based violence

Please direct all queries to the organiser at training@safeandequal.org.au

For more information and to register, see the event page.

This workshop provides an introduction to sexual violence, covering topics such as responding to disclosures, prevalence, the New Zealand legal system, and more.

This is suitable for those wanting to update and refresh their knowledge and understanding of this sensitive topic and who feel it would be relevant to their role. This includes social workers, counsellors, teachers, health workers, community agencies and those working specifically in the sexual violence and family violence sector.

Any queries, please contact: admin@tautokomai.co.nz.

For more information and to register, see the event page.

This workshop provides an introduction to sexual violence, covering topics such as responding to disclosures, prevalence, the New Zealand legal system, and more.

This is suitable for those wanting to update and refresh their knowledge and understanding of this sensitive topic and who feel it would be relevant to their role. This includes social workers, counsellors, teachers, health workers, community agencies and those working specifically in the sexual violence and family violence sector.

Any queries, please contact: admin@tautokomai.co.nz.

For more information and to register, email office@respected.org.nz.

This is a specialist workshop designed for managers and senior staff who may receive disclosures of sexual harm. Participants learn how to respond safely and appropriately, understand their role and limits, and navigate referral pathways while maintaining dignity and fairness for all parties.

If you are interested in attending, please contact the organisers at the email above with:

• Your name and Organisation
• If you are expressing interest on behalf of yourself or multiple people in your organisation (and how many if multiple)
• The name of the session/s you are interested in attending
• If you have any accessibility or other requirements

For more information and to register, email office@respected.org.nz.

This is a specialist workshop designed for managers and senior staff who may receive disclosures of sexual harm. Participants learn how to respond safely and appropriately, understand their role and limits, and navigate referral pathways while maintaining dignity and fairness for all parties.

If you are interested in attending, please contact the organisers at the email above with:

• Your name and Organisation
• If you are expressing interest on behalf of yourself or multiple people in your organisation (and how many if multiple)
• The name of the session/s you are interested in attending
• If you have any accessibility or other requirements