Category Archive

7 & 9 March 2023: This full day, face to face workshop, was delivered in Hobart and Devonport. The training covered the critical elements that enable us to have brave conversations in the workplace, delivered through a trauma informed lens, focusing on knowing ourselves, identifying and meeting others where they are at, cultivating courageous organisational cultures and practices, and how …

31 January 2023: The session provided a general overview of the RTA and brief outline of possible reforms and changes coming up. Sector-specific information including the purpose of the RTA, where it applies, evictions, exemptions, where to find resources and when to contact the Tenants Union. Read the full evaluation here…

15 December 2022: Cultural Awareness Training provided the foundational knowledge and understanding needed to work effectively with people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds. The training was engaging, interactive and experiential, and recognised that cultural competency is an ongoing process. Read the full evaluation report here.

1 & 3 November 2022: This workshop incorporated a focus on understanding the complexities of the work, including the differences between vicarious trauma and related concepts such as stress, burnout, compassion fatigue and secondary trauma. The risks of working in the housing and homelessness sector in the current climate were also examined, as well as how to respond using practical …

30 August & 1 September 2022: This training included a refresher on the theoretical framework underpinning trauma-informed practice. Participants looked at how this theory applies to understanding complex mental health presentations such as substance abuse, eating disorders, aggressive behaviours, suicidality and self-harm, psychosis and co-morbidity. Attendees also examined the worker experience, including the parallel process of working with trauma, and …

21 June 2022: Shelter Tas has been running a series of popular online workshops with the Tenants’ Union of Tasmania during the course of the Workforce Development Program. This session provided a general overview of the RTA, sector-specific information, and a brief outline of possible upcoming reforms and changes. Read the full evaluation report here.

27 April & 4 May 2022: Shelter Tas and the Drug Education Network held this statewide face-to-face training to provide new information that affects how we work with individuals at their stage of health behaviour change. The Brief Interventions Masterclass provided best practice tools, resources and strategies, as well as invaluable peer reflection and discussion opportunities. Read the full evaluation report …

7 December 2021: Principal Lawyer at Dobson Mitchell Allport, Audrey Mills, presented an in-depth look at the Justice Legislation Amendment (Organisational Liability for Child Abuse) Act 2019 which came into effect in May 2020. This was a repeat of the April presentation which articulated significant changes to organisational liability. Click here for the full evaluation report.

9 September 2021: Shelter Tas partnered with the Drug Education Network (DEN) to deliver a one-hour presentation titled Meeting People at Their Stage of Change. The session gave a brief overview on the Tasmanian landscape and sources for drug and alcohol information and referrals. Click here to read the evaluation report.