Build practical skills and confidence to support the children and young people in your care to engage safely online while maintaining positive, supportive relationships.
Training Details-
Date: Tuesday 10 November
Time: 10.00 AM-11.30 AM
Facilitator: Evolve Education
This 2-day, in-person session, presented by Joanie Bartolo from Emotion Wise, explores emotional intelligence and offers support for carers.
Training Details:
Date: Wednesday 11 and Wednesday 18 November
Time: 10.30am – 1.30pm (Including lunch)
Location: The Dandenong Club, 1579 Heatherton Road, Dandenong, VIC 3175 – Banquet Room (downstairs)
Facilitator: Joanie Bartolo – Emotion Wise
Please allow time for parking at the venue and locating the training room.
As with all Carer Kafe training events, we ask that you organise alternative caring arrangements for children due to the sensitive nature of the course content.
This session will equip carers with practical strategies to respond to common challenges, recognise strengths, and promote positive outcomes for young people with FASD.
Training Details
Facilitator: NOFASD (National Organisation for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders)
Date: Saturday 12 September 2026
Time: 10.00 AM – 12.00 PM
This training supports carers to better understand the experiences, behaviours, and needs of Aboriginal children in out-of-home care. Through a culturally safe and trauma-informed lens, participants will develop practical skills to promote healing, strengthen attachment, and create nurturing, supportive environments.
Training Details-
Date: Â Tuesday 17th November, 2026
Time: 9:30am - 3:30pm - Morning tea and lunch provided
Location: Gateway Hotel, 29-37 Ryley St, Wangaratta - $50 voucher to support travel costs
Presented by: VACCA
The third session of the HEAL series, this workshop validates the hidden impact of caring-related grief, explores how it can be understood through an attachment lens, and offers practical strategies to support healing, resilience and emotional wellbeing.
THE HEAL SERIES - Hope, Empathy, Acceptance & Learning
Session 3: Caring, Grief and Living in Limbo
Date: Tuesday 17 November
Time: 11.00AM – 12.30 PM
Location: Zoom online
This workshop explores the importance of supporting children and young people from multicultural backgrounds to develop positive cultural identity as the scaffolding for positive self-esteem and resilience.
Training Details-
Facilitator: Janet Irvine
Date: Thursday 19 November
Time: 10.00 AM – 1.00 PM
The 3rd session in a series of 4, this session focuses on understanding what self-care is, why it is essential to providing therapeutic care as well as being realistic about the ‘how’ and ‘when’ of actually doing it.
Time: 10.00 AM - 1.00 PM
Date: Saturday 21 November
Location: Online (Zoom)
Presented by: Marina Dickson
The final session of the HEAL series, this workshop introduces practical, trauma-informed approaches to responding to complex behaviours by applying the Restoring Caring® model. Participants will strengthen their understanding of behaviour, build confidence in their responses, and develop reflective practices that support both child wellbeing and sustainable caregiving.
THE HEAL SERIES - Hope, Empathy, Acceptance & Learning
Session 4: Restoring Caring and Managing Complex Behaviours
Date: Tuesday 24 November
Time: 11.00AM – 12.30 PM
Location: Zoom online
Join other kinship carers for a nurturing and inclusive wellbeing guided art therapy workshop supporting kinship carers’ emotional wellbeing, self-reflection and regulation in a calm, supportive space. Slow down, reflect and express with meditation, sound healing and art.
Date: Wednesday 25 November 2026
Time: 10:30AM TO 2PM
Location: Melton Country Club, 28-30 Reserve Rd, Melton
Presenter: Christina Borg
The final session in a series of 4, this session explores the most common myths about therapeutic care and also provides carers the opportunity to have their biggest questions answered. Participants can submit questions prior to the session to ensure it meets their specific and pressing needs.
Time: 10.00 AM - 1.00 PM
Date: Thursday 26 November
Location: Online (Zoom)
Presented by: Marina Dickson