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Introducing Building Blocks – our brand new course
Building Blocks for Child Social and Emotional Wellbeing (Building Blocks) is a brand new course from the National Workforce Centre for Child Mental Health and the team are very excited to share it with you. Building Blocks explores the foundations of children’s social and emotional wellbeing as a starting point… -
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We are strong and proud! A tipsheet from ACATLGN
Families Week is a great time to celebrate the strengths of our communities and cultures, even in the face of adversity. In this resource ‘We are strong and proud’, Frankie Shane Merritt, a Kamilaroi man speaks about how we can pull our focus to what is working, what we enjoy… -
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AIFS Family Matters 100 launch
On 25 May 2018, the Minister for Social Services, the Hon Dan Tehan, will launch the 100th Issue of the Australian Institute of Family Studies’ (AIFS) flagship journal Family Matters at AIFS’ new premises on Melbourne’s Southbank. Issue 100 includes the stories: ‘Introducing the National Workforce Centre for Child Mental Health’, which… -
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New connections in the NT
The Emerging Minds team had the pleasure of attending and presenting at the AADANT (Association of Alcohol and Other Drug Agencies Northern Territory) Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD) conference in Darwin earlier this month. AADANT is the peak body for AOD services in the Northern Territory and represents a vast… -
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National to Local support
A key aspect of the National Workforce Centre project is building workforce capacity to better support children and parents/carers and improve the mental health outcomes of infants and children. Integral to this is building and supporting an organisational and workplace culture to embrace a range of practices and attitudes that… -
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Building relationships in NSW
In Sydney last month, the Emerging Minds team were delighted to introduce the National Workforce Centre for Child Mental Health to the member organisations of the Association of Children’s Welfare Agencies (ACWA) at their two day forum on assessing parental capacities and working with parents. The ACWA is the NSW… -
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Diversity in Disaster Conference
Earlier this month, team members from the National Workforce Centre attended the Diversity in Disaster conference in Melbourne to gather some insights into the multitude of workforces involved in the preparedness, rescue and recovery sector around community trauma events. It was a fascinating few days hearing from first responders, academics,… -
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MIRF Forum wrap up
The Mental Illness Research Fund forum, held on March 1 – 2 in Melbourne, offered valuable insight into the work being done with families affected by mental health conditions. It was fantastic to hear about the widespread application of models such as ‘Let’s Talk’ and the burgeoning evidence-base of positive… -
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GP resources in development
Later this year the National Workforce Centre for Child Mental Health (NWCCMH) will launch an online course and practice support tool specifically for General Practitioners. The new resources focus on assisting GPs to have preventive conversations with adult patients who are experiencing long term mental health conditions and family adversity… -
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Interviewing the experts
Earlier this month team members from the National Workforce Centre for Child Mental Health (NWCCMH) gathered at the Peter Mac Centre and the Parenting Research Centre (PRC) in Melbourne to film a series of interviews with practitioners, researchers and lived experience experts. They were discussing how to best engage parents… -
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What is trauma?
Providing trauma-informed care is only possible when we understand trauma and how it can impact a person. Trauma can have negative physical, social and mental health outcomes for children, adolescents and adults alike. Our video explains what we mean by trauma and adversity, its impact and how a trauma response… -
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Is your organisation ‘Child Aware’?
‘Child Aware’ practice is an emerging concept in Australia. With the focus on supporting parenting and improving outcomes for children, adult services are being asked to consider the parenting role and needs of parents’ children. ‘Child Awareness’ involves building a workplace culture that embraces a range of practices and attitudes…