ASU Career Launchpad Training Opportunities for Social and Community Services Workers

Did you know?

The ASU Career Launchpad has a training opportunities and courses tailor made for our members in Social and Community Services.

ASU members told us they that want MORE training opportunities and employers are not offering enough.

That’s why together with the ASU’s Australian College of Community and Disability Practitioners (ACCDP) we’re bringing you an exclusive series of courses run by industry professionals. We’ll kick things off by covering a major workplace issue: Vicarious Trauma (VT).

Vicarious trauma (VT) is a workplace health and safety issue. Many workers in our sector are affected through continuous exposure to violence and the experiences of victims of trauma and violence in their work. This session will look at how VT can impact the work of frontline workers and how we can support our professional practice workers who experience VT.

We will also take a look at why we need to defend the voice of community services through campaigning and advocacy.

Social and Community Services Courses for you:

Understanding and Responding to Vicarious Trauma (VT): An Introduction

Jan Primrose ACCDP

Guest Speaker Karen Willis, RDVSA

Feb 11

Night Session

Campaigning and Advocacy in Community Series

Natalie Lang, Secretary ASU NSW & ACT Services Branch

Panel discussion with Cassandra Goldie & Narelle Clay

Feb 16

Day Session

Disability Rights and Advocacy Series

Jan Primrose ACCDP

Guest Speakers from People with Disability Australia, and NSW Council for Intellectual Disability

March 4

Day session

Practice and other issues for workers in the alcohol and drug sector

Jan Primrose ACCDP,

Guest Speakers Expert panel discussion with Dr Mary Harrod, CEO NUAA and Rob Stirling, CEO NADA

May 14

Day session

Get full course details and register here: http://asucareerlaunchpad.tln.org.au/ While you’re there you can check our on demand courses now available!