Workshop Topics

Child Matters workshops offer professional development and community education through short targeted courses designed to provide introductory level information on child protection related topics.

Let Child Matters develop a Customised Workshop for you...

Child Matters can work with your organisation, group or community to evaluate your learning needs and develop a workshop, or series of workshops, to meet your specific learning needs.

Or choose from our selection of Standard Workshop Topics...

Below is a list of some of our more popular standard 1-day workshops topics. These workshops are sometimes delivered individually or we can deliver combinations of these workshops as two day training packages.

Identifying and Responding to Vulnerability and Child Abuse

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.

Managing Professional Dangerousness in Child Protection

Child protection is complex work that can present various practice challenges for those working directly with tamariki, families and whānau. In this interactive workshop, participants will examine the concept of “professional dangerousness” and take a reflective approach looking at how mismanagement of this can negatively impact on our practice as well as on ourselves as practitioners. Participants will learn how to recognise and respond to potential risk factors in child-focused interventions and how to navigate defence and coping mechanisms and self-care strategies.

The Impact of Family Violence on Children

Learn the cause and dynamics of family violence including intimate partner violence; and the harmful, traumatic effects on children exposed to family violence. Participants will gain an understanding of family violence as a parenting issue; best interventions for children; and support children who are exposed to or have experienced family violence.

Engaging with Children

Learn how to keep children at the centre of good practice. The workshop aims to build on participants’ interpersonal qualities to support effective communication when engaging with children. The workshop focuses on ensuring that the child’s voice is heard and that participants feel confident responding to children appropriately. An overview of children’s developmental stages will support participants in engaging in age appropriate practice with children. Participants will be able to identify barriers to child-centred practice, and explore how to overcome these to keep children as the focus of conversations.