About the Course
This two-day workshop has been adapted through co-design with Aboriginal community-controlled organisations to ensure cultural safety while maintaining the full legislative and professional content required for mandatory reporting. The course supports participants to understand their responsibilities in recognising and responding to abuse, neglect, and risk of significant harm, while reflecting the values, knowledge, and strengths of Aboriginal communities and child-rearing practices.
Through case studies and discussion grounded in community contexts, participants will strengthen their capacity to act ethically, respond safely, and collaborate effectively with other services to protect children and young people.
Who should attend:Mandatory reporters and supervisors working in health, welfare, education, children’s or residential services, law enforcement, religious ministry, or psychology.
Participants will learn to:
Apply culturally safe and ethical practices that protect children and young people.
Understand and meet legislative reporting responsibilities.
Recognise and respond to neglect, physical abuse, sexual abuse, domestic violence, and serious psychological harm.
Identify indicators that meet the threshold for reporting and define ‘risk of significant harm’.
Use the Mandatory Reporter Guide and understand the notification process to make quality reports.
Respond appropriately to disclosures and understand the impact of abuse and trauma.
Exchange information appropriately and work collaboratively with other agencies to support children, young people, families, and communities.
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Your Instructor
Sandy Rawson
Sandy Rawson is a highly experienced Clinical Psychologist, Director, and trainer who has spent more than 20 years working alongside children, young people, families, and communities across regional and remote NSW. Her training is shaped by deep clinical experience and a genuine commitment to building the confidence, insight, and practical skills of workers, caseworkers, practitioners, and professionals across the human services sector. Sandy brings extensive expertise in trauma, family violence, child safety, behaviour support, and healing through connection, and is known for delivering training that is engaging, reflective, evidence-based, and highly relevant to the realities of frontline work.
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Rawson Psychologists and Consultants will travel to deliver in house Core Training aimed at practitioners working with children in family violence including Psychology, Social Work, Case Work, Support Work, Education, Early Childhood, Health, Legal, Corrections and Juvenile Justice. Get in touch to discuss today.