Wellbeing resources for professionals
Your wellbeing is as important as that of the children, young people and families you work with.
Big and complex feelings are to be expected when it comes to children and young people displaying problematic or harmful sexual behaviours. Using a combination of meaningful strategies can help.
The resources below provide practical tips and support.
Wellbeing when working with victims and survivors of child sexual abuse
Organisational and interpersonal conditions supporting wellbeing and vicarious resilience.
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Wellbeing for professionals working to prevent child sexual abuse
Self-care, managing emotional impacts and maintaining professional boundaries.
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Wellbeing and self-care
Strategies for anyone working with people who have experienced violence and trauma.
Open resourceLearning and development
Learning how to recognise and respond to problematic and harmful sexual behaviour can build confidence, supporting your wellbeing and creating safer responses. Explore training opportunities below.
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SAYIT
Survivor-aware youth-informed tools for teaching sexual health education from the National Centre for Action on Child Sexual Abuse.
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Understanding sexual behaviours in early childhood
From Bravehearts, explore this practical framework for working with children aged 0-5 years.
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Rosie's Place
Discover the Crossed Lines framework for responding to peer-based sexual harm among young people and the Finding Waterways Toolkit, focused on secondary-level prevention.
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Understanding and Responding to Harmful Sexual Behaviours Training Modules
From the Daniel Morcombe Foundation, co-developed with teachers and school leaders in conjunction with the Australian Centre of Child Protection.
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LINKS Training and Support
Delivered by the Department of Communities and Justice, LINKS provide a range of evidence-based training for carers and out-of-home care professionals. Courses include 'Healing from trauma' for responding to trauma-based behaviours and 'You've Got This!', designed specifically to help respond to problematic and harmful sexual behaviours.
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Education Centre Against Violence (ECAV)
Find training for NSW Health workers, including training on working therapeutically with children and young people who have displayed problematic and harmful sexual behaviours.
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Child protection training for Education
The NSW Department of Education provides mandatory training on child protection issues and optional training on identifying and responding to problematic and harmful sexual behaviours.
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ACWA Centre for Community Welfare Training
Association of Child Welfare Agencies (ACWA) provide a range of training through the Centre for people working across the community and human services sector in NSW.
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