Training & Seminars
Child Protection Workshops
These workshops are available for anybody that works or volunteers with children and young people. It will help you to recognise when families are vulnerable, who to talk to and how to report your concerns.
Participants will be provided with information regarding all aspects of child protection including:
- Different types of child abuse
- Indicators of child abuse
- How to respond to disclosures of abuse
- Understanding your role when supporting children or young people
- Reporting concerns of child abuse
- Supports available in your community
- Self-care strategies, dealing with your own emotions when supporting children
- Child protection policies
This is a 3 hour workshop and groups will be kept to a maximum of 20 participants.
Cost per person $30
Family Violence Workshops
Jigsaw Central Lakes deliver family violence training to many organisations each year. Training sessions range from one hour general awareness sessions to full day training sessions depending on what information is required.
Participants can expect to learn and increase knowledge regarding:
- Understanding the dynamics of family violence
- Effects of family violence
- Why people remain in violent relationships
- Professional boundaries
- Impact on children
- Safety planning
- Responding to disclosures of abuse
- Support in the community
Jigsaw facilitators have in-depth knowledge regarding child protection and family violence and are experienced in delivering training packages. We can also provide tailored training for organisations that are wanting to upskill their staff in relation to domestic violence and child protection if required, please contact us to enquire further.
Cost per person:
$15.00 for one hour awareness session
$30.00 for three hour workshop
$60.00 for six hour combined family violence and child protection workshop
Email: info@jigsawcentrallakes.co.nz
Workplace Family Violence Training
Work performance effects the workplace and impacts negatively on employers as people that experience abuse from a partner are most likely to have their concentration affected, productivity reduced, not able to cope with conflict, distracted and need time off to attend court, counselling, medical appointments, programmes or attend Police interviews. In addition to this, victims are quite often scared that the offender may show up or try to stalk them getting to and from work. Offenders of violence will also require time work and can also spend a lot of time trying to contact the victim during work hours by constantly sending multiple text messages and phone calls.
One in three New Zealand women are assaulted by a partner in their lifetime so any employer could have staff that are either victims or offenders of family violence.
Jigsaw Central Lakes has developed a workplace family violence training package specifically designed to help employers to respond appropriately to staff affected by violence in the home.
The programme improves the workplace response to family violence by helping employers to develop appropriate family violence policies, training management and HR staff and raising awareness of the issue amongst staff.
Each programme will be tailored to suit each individual workplaces needs and the time they have available.
Staff participating in the programme will learn:
- How to develop and implement workplace policies and procedures for supporting employees affect by family violence
- To create a safe workplace where staff can be supported to make positive changes in their lives
- What supports are available in the community
- Setting professional boundaries whilst supporting staff
Costs for this programme will differ depending on what each business needs are. For more information for your business email: info@jigsawcentrallakes.co.nz
Refund Policy for all Training Programmes:
If a participant withdraws 2 weeks prior to the workshop, they will receive a refund of the total course fee minus a $5 administrative fee (per person)
If the participant withdraws from the workshop within 2 weeks, but before five days of the course, they will receive a 50% refund
If the participant withdraws from the workshop within five days of the course, they will receive no refund of the course fee; however, the participant may nominate a replacement at any time before the course commences.
Jigsaw Central Lakes will refund total payments made by a participant if the course is cancelled.