Workshop 1: Communication, Connection and Financial Self Reliance

Join with volunteer and paid workers from a range of ER services to develop your professional skills at free, 1-day workshop.

What you'll learn:

• Understand why ER is important - overview of the sector and ER in Australia, research about poverty in Australia
• Understand why and how people find themselves in crisis
• Enhance empathy for the client situation
• How to have conversations with people about their financial situations
• How to assist people to become more self-reliant regarding their financial management
• How to support clients to think about employment as a long term goal and make steps to stabilise their situation in order to be able to participate in employment in the future

This a free training day funded by DSS for all ER sector workers paid or unpaid. As part of this package we are offering 4 disctinct workshops across metropolitan Melbourne. See our website for more information www.cisvic.org.au

Places are limited. Please register to attend. Call our office should you require any further information (03) 9672 2000.