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Karitane responded to Covid19 with a 100% digital transformation of services to ensure safe and accessible care for families.

Learn from Angela and Jessica who will share their experience and insights tele practice and specific considerations on assessing Domestic Violence risk.

This lunchtime bite webinar will cover:

• assessing risk during tele practice;
• lessons learnt including specific impacts Covid19;

The response to Covid19 and the introduction of physical distancing and isolation measures can significantly compromise the safety and privacy of survivor victims of violence, abuse and neglect and their ability to access services. Additionally, the transition towards the provision of services via telehealth, raises additional risks for survivors and may provide them with fewer opportunities to safety disclosure violence and abuse.

This webinar will be presented by

Angela Petridis is a clinical psychologist at Jade House Karitane as well as the Allied Health Educator.

Jessica Clements is the Clinical Nurse Consultant CFH for Karitane. Jessica has a background in working with families experiencing perinatal mental health concerns

Host: Angela Hall, Project Coordinator White Ribbon Workplace Accreditation, South Western Sydney Local Health District.

This lunchtime bite is open to all practitioners and managers working in Community, Government, Police and Justice Sector in South Western Sydney with responsibility for; Family and Domestic Violence; Men’s Behaviour Change Programs, Women’s Services, Child Protection; Violence Prevention, Mental Health, Drug and Alcohol and Health professionals are encouraged to attend. Places are limited as Business Skype allows maximum of 250 participants.

Karitane is a health affiliated, not-for-profit organisation that supports families, builds parenting capacity, and enhances parent–child relationships through evidence –based services and programs. Karitane are leaders in parenting services with a multidisciplinary team of health professionals supporting parents particularly in the first 2,000 days with sleep and settling, feeding and nutrition, establishing routines, toddler behaviour, conduct disorders/emotional dysregulation and pre and post-natal anxiety and depression.

Telepractice Collaborative Venture, supporting children and families across Australia.

“Karitane is excited to be leading this collaboration of quality organisations where each partner is investing to ensure consistent, scalable virtual services are available to families. Karitane has been delivering digital services for the past three years and responding to the pandemic with a leading digital transformation. We are able to share our experience, training resources, collateral and blueprint materials to support the sector.” Grainne O’Loughlin, Karitane CEO.

Please ensure that a health email address or for external partners your work email address is used when registering for this event. Following registration a link will be provided to you 1 week before the event is due to take place.

South Western Sydney Local Health District is hosting a series of professional development webinars that will unpack some need to know information for building knowledge, skill and application to response to violence abuse and neglect. Starting on White Ribbon Day Friday 20th November, followed by the 16 days of Activism against gendered based violence Wednesday 25th November to Thursday 10th December – International Human Rights Day. These webinars has been designed to maximise your time and learning by attending a 1 hour short and sharp Breakfast bite Webinar or Lunchtime bite Webinar, accessible both live and some post event by recording.

More Information or questions please contact Angela Hall, Project Coordinator White Ribbon Workplace Accreditation South Western Sydney Local Health District (SWSLHD) via email angela.hall@health.nsw.gov.au

Violence, Abuse and Neglect and Telehealth