Strengths approach training and tools workshops
The strengths approach can be used to enhance organisational culture and professional practice across all areas of the workplace, from direct service delivery through to administration and management structures.
We all know how important ongoing professional development is but sometimes it can be challenging to find the time to attend. That’s why we offer a range of training options—face-to-face, online, eLearning or blended. Please use the search function below to explore our current training opportunities. All our workshops (content workplace and format) can be customised to meet the unique needs of your team or organisation. Whether the participants work in education, counselling, child and family services, mental health or youth programs, you can be sure the training will reflect your organisation’s learning priorities.
Contact us to discuss the training needs of your organisation.
Innovative Resources Training Calendar provides monthly details of all the learning opportunities we offer:
- online workshops
- free webinars
- eLearning opportunities
- group training
- 1-to-1 online sessions
eLearning
Anywhere, anytime – self paced learning
Online workshops
Highly interactive video conference workshops
Co-designed workshops
Delivered to your organisation or team – face-to-face or online
Blended delivery
A combination of eLearning with online or face-to-face workshops
Find the right training for you
Find the perfect course for you through our wide range of learning options at Innovative Resources. If there isn't one scheduled near you or you would like to arrange a tailored course for your group, please contact us and we'll see what we can do.
Found 16 workshops matching your search.
Team co-designed workshops - bookings available
Tools for building social & emotional literacy in the early years
Team co-designed workshops - bookings available
In this highly-interactive workshop we will explore a diverse range of original tools developed especially for building social and emotional literacy in early childhood.
eLearning
Strengths approach to client-centred recording
Team co-designed workshops - bookings available
In this course, we explore various ways we can include the people accessing services in the recording process.
eLearning
PREMIUM Strengths approach to practice – course bundle
Team co-designed workshops - bookings available
Learning how to create meaningful change – a bundle of three courses.
eLearning
Short introduction to the strengths approach
This course provides a concise summary of the fundamentals of the strengths approach.
eLearning
Five column tool – a strengths-based conversation recording tool.
This course showcases a practical tool to be able to immediately apply to your work as a strengths-based practitioner.
eLearning
Power-with: a core element of the strengths approach
This entree course will help you refresh or develop skills and knowledge on the concept of power-with versus power-over.
Team co-designed workshops - bookings available
Tools to foster social and emotional literacy: working with parents and carers
Team co-designed workshops - bookings available
Explore ways for practitioners to encourage parents and carers to learn about, model and support their child’s social and emotional development.
Online Workshops
Strengths-based supervision: reflecting on practice
SEPTEMBER 2025: Monday 1, 2,00-5.00 pm AEST
Designed to re-energise your approach to supervision. In this workshop, we create a space to explore supervision that values collaboration, mutual respect, careful reflection and constructive challenge.
online session
Innovative Resources Tools: 1 to 1 session
Bookings available
explore how to use the resources you’ve purchased in this one-hour session with our trainer, Alison.
Online Workshops, Team co-designed workshops - bookings available
Recognising and reframing anxiety
October 2025: Wednesday 29, 10:030am - 12.30pm AEST
Everyone experiences anxiety at some time. Helping clients understand their experience of anxiety can often provide an alternative way of engagement, and help clear the path to enable the other work to continue.
Team co-designed workshops - bookings available
Exploring ways to capture the voice of the child
Team co-designed workshops - bookings available
Explore how we can effectively include the perspective and voice of children in our program development, planning and evaluation.
Team co-designed workshops - bookings available
Tools for wellbeing in human services work
Team co-designed workshops - bookings available
This highly-interactive workshop will use a range of methods to delve deeply into what it takes to maintain workplace wellbeing. Together, we will explore not only the ‘tried and true’ ways of staying ok, but look a little further into how powerful wellbeing strategies can be found within the work we do.
Benefits of training with Innovative Resources
- Flexible modes of training delivery
- Training is codesigned with you to meet your needs
- Focusses on strengths and solutions rather than problems
- Builds confidence in using tools to have meaningful conversations about culture and practice
- Encourages critical reflection, which can lead to better outcomes for people accessing services
- Building organisational culture
- Invigorates teams
What people say about our training
‘Everything and everyone has been abuzz in our district since your workshop!!! You have made a significant impact already.’
‘Well-organised, welcoming environment, great resources.’
‘Useful exercises for learning and practice; made me smile and laugh a lot!’
‘I will take away many strategies to help me in my work and life journey.’
‘I am intrigued by the idea of asking better questions in my work with clients.’
‘Supportive and comfortable environment, made me confident to speak and get involved.’
‘I will take away knowledge of strengths, reframing, externalising, normalising and the five-column approach.’
‘Great tools to use with clients (adults and children) and for team building.’
‘Loved the practical use of the cards, the active learning, and the interactions with peers.’
‘I found the stories and examples very useful; they made sense of ideas, concepts and tools.’
What is the foundation of St Luke’s Strengths Approach?
View this short video of Wayne McCashen, author of The Strengths Approach. Wayne very succinctly puts forward the reasons why Strengths Approach is such a powerful way of working with people. (His legacy will live on.)
Innovative Resources wishes to recognise and honour Wayne McCashen’s (decd. 2018) significant contributions to social work and the broader helping professions, particularly his extensive advocacy for strengths-based approaches to working with individuals, families, and communities.
