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.
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 24 workshops matching your search.
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.
Online Workshops
Tools and techniques for fostering respectful relationships
May 2025: Thursday 1, 10.30 - 12.00 pm AEST
Join us for a discussion on how to use tools to spark important conversations about what makes relationships thrive.
Online Workshops
Strengths-based supervision: reflecting on practice
April 2025: Wednesday 9, 1.30-4.30pm 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.
Webinar
Card hacks for… ‘No Room for Family Violence’
May 2025: Thursday 1, 3.30-4.00PM AEST
A FREE 30-minute online session where we explore how to use No Room for Family Violence to help couples and families talk about the importance of personal boundaries and the differences between abusive and respectful behaviours.
Webinar
Card hacks for… ‘Everyday Strengths’
April 2025: Tuesday 8, 3.30-4.00PM AEST
A FREE 30-minute online session where we explore how to use Everyday Strengths to have conversations about gratitude, noticing strengths, the power of nature to transform, and appreciating our relationships with others.
Webinar
Card hacks for… ‘Eating Disorders and Other Shadowy Companions’
March 2025: Tuesday 18, 3.30-4.00PM AEDT
A FREE 30-minute online session where we explore how to use Eating Disorders and Other Shadowy Companions to help people reflect on, and express, what it feels like to live with an eating disorder and find ways forward.
Webinar
Card hacks for… ‘Tell a Trusted Adult’
February 2025: Thursday 27, 3.30-4.00PM AEDT
A FREE 30-minute online session where we explore how to use Tell a Trusted Adult to empower children to stay safe by recognising their body signals and building their social and emotional literacy.
Webinar
Card hacks for… ‘Exploring Shame’
March 2025: Monday 3, 3.30-4.00PM AEDT
A FREE 30-minute online session where we look at how to use Exploring Shame to gently name, unpack and process those feelings we may prefer to keep hidden, and find pathways to healing through safe and respectful conversations.
Online Workshops
Tools for supporting conversations within families
June 2025: Wednesday 11, 1.00 - 2.30pm AEST
Encouraging whole of families to talk about what is important. Maybe curious about what is going on with a family member. Creating a safe space to connect. Wondering if an image can assist where words are hard to find.
Online Workshops
Creating moments of self-care at work
March 2025: Tuessday 18, 10.30 to 11.30 am AEDT
Explore self-care activities that can be easily incorporated into anyone’s workday.
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.
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.
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.
