Community of Practice Employed/Paid Facilitator Program Session Two

A FREE five-session program for Employed/Paid Facilitators of Carer Support Groups by Carers Victoria

Community of Practice Employed/Paid Facilitator Program

Do you facilitate a carer support group as part of your paid work?

If so, come along and join our Community Of Practice Employed/Paid Facilitator Program.

Communities of practice are groups of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly.*

Carers Victoria offers two programs. If you are employed by an organisation and are responsible for organising and/or facilitating a carer support group, this one is for you Employed/Paid Facilitator Program.

If you facilitate a group as a volunteer/unpaid, you should register for our other program the Volunteer/Unpaid Facilitator Program.

Carers Victoria works closely with carer support group facilitators and know that you want practical skills and ongoing opportunities to connect with your peers. We have established a Community of Practice for carer support group facilitators, across Victoria that will meet every two months throughout the year.

These sessions will focus on sharing experience, skills, and knowledge. Participants are encouraged to attend every session to build relationships and connections. Each session will focus on a specific topic and based on your feedback.

Topics could include

• Facilitator self-care, succession planning and sustainability
• Attracting and retaining members (including promotion)
• Ways to get the money you need
• Building relationships within the group (including facilitation skills)
• Boundaries for facilitators and within the group
• Group dynamics
• Ways to connect face to face and online, including icebreaker activities and engaging speakers to attend you group
• Leadership and succession planning

Who should attend

New or future Employed/Paid Facilitators of Carer Support Groups from across Victoria

Program Dates

Sessions will be held every two months, with a total of five sessions in 2024.

Session 2
Thursday 16 May 2024
Time: 12.30pm - 2.30pm

Session 3
Thursday 11 July 2024
Time: 12.30pm - 2.30pm

Session 4
September (Date to be advised)
Time: 12.30pm - 2.30pm

Session 5
November (Date to be advised)
Time: 12.30pm - 2.30pm

* Etienne and Beverly Wenger-Trayner, 2015.