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Building safer and fairer workplaces

Workplace Education & Training

The Working Women’s Centre provides training for small, medium, and large organisations across all industries.
We work with employees at all levels, including executive teams, HR teams, managers, contact people, and all other team members.
We can also train volunteers.

Our training focuses on workplace gender equality and safety for all workers.
Our workshops are informed by lived experience, best practice, and current research.
Our training style is interactive and guided by adult learning principles.

We teach how to comply with legal rights and obligations, but our training goes a step further.
We focus on the root causes of workplace issues and work to positively shift attitudes and behaviours to create lasting cultural change.

If our workshop offerings don’t meet your specific needs, please contact us to discuss customised sessions.

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Our training packages

Respect the Line: Prevent and Address Workplace Sexual Harassment

Workplace sexual harassment is a common issue across all industries.
This workshop supports participants to understand, identify, and respond appropriately to sexual harassment.

The workshop builds skills to help create a workplace that is free from sexual harassment and also covers discrimination and bullying.

What we will cover

  • Defining workplace sexual harassment and its impacts, with clear examples
  • Understanding legal obligations, including the Positive Duty to prevent harassment
  • Understanding the structural and cultural causes of sexual harassment
  • Practical strategies for bystanders
  • What to do if you experience harassment or receive a disclosure

Who this training is for: Workers and managers (can be tailored to different cohorts)

Length: 4 hours

Format: In-person is recommended (online delivery available if needed)

Cost: $2,800 + GST

  • Some small-to-medium businesses in key industries may be eligible to receive this training for free.
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When Violence Comes to Work: Recognise and Respond to Domestic and Family Violence in the Workplace

In this training, participants will explore the issue of domestic and family violence.
They will gain knowledge about how common violence is, what it looks like, and why it happens.
Participants will be equipped with the skills to respond to disclosures in supportive and appropriate ways.

What we will cover

  • Defining domestic and family violence and why it is a workplace issue
  • Exploring the gendered and intersectional drivers of violence
  • Understanding your role in responding to domestic and family violence at work
  • Practising the use of workplace policies and procedures
  • Learning how to support those experiencing violence

Who this training is for: Workers and managers (can be tailored for different cohorts)

Length: 4 hours

Format: In-person is recommended (online delivery available if needed)

Cost: $2,800 + GST

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I liked hearing from my colleagues - it was interesting to hear their different interpretations and have the facilitators provide concrete feedback so that we are all on the same page.

Participant

Community services sector

Some of the organisations we've trained

  • Johnston Withers Lawyers
  • RAA
  • Equality Lawyers
  • Community Business Bureau
  • Treasury Wine Estates
  • Office of Prime Minister and Cabinet
  • Anglicare
  • Australian Taxation Office
  • Town of Walkerville
  • CEPU
  • Australian Services Union
  • City of Holdfast Bay

South Australian Government

  • Primary Industries and Regions SA
  • Department for Energy and Mining
  • Public Trustee
  • Essential Services Commission SA
  • Department for Education
  • Department for Trade and Investment
  • Environmental Protection Authority SA
  • Department for Innovation

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