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Teaching and training events
Back in Sydney for a training day with the Parish Recovery Teams. We explored the nature of primary and secondary trauma, complex organisational systems and looked at a issues arising with recovery processes. Notes and articles are in our team dropbox.
While the church and community in Newcastle await the Report of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (Case Study 42), there is a lot of ground work to do preparing a team of facilitators and consultants to work with parishes and organisations impacted by the expected findings of the commission. The Diocese under the interim leadership of Bishop Peter Stuart has welcomed the Commission and while it is a painful process, has sought to respond carefully and pastorally to victims, parishes and clergy impacted by the past. There are many good people, caring parishes and faithful clergy who are deeply hurt by what has occurred historically in Newcastle. Alongside the direct victims of abuse, these also need support and care. We had a day of training for facilitators and consultants yesterday in preparation for the RC findings.
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Fun to be in Sydney for another day of support and training for the Anglican Diocese Parish Recovery and Support Teams. This training day involved reflecting on conflict dynamics, facilitation skills and the processes of grief. Notes are in our team dropbox.
It was good to be back at St Andrew’s house today for our last training day for the year with the Diocesan Parish Recovery Consultancy Team. We worked our way through a difficult training case scenario and covered a debriefing process using timelines. During the afternoon session we looked at several common questions that are raised during consultancies and how to adequately respond to them.