Joint Child Protection Response Program (JCPRP) Statewide Services Training

Joint Child Protection Response Program (JCPRP) staff undertake training including sessions on working and consulting with children and young people with disabilities, Aboriginal children and young people, Aboriginal communities and culturally and linguistically diverse communities. All training combines a holistic approach incorporating other outside factors such as domestic and family violence, when thinking about and planning a JCPRP response. Consultation is sought with tri-agency partners in NSW Health to ensure the most appropriate response when supporting children, young people and families within the program.

Tri-agency participants from NSW Health, NSW Police and DCJ are provide with a training session on consultation that includes LGBTQIA+ consultation by a JCPRP practitioner who identifies as Aboriginal and LGBTQIA+. They speak of their lived experiences and complications that may arise in relation to Culture and men's business /women's business that may need to be considered to ensure a culturally safe response when providing support to children and young people who identify as LGBTQIA+, Sistergirls and Brotherboys.

Department of Communities and Justice staff also have access to training opportunities to build cultural competence and stronger relationships with local communities.