PARENT & CARER COACHING
(WORKSHOP)

BUILDING BETTER CONNECTIONS & UNLOCKING POTENTIAL

Parenting and caregiving can be incredibly rewarding, but it also comes with unique challenges—especially when caring for young people who have experienced trauma or disadvantage. Maintaining emotional resilience, navigating tough conversations, and building lasting trust can feel overwhelming.

This half-day workshop is designed specifically for parents, foster carers, and kinship carers. Facilitated by Shayne Hood, a renowned practitioner with over a decade of experience in social work, youth work, and community services, Shayne has worked extensively with families and carers navigating complex situations. His lived-experience approach and practical coaching style empower parents and carers with real-world strategies to strengthen connections and unlock potential in the young people they care for. Delivered with authenticity and respect, Shayne’s workshops are known for their honesty, relatability, and immediate relevance.

Key Learning Points

Emotional Stability:

Staying Grounded in Tough Moments

Develop co-regulation techniques to observe, not absorb, emotions and remain steady through complex interactions.

Building Trust: Strengthening Connections in Difficult Spaces

Harness core listening and effective boundaries to create relationships rooted in trust and understanding.

Navigating Challenges: Tools for Meaningful Conversations

Gain coaching strategies to turn resistance into collaboration with compassion and clarity.

Resilience Strategies: Thriving While Supporting Others

Develop quick, practical techniques to protect your resilience and well-being amidst caregiving demands.

What makes us different?

This workshop is grounded in evidence-informed practices and shaped by lived experience, offering tools that can be applied immediately to everyday relationships with young people. Delivered with a ‘real talk’ approach, it respects the challenges carers face and prioritises practical, hands-on strategies.

Some of Wounds & Wisdom’s collaborators

Attend the Training & Receive
Our Training Booklet

Participants will receive a comprehensive booklet capturing all the key learnings from the session. This resource provides ongoing support, allowing you to revisit strategies, tools, and insights whenever needed.

Shayne has walked the walk, and can talk the talk. His communication style and language connects so well with the staff. While his content is steeped in proven frameworks, he has a way of making these easy to understand for practitioners who don't have a psychology degree. His sessions are heavy on the practical strategies and tools, rather than wishy washy, hard to understand theory. Every time my team completes one of his training sessions, they come out with lots of ideas of how we can improve and develop our practice and our program.

Sarah Hughes (Program Manager, Vacro)

As a father of two boys and former frontline youth worker, Shayne Hood understands the challenges and rewards of caregiving, especially when navigating complex and emotionally charged situations. Shayne has spent over a decade working in youth justice, social work, and community services, gaining hands-on experience with some of the most challenging and impactful caregiving environments.

Shayne's unique blend of lived and professional experience enables him to design and deliver training sessions that resonate deeply with parents and carers. He specialises in equipping caregivers with practical tools and strategies to build trust, foster resilience, and navigate tough conversations effectively.

With personal insights shaped by his own experiences of family violence, addiction, and criminality, Shayne is passionate about transforming misconceptions and empowering caregivers to unlock the potential in themselves and the young people they support. His real-talk approach ensures that every workshop is grounded in authenticity and delivers strategies that work in real life.

Through this workshop, Shayne aims to:

  • Equip parents and carers with emotional regulation techniques to stay grounded in difficult moments.

  • Provide practical coaching tools to foster connection and collaboration with young people.

  • Share strategies to help caregivers build resilience and sustain positive, impactful relationships.

LOGISTICS & BOOKINGS

Duration: 3 hours (face to face or online options are available)

Location: Online or we can travel to you (locations further than 50km from Melbourne CBD may include a travel fee).

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