smalltalk Registration

smalltalk is here!

Fams is thrilled to announce smalltalk training is now available for NSW TEI providers. This 2-day training event will equip you with everything you need to know to implement smalltalk at your service.

smalltalk is a set of evidence-based parenting strategies that parents can use to enhance the home learning environment for their children from birth to school age.

Cohort 1 (August 2024) is full.

Cohort 2 (October 2024) is full.

Our next smalltalk training is:

📅 February 2025 (Date TBC)

Those not successful for Cohort 1-3 training events will be waitlisted and given priority access to the next round of training.

This will be in:

📅 April 2025 (Date TBC)

Spaces are limited for this FREE event.

Want to know more?

smalltalk aims to increase parents’ confidence to do the things we know can have a positive impact on their child’s learning. It is about using everyday opportunities and the activities that many parents already do in the home to enhance their children’s learning and development. These include the way they talk, listen and play with their children, read together and how they engage them in interesting and stimulating activities. smalltalk also includes ideas on how parents can look after themselves and helps build links with their community and local services.

Need help getting to Sydney?

A travel subsidy of $500 is available to support travel costs for our regional, rural and remote colleagues.

We need some info from you:

Organisation name

First name

Last name

Mobile/Phone

What is your position title?

Department of Communities & Justice District location

Organisation type (select all that apply):

ACCO

Family

Neighbourhood Centre

Multicultural

Playgroup

Remote/Rural

Youth

Other

To be eligible for a place at the smalltalk training you must confirm that:

You are an employed practitioner providing a supported playgroup at your service, under the DCJ funded TEI Safety and Wellbeing stream

Your service intends to commission to continue providing a supported playgroup

You currently provide case management or family capacity building as part of your role in your organisation

You commit to attending the full two-day training held in Sydney

Subsidy eligibility

Fams will assess applications based on the following criteria:

your organisation is a current provider of child & family services
your organisation is in one of the following DCJ districts: Far West, Western NSW, Hunter, Mid North Coast, Murrumbidgee, Northern NSW, New England, and Southern NSW
your organisation supports your attendance at the Fams event
travel to attend the training is organised and paid for by your organisation
ability to provide a valid tax invoice to Fams for the scholarship subsidy

Subsidy is NOT available to fund:

Organisations that are from the following DCJ districts: Central Coast, Illawarra/Shoalhaven , Nepean/Blue Mountains, Sydney (including Central, Northern, South East, South West and West Sydney)
individuals employed by a for-profit organisation

Travel subsidy is limited and not guaranteed. Priority will be given to:

rural and remote locations
ACCOs
small non-government (five or fewer employees)

Travel subsidy will be provided at a rate of $500 for the first person from an organisation and $250 for the second, with a total subsidy availability of $750 per organisation. Please get in touch with lauren@fams.asn.au to discuss any questions.

I would like to be considered for a travel subsidy:

Yes

Successful applicants will receive a confirmation email from Fams with further details. All other applicants will automatically be added to our waitlist for the next available training opportunity.