The SARC education and training team provides education opportunities for professionals, volunteers and students in Western Australia.

Education opportunities

• e-learning
• face-to-face presentations
• remote presentations
• generic training
• customised training 

Fees

Most of SARC’s education sessions are delivered free to government and not for profit organisations.

Full day workshops and customised training sessions incur a fee.

Request a SARC education session

Email the Education and Training team on SARCTraining@health.wa.gov.au.

Online presentations

Delivered via Microsoft Teams.

• Trauma Informed Health Care - 1 hour (PDF)
• The Impact of Trauma - 1 hour (PDF)
• Building on Trauma Knowledge - 1 hour (PDF)
• Vicarious Trauma and Self-Care (PDF)

Note: recording is not permitted.

Annual open online presentations

A series of online sessions are offered throughout the year - Open online sessions 2025 (PDF)

eLearning

Sexual trauma and responding to disclosures of sexual assault

• 2 to 2.5 hours duration
• Free of charge
• Includes 2 quiz sections
• Certificate issued on completion

Access to eLearning package.

1. WA Health employees, access through MyLearning (external site)

2. Guests, complete a form (external site) to receive a password, then access the eLearning package (external site). 

Face-to-face presentations

• Responding to Disclosures with Skills Rehearsal - 2 hours (PDF)
• Vicarious Trauma and Self-Care - 2 hours (PDF)

Note: a minimum of 12 and maximum of 36 participants are required.

Metro full day face-to-face workshops

• 1 May 2025: Trauma Overview: an introduction (PDF) | Register online (external site)
• 14 August 2025: Trauma Counselling Skills: an introduction (PDF) | Register online (external site)
• 17 to 18 September 2025: 2-day Masterclass: Schema Therapy (PDF) | Register online (external site)

All workshops are currently full. Please refer to annual open online presentations for options. 2026 workshops will be advertised on this site at the beginning of 2026

Regional full day face-to-face workshops

Costs must be covered by the regional service.

Contact the SARC Education and Training Coordinator to discuss your request SARCTraining@health.wa.gov.au.

Customised training

Contact the SARC Education and Training Coordinator to discuss your request SARCTraining@health.wa.gov.au.

Educational clips

Trauma-Informed Health Care A - Organisations (external site) [5 minutes]

Trauma-Informed Health Care B - Individual Worker (external site) [6 minutes]

Resources for workers

See SARC information and resources page.