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)

E-learning

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 e-learning package.

1. WA Health employees, access through MyLearning (external site)
   Note: in MyLearning, scroll down to ‘Women and Newborn Health Service catalogue summary’ and look for the SARC logo

2. Guests, complete a form (external site) to receive a password, then access the e-learning 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)

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.