The Reily Foundation
System Practitioner Training
Practical tools. Real conversations. Earlier support. Better outcomes.
Every day, practitioners across education, health, community services and family support meet families long before they reach crisis. These early interactions can shape whether families receive help, or whether pressures escalate into child protection involvement.
Support Before System is a powerful, evidence informed training delivered by The Reily Foundation that equips practitioners with the skills, confidence and practical tools to support families earlier, strengthen relationships, and keep children safe within family where possible.
About System Practitioner Training
Why this training matters
Families rarely move into crisis suddenly. Stress builds over time. Practitioners often see the early indicators but may feel unsure how to raise concerns or offer support.
This training helps you:
- Recognise early signs of family stress
- Approach parents with curiosity, not judgement
- Have honest, supportive conversations about concerns
- Hear directly from parents with lived experience to inform your practice
- Distinguish poverty from neglect
- Understand the South Australian child protection system
- Mobilise practical support around families
- Use structured tools that prevent escalation
- Build trust, because parents accept help from people they trust
What participants gain
You’ll leave with simple, readytouse tools:
- The 5 Practice Principles
- The 5 Pillars of Family Support Practice
- The HOPE Conversation Tool
- The Three Conversations Model
- Before the Report Checklist
- Family Strengths Map and Ecomapping Tools
These tools help you have earlier, safer and more effective conversations, ones that genuinely change trajectories for children and families.
Who is this training for?
Anyone who works with children and families before crisis, including:
- Educators and early childhood professionals
- Teachers, wellbeing leaders, counsellors
- Nurses, allied health and health workers
- Social workers working with children and adults
- Housing, community and family support workers
- Mental health, AOD and domestic violence practitioners
- Anyone who notices early signs that families may be struggling
What makes this training unique
You’ll finish the session with a renewed sense of purpose and practical strategies you can use tomorrow.
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The Reily Foundation Incorporated
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The Reily Foundation
The Reily Foundation acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the country on which we work, the peoples of the Kaurna Nation, and recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and culture. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.