In August 2023, the Centre for Community and Child Health Training Manager Paul Prichard presented Authentic Engagement & Co-Design – a half day workshop in Bendigo.

An interview with Paul discussing key points and providing an overview of the workshop was filmed after the session and is available to view here and on the C4C website.

The video contains 10 chapters and is 25 minutes long with each chapter running for 2-4 minutes. The chapters have been structured to enable use in team activities or meetings with a focus on a single area.

Authentic Engagement

  • About Language
  • Systems
  • The Disengaged Family
  • Service Environments
  • Feedback
  • Risk
  • Vulnerability
  • Engagement
  • Relational Practice
  • When to Engage

Paul Prichard is a Specialist in parent-practitioner engagement, parent led interventions, partnership with parents and reflective practice and the manager of the Training and Development Team for the Centre for Community Child Health (CCCH), Royal Children’s Hospital, Victoria. His role has included building the CCCH Training & Development Unit including the design and delivery of specially tailored training for early childhood practitioners across Australia and the implementation of a ‘Learning and Development Strategy’ to support the roll out of integrated Child and Family Centres across Tasmania.