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2025 CERTIFIED TRAINER APPLICATION

The Safe & Together Institute's Trainer Certification Program enables high-quality training for domestic abuse–informed practice from right within your agency. Partner Agencies experience more flexibility with lower per training costs (than S&TI faculty-led training) and a higher level of personalization tailored to your unique organisational needs. Certified Trainers gain an industry-recognised credential that amplifies their voice as an expert and a systems change leader.

Who is this for?

Key staff whose agency wishes them to become a Certified Trainer to aid in the implementation of the Safe & Together Model with high-quality training.

What are the prerequisites?

Significant experience with the Safe & Together Model
Completed CORE training with 80%+ post-test score (prior to application)
Training experience preferred
Employment at an approved or pending Partner Agency
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
Domestic violence and child welfare industry experience
Signed Trainer Agreement
2025 admission fee (per person; includes electronic materials and post-training mentoring; taxes extra): AUD: $2906 | CAD: $2740 | GBP: £1715 | NZD: $3051 | SGD: $2783 | USD: $2077

What is Train the Trainer (TTT)?
As part of our Trainer Certification Program, Safe & Together's Train the Trainer (TTT) program is designed to provide a skills-oriented foundation for delivering the CORE Training, the Overview Training, and the One-Hour Briefing. Trainer certification is a way for agencies to enhance their own staff capacity and/or the capacity of their community to respond to domestic abuse cases involving children.

When is Train the Trainer?

DATES FOR 2025 TRAIN THE TRAINER
_{Wednesday, September 3, 2025}
_{Wednesday, September 10, 2025}
_{Wednesday, September 17, 2025}
_{Wednesday, September 24, 2025}
_{Wednesday, October 1, 2025}
_{Wednesday, October 8, 2025}
_{Wednesday, October 22, 2025}
_{Wednesday, October 29, 2025}
_{Wednesday, November 5, 2025}_{Wednesday, November 12, 2025}
_{Wednesday, November 19, 2025}
_{Wednesday, December 3, 2025}

TCP 2025 TTT Times for App Announcement

Certification Requirements

Application acceptance
Successful Train the Trainer completion
Participation in post-training mentoring
Required reading and online learning
As part of our Trainer Certification Program, Safe & Together's Train the Trainer (TTT) program is designed to provide a skills-oriented foundation for delivering the CORE Training, the Overview Training, and the One-Hour Briefing. Trainer certification is a way for agencies to enhance their own staff capacity and/or the capacity of their community to respond to domestic abuse cases involving children.

Expectations

Partner Agencies and Certified Trainers commit to:

Being a good community member
Implementing the Safe & Together Model faithfully
Collaborating with the Safe & Together Institute
Using only approved materials
Participating in evaluation efforts
Supporting certification protocols including compliance with registration and attendance processes for all internal and external training

Note: Please allow up to 60 minutes to complete this application. This form does not auto-save. We highly recommend drafting your responses in a separate document first (such as Word, NotePad, Google Docs, etc.).

Acceptance of Terms & Conditions

I have read and agree to the terms and requirements above.*

Date

Month/Day/Year

Certified Trainer Contact Information

First name*

Last name*

Email*

Alternative emails you may have used with Safe & Together

This is used to validate your completion of prerequisite training. We will not use this email to contact you about this program.

Phone number

Contact Regional Location*

Agency Information

Name of Partner Agency (or Organisation applying to become a Partner Agency)*

Position or Role at Partner Agency*

Agency Address*

City*

State/Region

Postal code

Country Name*

Certified Trainer Applicant Qualifications

Agency nomination is a requirement of this application. Has your agency listed your name on their host application, if they are a new Partner Agency or submitted your nomination if they are a current Partner Agency? *

Choose only one answer. New Agency- Your name must appear on the agency's application
Existing Agency- Please make sure an agency leader emails us notification that you have been nominated

Yes (Great!)

No (You cannot submit until you are nominated)

Applicant Bio (75 words or less) *

Did you complete the CORE and pass the post-test with 80% or higher?*

THE CORE MUST BE COMPLETED PRIOR TO SUBMITTING YOUR TRAIN THE TRAINER APPLICATION.

Yes

CORE Training Completion Date*

If yes, please identify the dates when you completed the Safe & Together Model CORE Training. The CORE Training must have occurred on or after October 2017. (Please Note: The CORE Training must be completed prior to submitting your application.)

Type of CORE training

Live (in-person)

Live Remote (Zoom/MS Teams)

Virtual (100% Self-paced online)

Hybrid (In-person/Live Remote)

THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS HELP US UNDERSTAND YOUR KNOWLEDGE ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INFORMED PRACTICE AND IMPLEMENTATION. PLEASE RATE YOUR KNOWLEDGE BASE ACCORDINGLY:

1. Domestic violence perpetrators' patterns of behavior and their impact on child and family functioning*

Please rate your knowledge base

None

Little

Some

Extensive

2. Different strategies and tactics adult survivors use to promote the day to day safety and well-being of their children*

Please rate your knowledge base

None

Little

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Extensive

3. The role that cultural and socio-economic factors play in the intersection of domestic violence and children*

Please rate your knowledge base

None

Little

Some

Extensive

4. Strategies child welfare can use to partner with adult domestic violence survivors*

Please rate our knowledge base

None

Little

Some

Extensive

5. Strategies that child welfare can use to intervene with domestic violence perpetrators*

Please rate your knowledge base

None

Little

Some

Extensive

6. Barriers child welfare faces in becoming more domestic violence informed*

Please rate your knowledge base

None

Little

Some

Extensive

7. Barriers that women’s sector workers face in becoming better partners with child welfare around families exposed to domestic violence perpetrators’ patterns of behavior*

Please rate your knowledge base

None

Little

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Extensive

Please describe why you would like to become a Safe & Together Certified Trainer.*

Please describe three of the most significant changes you have implemented in your role since learning about the Model.*

THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS HELP US LEARN MORE ABOUT YOUR VARIED EXPERIENCES THAT SUPPORT YOUR ABILITY TO BECOME A CERTIFIED TRAINER.

Experience in delivery of trainings to professionals/adult learners including those outside of your specific profession*

Please assess your experience and skills related to providing training.

Experience facilitating discussion, encouraging critical thinking and self-reflection, and fostering a learning environment in which self-respect and mutual respect are supported*

Please assess your experience and skills related to providing training.

Experience working effectively with different levels of various systems (e.g., clients, caseworkers, supervisors, managers, law enforcement, and community providers)*

Please assess your experience and skills related to providing training.

Please describe your experience in family violence practice. *

Please describe your experience with and commitment to working with and serving culturally diverse communities and marginalized populations.*

Experience with domestic violence practice (children, perpetrators, survivors)*

Please indicate your level of experience with the following:

Please define your experiences in championing PRACTICE change. This can include but is not limited to:

Applying the Model’s principles and components to domestic violence cases;
Partnering with domestic violence survivors;
Engage and intervene with perpetrators as parents;
Identifying and addressing intersecting domestic violence, mental health and substance abuse issues;
Applying the Model concepts to communities who experience systemic racism, bias, and intergenerational trauma, or other forms of systemic oppression such as the African American community, immigrants and refugees, aboriginal/indigenous/First Nation communities and the LGBTQI community.*

Please define your experiences in championing SYSTEMS change. This can include but is not limited to:

Working above and beyond the formal role to promote domestic violence-informed systems change;
Acting as change agents inside the agency for wider shifts in practice and/or policy;
Making efforts to implement the Model across sectors or agencies;
Working to improve the organization’s or system’s approach to and application of the Model to working with families who experience systemic racism, bias, and intergenerational trauma, or other forms of systemic oppression such as the African American community, immigrants and refugees, aboriginal/indigenous/First Nation communities and the LGBTQI community. *

Resource Usage*

Please check all resources you have engaged with from Safe & Together

Attended S&TI Conferenc(s)

Attended online events/ webinars

Completed learning modules (beyond CORE)

Listened to Podcast- Partnered with a Survivor

Read Stop Blaming Mothers and Ignoring Fathers

Read Position Papers from Safe & Together

Please attach a copy of your curriculum vitae or resume here.*