Summer Institute

Each summer, Our Family sponsors professional development training for our peers in southern Arizona’s social and behavioral health service community, as well as our staff and volunteers. Contact Agency Trainer Kathy Schlitz at kschlitz@ourfamilyservices.org or 323-1708 x 211 for details or download a registration brochure.

C.O.R.E. (Comprehensive Orientation & Required Education)

Our Family offers a social service and behavioral health curriculum appropriate for employees of both for-profit and non-profit agencies.  C.O.R.E (Comprehensive Orientation & Required Education) is a 27 hour training that may be taken in its entirety, or you may choose the topics you need.

Like basic training for all level of workers in social services, C.O.R.E. covers social issues such as homelessness, violence, addiction, domestic violence, child/elder abuse and LGBT awareness. It also includes training in communications skills, conflict resolution, crisis intervention, ethics, boundaries, confidentiality, HIPAA, suicide assessment/intervention and risk management.

The next C.O.R.E. will be held in August.  If you would like more information about C.O.R.E., or would like to discuss possibilities for receiving this training, contact Agency Trainer Kathy Schlitz at kschlitz@ourfamilyservices.org or 323-1708 x 211.

Download a C.O.R.E. Registration form.

Community Mediation 40-hour Training

Our Family Services' basic-skills mediation course prepares participants to mediate a variety of workplace and personal conflicts. There is no prerequisite for the course.  The course is required for anyone interested in working as a volunteer with the Community Mediation Program, although it is no guarantee of a future position. (A separate application process will take place during the training.)

The Community Mediation Program has provided direct mediation services and mediation training since 1979. Most mediators in the Tucson area have come through the CMP at some point, as students, volunteers or staff. With a long-standing and solid reputation, CMP is one of the premier training providers in Arizona.

Call 323-1708 x 121 or download this registration brochure for information on our next training in September 2010.

Services for Understanding Relationship Violence (SURV)

Our Family, in collaboration with Emerge! and Wingspan, offers training on relationship violence.  Topics include:

• Definition of relationship violence
• Societal structures that enable relationship Violence
• Explanation of the power and control wheel and how power and control is realized in various cultures
• How to be supportive to survivors of relationship violence
• Using empowering language with survivors
• Safety planning and resources for survivors

Contact Kathy Schlitz at kschlitz@ourfamilyservices.org for more information..