Shelter Worker Training 

The following courses were selected from both Prevention and Group Home Core Training Programs as potential courses for shelter workers. The curriculum was adapted to meet specific needs of shelter workers. Shelter training will eventually be further developed to include men’s shelters.

Shelter Worker Training consists of 8 current courses:

• Communication Skills – 2 Days

• Managing Multiple Priorities – 1 Day

• Engaging Clients using Therapeutic Interventions- 1 Day

• Grief and Loss- 2 Days

• Documentation Skills- 1 Day *New 

• Crisis Management - 2 Days *New  

• Professional Boundaries and Confidentiaity- 2 Days 

• Working with Adults and Children who have witnessed and experience violence- 3 Days 

For more information about Shelter worker training please contact

Juanita Wolfe, Program Consultant

Email: juanita@sfnfci.ca ~ Phone: 306-281-2381

Ashley Mazurkewich, Program Coordinator

Email: ashleym@sfnfci.ca - Phone: 306-262-2613 

www.sfnfci.ca