Support others on their journey of change

Circuit Breaker facilitators are everyday people with big hearts. We train you, license you and give you everything you need to lead a small group with confidence.

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“Without the amazing people who step up to become Circuit Breaker facilitators, we simply couldn’t do what we do.”

Matt Boulton, Circuit Breaker Founder

What facilitators do

LEAD SMALL GROUP CONVERSATIONS

Each week, always in pairs, so nobody holds the room alone.

KEEP THE
GROUP SAFE

So people can be honest without fear of judgement.

CELEBRATE
EVERY STEP

As people try new tools and see things change at home.

path to facilitating

1

COMPLETE THE
ONLINE TRAINING

At your own pace, or face-to-face at a Tools for preventing DV Training day.

Online Training: $24 incl GST

2

BECOME
LICENSED

A $7 admin fee, renewed
every two years.

3

JOIN
A TEAM

A registered community organisation or church adds you to their team.

4

LEAD YOUR
FIRST GROUP

Videos, notes and group management tools are included in your facilitator app.

A Circuit Breaker Facilitator holding a phone whilst using the Circuit breaker app.

Trained and Licensed

Becoming a facilitator is a lot like becoming a driver. It involves a period of training and learning skills, and then a process of gaining a facilitator’s licence. Once you’re licenced, registered organizations (such as churches or community groups) will be able to add you to their teams to head up small group discussions, keep group members safe, and keep them moving in a forward direction.

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FAQs

A facilitator’s role is to lead small-group discussions throughout the ten sessions of a Circuit Breaker course. Facilitators work in pairs to ensure the group experience is a productive one, and that people are able to share safely, privately, and without fear of being judged.
Facilitators don’t need to be trained counsellors, psychologists, teachers or experts. Most of our facilitators are just ordinary people with a big heart to help other people who are feeling stuck. Training is provided online through our Circuit Breaker Online Training School or face to face at our regional training events (see our Events page to see what’s coming up).
To get started facilitating a Circuit Breaker group, you’ll need to complete our facilitator training course, either online or in-person. If you agree to work according to our Circuit Breaker policies, procedures and values, you can attain a facilitator’s licence. As a trained and licensed facilitator, community groups, churches and other organisations who are registered with us can then endorse you and add you to their teams to facilitate their scheduled courses.
Although custom face-to-face training is available upon request (POA), you can always complete the facilitator training course online at your own pace for only $24 (once-off). Next, you’ll just need a facilitator licence, which has a small admin fee of $7, and will only need to be renewed every two years. Your access to the course videos, session notes and facilitator resources is covered under the subscription of your registered organization.
After ten years, we felt our 2013 Circuit Breaker videos were starting to look a little tired. Having completely re-filmed our sessions at 30 exciting locations, we thought we’d also take the opportunity to bring Circuit Breaker into the digital age, with smart-phone friendly delivery, video playback and online group management.
To assist community groups and churches who were still using the old program, we did continue to offer the legacy course for a further 9 month period but, since October 2024, the 2013 course has now been discontinued.