Events

Recurring

Advanced AOD Forensics Training (2 x half days)

Online

  Duration:  1 Day (1 day face-to-face or 2 half days online) Number of DHHS funded courses run each financial year: 8 Maximum number of attendees: 15   Advanced AOD Forensic Training Summary Advanced AOD Forensics is one-day (spread across 2 days) online clinical training for experienced drug and alcohol clinicians working with forensic clients.

Free

SMART Recovery Facilitator training

TBC

UP AND COMING TRAINING in Melbourne!!!!   Hello Victoria Crew   We are very excited to announce we are delivering our 2-day In-Person facilitator training in Melbourne on July 2nd and 3rd 2024.  Please check out details on our website training page for details of what the course involves. We would love to chat about ways we could get some of your frontline staff to this training.   Please contact me (draffell@srau.org.au) if you

$1200

BreakThrough – Grieving the Loss in Addiction

Online

It's important to note that BreakThrough is an education program and while each session includes group discussion about a particular topic or theme, people requiring more intensive support in relation to their own circumstances are strongly encouraged to contact Family Drug and Gambling Help on 1300 660 068 to speak to a trained volunteer with

Free

Breaking the Ice: Tailoring Treatment for People Who Use Methamphetamine

Online

Adapt your existing skills to work effectively with people who use methamphetamine   Understand how methamphetamine affects the brain and how to adapt existing treatments and strategies for people who use methamphetamine. You’ll learn the changes to approach that are needed and how to address common co-occurring conditions among people who use methamphetamine.   Learning

Family Support Group

Leonie Keep and Nick Foster from SW AOD office are back running our In Person Family Support Group in Werribee. Group will be running the second Friday of each month from 1.00-3.00 pm. Our Group is dedicated to offering Support/Information to the loved-ones and family members of those with problematic drug or alcohol issues. Your

Free

Yarra Drug and Health Forum – Progress of the Public Intoxication Reform (PIR)

This forum will provide an update on the progress of the implementation of the Public Intoxication Reform process with a focus on the Metropolitan area. Speakers will provide an overview of their agency’s involvement in the PIR since its inception in November 2023. Challenges and outcomes will be discussed. Speakers: Melissa Donovan – Manager, Centralised

Free

Tuesdays with Nexus 16 July 2024

Online

Topic: "Not Just Antabuse – CAPA: Community Access to Pharmacotherapy for Alcohol" Speakers: Dr Paul McCartney & Dr Dean Membrey, Addiction Medicine Specialists, cohealth If you have prescribers in your service, this talk may be particularly relevant for them to attend. Tuesdays with Nexus is a monthly interactive online session. It is an invitation to

Free

The Zone: Intersectional AOD Symposium

Footscray Community Arts Moreland Street, Footscray, Victoria, Australia

Intersectional AOD Practice Symposium Wednesday 17 July – 9:30am to 4:30pm - Footscray Community Arts How inclusive and accessible can an AOD service be? Are you aware of the ways in which different aspects of a person's identity can expose them to overlapping forms of discrimination and marginalisation? Learn how to better support them by

Free

BreakThrough – Understanding Addiction

Online

It's important to note that BreakThrough is an education program and while each session includes group discussion about a particular topic or theme, people requiring more intensive support in relation to their own circumstances are strongly encouraged to contact Family Drug and Gambling Help on 1300 660 068 to speak to a trained volunteer with

Free

The Art of Wellbeing: Understanding, preventing and managing vicarious trauma

Online

Gain advanced clinical practice skills in the art of wellbeing   This workshop is for everyone who wishes to maintain their own resilient practice and for those who supervise and mentor others. Join Dr Richard Cash, our trauma expert, to understand the range of potential reactions to distressing, confronting or objectional materials at work and