Standard Mental Health First Aid - 2 Day Course (TaskForce Moorabbin) Thursday June 6th & Thursday June 13th 2024 ( 9:00AM-4:30PM) A$275.00 Learn how to assist adults who are developing a mental health problem, experiencing a worsening of an existing mental health problem or in a mental health crisis. Demonstrate your mental health first aid
Gain advanced clinical practice skills in working with families Learn effective, evidence based strategies and framework to help you engage better with families. You will walk away with increased confidence and skills to understand and work with family members as clients in their own right or as participants in your work with individuals. Work more
Topic: The role of Cohealth Sobering Centre as a response to public intoxication. Speaker: Greg Denham, Community Partnership Facilitator, Cohealth. Greg has been actively involved in drug policy for over 25 years with local, national and international experience in harm reduction and has been a strong advocate for evidence informed policy and practice. Tuesdays with
Intermediate risk assessment and risk management - Using detailed case studies and practical workshopping, this workshop tackles the challenges of helping a person experiencing violence build their confidence and capacity to manage their safety, and that of their family. It also builds practitioners capability to undertake intermediate risk assessment and management.
Odyssey House Victoria’s adult residential rehabilitation program in Lower Plenty Victoria provides live-in treatment for individuals, couples, and parents with their children (aged 0-12). Operating as a therapeutic community, the values-based program provides a structured environment where over 100 residents and 40 staff work together to help people make changes and choices on their pathway
InFocus is an education program developed by Family Drug and Gambling Help, a program of SHARC, that offers practical support, relevant information, coping strategies and the opportunity for people to connect through their shared experiences. The program is facilitated by professionals who have also been impacted by someone’s drug and alcohol use, and or gambling.
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
Conversations About Suicide (Moorabbin) Friday 14th June 2024 (9:00AM - 1:30PM) A$180.00 Are you confident to engage in conversations about suicide? The 4-hour course will teach you the skills and knowledge required to safely have a conversation with a suicidal person. You will learn practical skills to improve your confidence to provide mental health first
MARAM intermediate training for new starters or those wanting MARAM refresher training. This training is for those with MARAM intermediate responsibilities including (but not limited to) alcohol and other drug workers, and the mental health and wellbeing workforce.
Working with trauma and addiction – understanding it’s impact and the implications for our work, presented by Sally Thomas & Anna Bough This presentation provides a brief overview of what trauma is, paying particular attention to complex trauma, and the relationships between trauma and addiction whilst also addressing the social complexity clients may experience. We
