Events

Harm Reduction Victoria – Working with people who use drugs from a drug users perspective

This is an education session to provide AOD practitioners in mental health information about drug using from a drug users viewpoint led by Jane Dicka, Drug Overdose Peer Educator. The impact of discrimination and stigma on the drug using community by health workers The miracle of Naloxone – extending opportunities for administration, but too expensive

Free

NADA Conference 2018: Exploring therapeutic interventions

Join us at NADA Conference 2018, to be held on 7–8 June 2018 at the Sheraton on the Park, Sydney. This conference will attract delegates from across NSW, the broader Australian AOD treatment sector and related support services to showcase evidence based practice that improve the lives of clients, consumers and the community.

HEPReady Essentials

Do you work helping people who may have hepatitis? Get the Essentials. HEPReady® training for health and community professionals   Hepatitis Victoria is the peak not for profit community organisation working across the state for people affected by, or at risk of viral hepatitis.   Anyone can contract hepatitis B and C but incidences are

$60.00

HEPReady Regional Workshop-Shepparton

The Quest 177-183 Welsford Street, Shepparton, Victoria, Australia

The HEPReady Regional Workshop is an opportunity for your workforce to develop a comprehensive understanding of viral hepatitis along with local perspectives. It will feature expert presenters, lived-experience speakers and community based health experts. What will it cover? Epidemiology, methods of transmission, progression, treatment and management. Who should attend? ANYONE! Nurses, AOD workers, school health

Free

360Edge ice training workshop

Punt Hill Little Bourke 11-17 Cohen Place, Melbourne

360Edge, Australia’s leading alcohol and other drug consultants, is now delivering free half day workshops to frontline workers across Victoria. This free session will empower you with the knowledge and skills required to manage people affected by ice. The training will build your confidence, knowledge and skills so you can respond safely and effectively to

Free

360Edge ice training workshop

Punt Hill Little Bourke 11-17 Cohen Place, Melbourne

360Edge, Australia’s leading alcohol and other drug consultants, is now delivering free half day workshops to frontline workers across Victoria. This free session will empower you with the knowledge and skills required to manage people affected by ice. The training will build your confidence, knowledge and skills so you can respond safely and effectively to

Free

North West Melbourne PHN Region LGBTIQ+ Forum

Melbourne Polytechnic 22 St Georges Road, Preston, Victoria, Australia

  VAADA has been commissioned to run an AOD Workforce Development and Stakeholder Engagement Project for the North Western Melbourne PHN region. The LGBTIQ+ forum is a key event of this project, focusing on providing agencies and senior workers with practical and highly relevant skills and knowledge to improve engagement with and responsivity to LGBTIQ+

$75.00

360Edge ice training workshop

Punt Hill Dandenong 157/163 Princes Highway, Dandenong

360Edge, Australia’s leading alcohol and other drug consultants, is now delivering free half day workshops to frontline workers across Victoria. This free session will empower you with the knowledge and skills required to manage people affected by ice. The training will build your confidence, knowledge and skills so you can respond safely and effectively to

Free

Medication Asssisted Treatment for Opioid Dependence (MATOD) – Module 2

RACGP Victoria is offering an education session on MATOD for prescribers with a need to prescribe pharmacotherapy to more than 5 patients with opioid dependence. Attendees must have completed the online Module 1 and be registered with AHPRA prior to registering for this session. This activity is funded by the Victorian Government. This education is

Self-care and Stress Management

Catholic Leadership Centre 576 Victoria Parade, East Melbourne, VIC, Australia

This half-day short course is for YOU and about YOU.  Our demanding and challenging work roles mean that we need to develop and use self-care practices to maximise our resilience, and promote our own healthy lifestyles and relationships. This course will introduce you to some useful tools that you can use to achieve this.

$50