Events

Basket Weaving for Collective Care

Join like minded health and welfare professionals for an afternoon of weaving, connection and reflection on the complexities of our work. Open to all health and welfare professionals. No basket weaving experience necessary. A generous wilderness of sustainable hand dyed basketry materials and everything you need to make your first basket provided. Facilitated by Clinical

$135
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Standard Mental Health First Aid

Taskforce Education Hub 15, 16/8 Tuck St, Moorabbin VIC 3189, Melbourne

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, until appropriate professional help is received, or the crisis resolves. Demonstrate your mental health first aid skills by becoming an Accredited Mental Health First Aider. Complete an online assessment

$270

My Liver Health Program 2022

Zoom

More than six million Australians suffer from chronic liver disease and more than seven thousand Australians die each year from chronic liver disease. Equip yourself with knowledge and tools to take control of your own liver health journey. LiverWELL’s My Liver Health Program will provide free healthy lifestyle coaching sessions in March to support people

Free

BreakThrough: Understanding addiction

Online

Since 2015, this unique program has helped family members across Victoria better understand addictive behaviours, improve communication and wellbeing, and access appropriate support networks. BreakThrough offers practical strategies and support, and provides an opportunity for family/friends/partners of people with addictive behaviours to connect and learn from each other. This session includes information about models of

Free

Working with Involuntary Clients

Taskforce Education Hub 15, 16/8 Tuck St, Moorabbin VIC 3189, Melbourne

Participants will gain an understanding of how to connect and engage with involuntary clients. This course will address the challenges of working with such clients including ethical considerations, challenges and complexities that may arise in treatment settings. This training will introduce theories and techniques including Motivational Interviewing, in order to tailor treatment to the individual

$160

Working with Families In Alcohol and Other Drug Settings

Online

Gain advanced clinical practice skills in working with families  Work more effectively with families and carers of people who use alcohol and other drugs, whether the person using drugs is in treatment or not. This workshop focuses on the impact of alcohol and other drugs on families and models of responding using principles of Jim

Adolescent Family Violence: Systemic Interventions with Families

The Bouverie Centre 8 Gardiner Street, Brunswick, Australia

This in-person workshop, presented by The Bouverie Centre, will explore the determinants and contexts that underpin the use of violence by adolescents against parents/carers. We will then look at how systemic ways of working with the adolescent, parent/carer and other family members can support positive change and enhanced family trust, respect and safety.

$220

BreakThrough: Addiction and mental health

Online

Since 2015, this unique program has helped family members across Victoria better understand addictive behaviours, improve communication and wellbeing, and access appropriate support networks. BreakThrough offers practical strategies and support, and provides an opportunity for family/friends/partners of people with addictive behaviours to connect and learn from each other. This session includes information about the effects

Free

Trauma Informed Care

Online

Respond sensitively and effectively to people who have experienced trauma  A large proportion of people in alcohol and other drug treatment have experienced trauma as a child or adult. In this interactive online workshop, learn how to deliver alcohol and other drug treatment in a trauma informed way to improve outcomes. You will also learn

Single Session Thinking in Practice

Online

This live-stream online half-day implementation focused training is the practice companion to The Bouverie Centre’s Single Session Thinking (SST) self-paced online course. SST involves approaching the first session as if it will be the last, whilst creating opportunities for further work if requested by the client. This live-streamed training is designed to consolidate your SST

$115