Events

Good Night. Sleep Tight: How to help people sleep better

Online via Zoom

Develop an in depth understanding of sleep People with alcohol and other drug issues and mental health issues are up to 10 times more likely to experience sleep problems. We now know that poor sleep contributes to a range of other physical and mental health problems, as well as low resilience and low motivation. Some

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LYFT Up Your Family Group

Online

Lift Up Your Family (LUYF) Group is being offered for term 4! LUYF is a group for parents and caregivers who are supporting a young person who uses substances. This group provides opportunity to learn about substance use, recovery and to connect with other parents/caregivers who are having similar experiences. Catchment: Frankston/Mornington Peninsula When: Thursday

Free

Recurring

LYFT Up Your Family Group

Online

Lift Up Your Family (LUYF) Group is being offered for term 4! LUYF is a group for parents and caregivers who are supporting a young person who uses substances. This group provides opportunity to learn about substance use, recovery and to connect with other parents/caregivers who are having similar experiences. Catchment: Frankston/Mornington Peninsula When: Thursday

Free

VSURF November

Latrobe City Campus 360 Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Dr Ruby Grant  (Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society at La Trobe University) will be presenting her research exploring the gendered meanings of alcohol consumption among lesbian, bisexual, and queer women for our November VSURF seminar hosted at La Trobe city campus. This will be followed by an end-of-year celebration with some drinks

Free
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LYFT Up Your Family Group

Online

Lift Up Your Family (LUYF) Group is being offered for term 4! LUYF is a group for parents and caregivers who are supporting a young person who uses substances. This group provides opportunity to learn about substance use, recovery and to connect with other parents/caregivers who are having similar experiences. Catchment: Frankston/Mornington Peninsula When: Thursday

Free

Inside CBT: A four day masterclass in behavioural and cognitive therapies

Melbourne Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Level up your practice with our acclaimed four day self practice/self reflection masterclass in cognitive behaviour therapy Are you an alcohol and other drug worker in a counselling or case management role? Then this four day intensive is for you! Inside CBT only comes around once a year, so you don’t want to miss this

Recurring

LYFT Up Your Family Group

Online

Lift Up Your Family (LUYF) Group is being offered for term 4! LUYF is a group for parents and caregivers who are supporting a young person who uses substances. This group provides opportunity to learn about substance use, recovery and to connect with other parents/caregivers who are having similar experiences. Catchment: Frankston/Mornington Peninsula When: Thursday

Free

Forensic Fundamentals Training (1/2 day)

Online

  Duration:  Half Day Number of DHHS funded courses run each financial year: 8 Maximum number of attendees: 15   Forensic Fundamentals Summary Forensic Fundamentals is a half-day online forensic clinical training session for Victorian Alcohol and other Drug Workers. Learning Outcomes The Forensic Fundamentals training session will provide attendees with information and clinical skills

Free

Families of Substance: A two day masterclass in working with families

Online via Zoom

Increase your confidence and provide advanced interventions for families with alcohol and other drug issues Working with families can be complex and challenging. Providing effective support for multiple people, often with very different perspectives, raises the difficulty level for practitioners. Building on our Working with Families with Alcohol and Other Drug Issues workshop, this masterclass

Victorian AOD Peer Workforce Community of Practice

The Self Help Addiction Resource Centre (SHARC) currently facilitates the Victorian AOD Peer Workforce Community of Practice supported by the Department of Health (DH). The Community of Practice (CoP) for the AOD Peer Workforce supports and cultivates the existing and emerging AOD Peer Workforce and seeks to draw upon the collective knowledge, experiences and resources

Free