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Tuesdays with Nexus 16 April 2024

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Topic: ‘Persistent Pain - making sense of it all’ Speaker: Dr. Harry Eeman, Clinical Director, Barbara Walker Centre for Pain Management, St Vincent’s Hospital Tuesdays with Nexus is a monthly interactive online session. It is an invitation to connect professionally and share information. Register for Tuesdays at Nexus at the link below.

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BreakThrough – Communicating with Confidence

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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

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Understanding Addiction – ‘Boundaries and Safety Plans’

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Online BreakThrough sessions go for 1 hour and cover topics relevant to families who are dealing with a loved one's drug use. Some content will be specific to substance misuse, other material will cover addictive behaviours more broadly. It's important to note that BreakThrough is an education program and while each session includes group discussion

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BreakThrough – Boundaries and Safety Plan

Online

Online BreakThrough sessions go for 1 hour and cover topics relevant to families who are dealing with a loved one's drug use. Some content will be specific to substance misuse, other material will cover addictive behaviours more broadly. It's important to note that BreakThrough is an education program and while each session includes group discussion

Free

BreakThrough for Families – Understanding Addiction

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Online BreakThrough sessions go for 1 hour and cover topics relevant to families who are dealing with a loved one's drug use. Some content will be specific to substance misuse, other material will cover addictive behaviours more broadly. It's important to note that BreakThrough is an education program and while each session includes group discussion about a

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Tuesdays with Nexus 19 March 2024

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Topic: North Richmond Community Health AOD Outreach & Community Engagement Service: what we’ve learnt so far… Presenter: Wayne Gleeson AOD Outreach & Community Engagement Manager, North Richmond Community Health Tuesdays with Nexus is a monthly interactive online session. It is an invitation to connect professionally and share information. Register for Tuesdays at Nexus at the link

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Connect & Learn webinar – Recent trends in alcohol and other drug use and harm in sentinel populations of people who use drugs in Victoria, Australia presented by Dr Caitlin Douglass and Prof Paul Dietze

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This webinar will focus on three studies in Victoria that collect data on alcohol consumption, drug use and driving: The Vanessa study explores alcohol consumption, drug use and drink/drug driving beliefs among young people recruited from music festivals in Victoria. The Victorian Methamphetamine Cohort Study, VMAX is an ongoing prospective cohort study of people who

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Implementation workshop: A stigma reduction toolkit for the Victorian healthcare workforce

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Reducing stigma and discrimination associated with blood-borne viruses and sexually transmissible infections Victorian healthcare professionals are invited to participate in a workshop about a new toolkit for addressing blood-borne virus and sexually transmission infection-related stigma and discrimination. Produced by a team from the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society (La Trobe University) and

BreakThrough – Grieving the Loss in Addiction

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Online BreakThrough sessions go for 1 hour and cover topics relevant to families who are dealing with a loved one's drug use. Some content will be specific to substance misuse, other material will cover addictive behaviours more broadly. This session includes information and explore how Family Members can find themselves grieving the loss of a

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SHARC Peer Worker Training

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Peer Projects, a program of SHARC are thrilled to announce registrations are now open for the next round of SHARC Peer Worker Training. Details as follows: Duration: 6 days – 9:30am – 3:00pm each day Dates: 4th, 5th,6th,7th,8th,12th March 2024 Where: Online via Zoom platform, links to be sent once registered Summary: Peer workers, like

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