This session will cover ways that workers can provide effective brief intervention support to young people who are not willing to engage in more traditional, clinical or intensive AOD support. The workshop will also cover other experiential and novel ways to work with young people who might be resistant to traditional approaches.
- What are and when can we use AOD brief Interventions with young people
- Experiential and novel approaches to supporting young people experiencing AOD issues
- Exploring creative and tailored ways to meet the needs of young people experiencing AOD issues
In-person training
Location:
Multicultural Hub – Green Room
506 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
Details
Safe and effective practice for young people from diverse backgrounds and communities (Co-presented with First Nations Community member)
This Cultural Bridging Workshop is founded on the deeply held belief that people genuinely want and need to understand and connect with each other and they will do so when they are in environments that promote curiosity and creativity.
The intention underpinning this one-day workshop is to create opportunities to bridge the space between one’s own culture and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture(s). The participants will explore, in a non-blaming and non-shaming way, the continuum of the similarities and differences between mainstream and First Nation Cultures.
The training has very few slides, is experiential in nature and hopefully will be fun.
Areas addressed (learning outcomes) will include:
- Listening deeply with all your senses.
- Collective unconscious racism and how it manifests.
- Working as a team, against the odds.
- To experience ‘being the other.’
This workshop will also be supported by Robyne’s friend and colleague, Dr Jacqui Sundbery, YSAS General Manager of Research and Practice.
Eligibility Criteria
This training has been funded for workers employed in a Victorian State-funded Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) service, including those who are new to the AOD sector or recently employed under the COVID-19 Workforce Initiative and Peer workers.
Who is not eligible?
Students on placement or internships, workers from other community sectors such as Family Violence, Homelessness and Mental Health and AOD workers outside of Victoria.
Please ensure you have clearance to attend from your line manager. If you cannot attend, even if you find out the day before, please cancel your registration and make your spot available to someone else on the waiting list.
In-person
Save the Children,
Ground Floor Training Room,
33 Lincoln Square South
Carlton Vic 3053
Details
This training program aims to increase the capacity of workers to effectively support and respond to the needs of young people who are using substances.
Our sessions are interactive and enhanced through real-world case examples. The trainers empower participants to reflect on their own work to learn for future practice experiences.
This workshop will look at how the understanding of trauma, attachment and adverse early childhood experiences inform our work with young people who use AOD. It will equip workers with a foundational knowledge of adolescent development and the function, meaning and purpose of risk-taking and other challenging behaviours including AOD use. This workshop will cover key areas that underpin effective planning and support for young people through Resilience Based Care Planning.
Day 1 – Trauma, Attachment and Adolescent Development
Learning outcomes:
- Introduction to Attachment
- Understanding Trauma
- Impacts of Trauma on the Young Person
- Understanding the links between trauma and AOD use
- Adolescent Development theories
- Risk in Adolescence
- Developmental needs and adolescent substance use
DAY 2 – Young People, drug use and resilience-based care
Learning Outcomes:
- Perspectives on Youth AOD issues
- Harm reduction
- Commonly used drugs
- Understanding the function of substance use and exploring alternatives
- Engaging young people in ways that work for them
- Principals of assessment
- Building motivation and supporting change
- Overview of resilience-based care
This training program aims to increase the capacity of workers to effectively support and respond to the needs of young people who are using substances.
Our sessions are interactive and enhanced through real-world case examples. The trainers empower participants to reflect on their own work to learn for future practice experiences.
This workshop will look at how the understanding of trauma, attachment and adverse early childhood experiences inform our work with young people who use AOD. It will equip workers with a foundational knowledge of adolescent development and the function, meaning and purpose of risk-taking and other challenging behaviours including AOD use. This workshop will cover key areas that underpin effective planning and support for young people through Resilience Based Care Planning.
Day 1 – Trauma, Attachment and Adolescent Development
Learning outcomes:
- Introduction to Attachment
- Understanding Trauma
- Impacts of Trauma on the Young Person
- Understanding the links between trauma and AOD use
- Adolescent Development theories
- Risk in Adolescence
- Developmental needs and adolescent substance use
DAY 2 – Young People, drug use and resilience-based care
Learning Outcomes:
- Perspectives on Youth AOD issues
- Harm reduction
- Commonly used drugs
- Understanding the function of substance use and exploring alternatives
- Engaging young people in ways that work for them
- Principals of assessment
- Building motivation and supporting change
- Overview of resilience-based care
This workshop is a combination of the Youth AOD 3 – Young people and drugs and Youth AOD 4-Resilience Care Planning.
This workshop will provide an introduction to effectively understanding and responding to young people who are experiencing AOD problems. It will also cover key areas that underpin effective planning and support for young people and will bring together learnings and perspectives from the 2 previous workshops (Youth AOD 1 Attachment and Trauma and Youth AOD 2 – Developmentally Conducive Practice) through Resilience Based Care Planning.
Learning Outcomes:
- Perspectives on Youth AOD issues
- Harm reduction
- Commonly used drugs
- Understanding the function of substance use and exploring alternatives
- Engaging young people in ways that work for them
- Building motivation and supporting change
- Formulation of resilience-based care plans – alignment of resources and need
- Review and continuous assessment
Location
YSAS Frankston
62 Playne St, Frankston Vic 3199
Details
Safe and effective practice for young people from diverse backgrounds and communities (Co-presented with First Nations Community member)
This Cultural Bridging Workshop is founded on the deeply held belief that people genuinely want and need to understand and connect with each other and they will do so when they are in environments that promote curiosity and creativity.
The intention underpinning this one-day workshop is to create opportunities to bridge the space between one’s own culture and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture(s). The participants will explore, in a non-blaming and non-shaming way, the continuum of the similarities and differences between mainstream and First Nation Cultures.
The training has very few slides, is experiential in nature and hopefully will be fun.
Areas addressed (learning outcomes) will include:
- Listening deeply with all your senses.
- Collective unconscious racism and how it manifests.
- Working as a team, against the odds.
- To experience ‘being the other.’
This workshop will also be supported by Robyne’s friend and colleague Dr Jacqui Sundbery, YSAS General Manager Research and Practice.
