Expression of interest only
CHCAOD009 Develop and review individual alcohol and other drug treatment plans (2 February 2026 – 27 March 2026)
Turning Point (RTO 6948) has been contracted by the Department of Health (DH) Victoria to provide competency learning and assessment opportunities to the Victorian AOD workforce.
Eligibility: To enrol in a unit of competency you must work in a publicly funded organisation in the Victorian Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD) sector and be an Australian Citizen/Permanent Residence or New Zealand Citizen.
Cost: There is no cost to complete this unit of competency if you meet the selection criteria.
Details
This is only for the unit of competency CHCAOD009 Develop and review individual alcohol and other drug treatment plans
Delivery: Online and virtual classes.
Online learning and assessment will commence 2 February 2026 and will conclude 27 March 2026.
In addition, you must be available to attend the following online virtual classes:
- Wednesday 11 February 2026, 9:30AM – 1:00PM
- Wednesday 25 February 2026, 9:30AM – 1:00PM
- Wednesday 4 March 2026, 9.30 – 1:00PM
Application process:
This is an expression of interest only and not an enrolment. You must be available to attend all virtual classes advertised.
If we can offer you a place, you will receive an email notification and must confirm your acceptance by the specified deadline, as places are limited and demand is high.
Enrolment to Elevate and submitting your registration does not guarantee enrolment into the unit of competency.
Contact Student Administration – tp@turningpoint.org.au if you have any questions.
Dates:
Day one: Tuesday, 21 July 2026, 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Day two: Wednesday, 22 July 2026, 9:00 – 4:30 PM
Location: In-person
Description
The workshop is suitable for those in a supervisory or line management role with previous training in MI. This workshop is not an introduction to MI. It is important that all participants have prior training in MI.
When we move into supervision roles, we often find ourselves having change conversations – only this time with staff rather than clients, and often in a context of line management or other accountability tasks.
This 2-day workshop examines how MI can be helpful in the context of providing professional supervision, while respecting that there are other skills and functions of a supervisory role. The workshop also offers practical strategies to support and coach supervisees to learn MI skills for use in their own practice, even if we feel we are still working on our own MI skills.
The training is highly interactive, with a focus on practical skill development. The two-day workshop will offer an opportunity to:
- Review experiences and progress in integrating MI into one’s own practice
- Review challenges and experiences in coaching others in MI
- Identify the core learning tasks in MI and incorporate a progressive skill development approach to learning MI
- Examine the MI framework from the perspective of the supervisor
- Develop strategies for using MI approaches within the supervision context
- Develop strategies to coach MI self monitoring and skill development in supervisees
- Introduction to MI coding as a tool for supervisors
- Provide feedback in an MI consistent manner.
Eligibility Criteria
This training has been funded for workers employed in a Victorian State-funded Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) service.
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.
Terms & Conditions
If you cannot attend, cancel your registration at least 24 hours before the cancel your registration and make your spot available to someone else on the waitlist.
*To enrol, change ‘Enrol Now’ to ‘I’m Going’. Check if you’ve enrolled correctly under ‘My Courses’
Details:
Date: Thursday, 10 December 2026, 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Location: Online
Description
Prerequisite: The workshop is suitable for workers who have completed MI Foundation Skills AND Developing Skills (or equivalent) and now want to deepen and integrate MI skills more effectively into their practice.
This one-day workshop is a more comprehensive version of the one-day Developing Skills workshop, with more time for reflection, intensive practice, observation and coaching to help bring the skills together into more flowing conversations.
The workshop is highly intreactive, using discussion, skills practice, guided conversation, observation and coaching, with less lecture-based learning than the Foundation Skills and more practical application.
Learning objectives:
- Refresh and deepen understanding of the MI framework
- Deepen capacity to guide change conversations within a client-centred approach
- Extend core skills, such as the skilful use of complex reflections and open questions within change conversations
- Apply MI skills across the four processes of change conversations: Engage, Focus, Evoke and Plan
- Working with challenging presentations, values and change talk
- Develop strategies to monitor our use of the skills and continue to develop after the workshop is over
Eligibility Criteria
This training has been funded for workers employed in a Victorian State-funded Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) service.
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.
Terms & Conditions
If you cannot attend, cancel your registration at least 24 hours before the cancel your registration and make your spot available to someone else on the waitlist.
No shows will be charged a $50 cancellation fee.
*To enrol, change ‘Enrol Now’ to ‘I’m Going’. Check if you’ve enrolled correctly under ‘My Courses’
Details:
Date: Tuesday, 16 June 2026, 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Location: Online
Description
Prerequisite: The workshop is suitable for workers who have completed MI Foundation Skills AND Developing Skills (or equivalent) and now want to deepen and integrate MI skills more effectively into their practice.
This one-day workshop is a more comprehensive version of the one-day Developing Skills workshop, with more time for reflection, intensive practice, observation and coaching to help bring the skills together into more flowing conversations.
The workshop is highly intreactive, using discussion, skills practice, guided conversation, observation and coaching, with less lecture-based learning than the Foundation Skills and more practical application.
Learning objectives:
- Refresh and deepen understanding of the MI framework
- Deepen capacity to guide change conversations within a client-centred approach
- Extend core skills, such as the skilful use of complex reflections and open questions within change conversations
- Apply MI skills across the four processes of change conversations: Engage, Focus, Evoke and Plan
- Working with challenging presentations, values and change talk
- Develop strategies to monitor our use of the skills and continue to develop after the workshop is over
Eligibility Criteria
This training has been funded for workers employed in a Victorian State-funded Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) service.
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.
Terms & Conditions
If you cannot attend, cancel your registration at least 24 hours before the cancel your registration and make your spot available to someone else on the waitlist.
No shows will be charged a $50 cancellation fee.
*To enrol, change ‘Enrol Now’ to ‘I’m Going’. Check if you’ve enrolled correctly under ‘My Courses’
Details:
Date: Tuesday, 10 November 2026, 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Location: Online
Description
As a follow up from the Foundation Skills workshop, this one-day course offers an opportunity to refresh, consolidate and deepen understanding of MI and practical application of the model after a period of putting the skills into practice.
This workshop provides participants to practice core skills in a positive learning environment with coached feedback. The aim is to have fun revisiting the skills, and gain more focus in their ongoing practice. The workshop extends the foundation skills training, including deepening reflections, exploring the role of values and working with change talk.
The workshop is suitable for workers who have prior training in MI (or completed the MI Foundation Skills training).
Eligibility Criteria
This training has been funded for workers employed in a Victorian State-funded Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) service.
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.
Terms & Conditions
If you cannot attend, cancel your registration at least 24 hours before the cancel your registration and make your spot available to someone else on the waitlist.
No shows will be charged a $50 cancellation fee.
*To enrol, change ‘Enrol Now’ to ‘I’m Going’. Check if you’ve enrolled correctly under ‘My Courses’
Details:
Date: Thursday, 20 August 2026, 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Location: Online
Description
As a follow up from the Foundation Skills workshop, this one-day course offers an opportunity to refresh, consolidate and deepen understanding of MI and practical application of the model after a period of putting the skills into practice.
This workshop provides participants to practice core skills in a positive learning environment with coached feedback. The aim is to have fun revisiting the skills, and gain more focus in their ongoing practice. The workshop extends the foundation skills training, including deepening reflections, exploring the role of values and working with change talk.
The workshop is suitable for workers who have prior training in MI (or completed the MI Foundation Skills training).
Eligibility Criteria
This training has been funded for workers employed in a Victorian State-funded Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) service.
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.
Terms & Conditions
If you cannot attend, cancel your registration at least 24 hours before the cancel your registration and make your spot available to someone else on the waitlist.
No shows will be charged a $50 cancellation fee.
*To enrol, change ‘Enrol Now’ to ‘I’m Going’. Check if you’ve enrolled correctly under ‘My Courses’
Details:
Date: Tuesday, 12 May 2026, 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Location: Online
Description
As a follow up from the Foundation Skills workshop, this one-day course offers an opportunity to refresh, consolidate and deepen understanding of MI and practical application of the model after a period of putting the skills into practice.
This workshop provides participants to practice core skills in a positive learning environment with coached feedback. The aim is to have fun revisiting the skills, and gain more focus in their ongoing practice. The workshop extends the foundation skills training, including deepening reflections, exploring the role of values and working with change talk.
The workshop is suitable for workers who have prior training in MI (or completed the MI Foundation Skills training).
Eligibility Criteria
This training has been funded for workers employed in a Victorian State-funded Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) service.
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.
Terms & Conditions
If you cannot attend, cancel your registration at least 24 hours before the cancel your registration and make your spot available to someone else on the waitlist.
No shows will be charged a $50 cancellation fee.
Date: Wednesday, 6 May 2026, 9:00AM – 4:00PM
Location: Catholic Leadership Centre, 576 Victoria Parade, East Melbourne, VIC 3002
Cost: $40 + booking fee
Description
This is a full day workshop with Jen Thompson, a psychotherapist and trainer passionate about creating welcoming, hopeful, and trauma informed service systems.
Trauma Responsive Practice is foundational training for AOD and Mental Health workers that builds on the Introduction to Trauma Informed Care e-learning.
This workshop will explore the following concepts and will bring them to life with experiential exercises and discussion:
- Creating safety and the felt experience of safety
- Understanding trauma in the context of substance use
- Bringing body awareness into our work
- Understanding trauma informed care principles and applying to our work
- Understanding Polyvagal Theory
- The Zone of fabulousness
- Collective Care and Solidarity Teams
Eligibility Criteria
This training has been funded for workers employed in a Victorian State-funded Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) and Mental Health service only.
Who is not eligible?
Students on placement or internships and AOD/MH workers outside of Victoria.
Terms & Conditions
Please ensure you have clearance from your line manager to attend. If you cannot attend, cancel your registration at least 24 hours before the cancel your registration and make your spot available to someone else on the waitlist.
This is a 2-hour webinar
Date: Tuesday, 28 April 2026, 10:00AM – 12:00PM
Location: Zoom
Cost: Free
Description:
Build your confidence in supporting clients on opioid pharmacotherapy in this 2-hour webinar designed specifically for the AOD workforce. We’ll unpack current treatment options, when and how they’re used, and what AOD workers can do to help clients stay safe, engaged and supported in their recovery. The webinar will be facilitated by Dr Paul MacCartney, Chief Addiction Medicine Advisor.
*To enrol, change ‘Enrol Now’ to ‘I’m Going’. Check if you’ve enrolled correctly under ‘My Courses’
Dates:
Day one: Wednesday, 4 November 2026, 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM*
Day two: Wednesday, 11 November 2026, 9:00 – 4:30 PM
*Bookings can only be made from day one of training.
Location: Online
Description
Motivational Interviewing is a skills-based approach to conversations about change that focuses on the client’s needs and wants. MI offers a framework for navigating the common experiences of resistance and ambivalence that so often accompanies the change process.
This two-day workshop introduces the framework and rationale of MI, core skills and application of these skills across the change process. Combining theory with practice, the workshop provides a comprehensive overview into what MI is, what it isn’t and how it works in practice. The training is highly interactive, with a focus on practical skill development.
The workshop is suitable for both workers with no knowledge of MI and for those who want to refresh and deepen their understanding and practice of the core skills of MI.
Eligibility Criteria
This training has been funded for workers employed in a Victorian State-funded Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) service.
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.
Terms & Conditions
If you cannot attend, cancel your registration at least 24 hours before the cancel your registration and make your spot available to someone else on the waitlist.
No shows will be charged a $50 cancellation fee.
