IMPORTANT: registrations for training will become live approximately two months prior to start of training. To enrol in this or any training, you must click the link below and fill in the registration. If you do not complete the registration, you will not have a place in the training. If you experience a broken link, please get in touch with us at elevate@vaada.org.au
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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 difference between mainstream and First Nation Cultures.
The training has very few powerpoints, 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.’
Facilitators: Robyne Latham and Dr Jacqui Sundbery, YSAS
IMPORTANT: registrations for training will become live approximately two months prior to start of training. To enrol in this or any training, you must click the link below and fill in the registration. If you do not complete the registration, you will not have a place in the training. If you experience a broken link, please get in touch with us at elevate@vaada.org.au
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This half-day session will introduce participants to the key terminology used in family violence practice and provide a brief overview of the family violence system as it applies to young people. This session is designed to support participants in identifying areas of interest and the types of work and practice that can support young people.
Learning outcomes:
- Discussion of family violence discourses as they apply to young people
- Introduction to the impacts of co-occurring family violence and Youth AOD
- Overview of different strategies and frameworks for responding to young people’s family violence needs
- Factors to consider when applying a youth specific lens to family violence work including risk assessments and referrals.
IMPORTANT: registrations for training will become live approximately two months prior to start of training. To enrol in this or any training, you must click the link below and complete the registration. If you do not complete the registration, you will not have a place in the training. If you experience a broken link, please get in touch with us at elevate@vaada.org.au
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The 2-day training is provided in a blended format with both in-person and self-paced online learning. This workshop provides skills in facilitating productive and efficient family meetings where resource building and meeting the developmental needs of young people are central. Particular attention is given to the process of negotiating when and how to bring family members together to ensure the primary relationship between the young person and the practitioner is maintained.
Learning outcomes:
- Describe the rationale and practice principles underpinning Single Session Family Consultations (SSFC) and its place within a comprehensive response to families
- Unpack the conceptual and practical contributions of Single Session Thinking and Family Consultation to the model
- Outline and consideration of key tasks in convening an SSFC
- Describe and demonstrate the key stages of SSFC with young people
IMPORTANT: registrations for training will become live approximately two months prior to start of training. To enrol in this or any training, you must click the link below and fill in the registration. If you do not complete the registration, you will not have a place in the training. If you experience a broken link, please get in touch with us at elevate@vaada.org.au
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Youth-focused AOD Practice Program
This training program aims to increase the capacity of practitioners to effectively support and respond to the needs of young people who are using substances while also promoting the integration of contemporary evidence-informed youth AOD perspectives into care planning and coordination.
This training program contains 4x courses:
- Youth AOD 1 – Half-day Attachment and Trauma in Youth AOD work
- Youth AOD 2 – Half-day Developmentally Conducive Practice
- Youth AOD 3 – Half-day Young people & AOD
- Youth AOD 4 – Half-day Resilience Care Planning
It is highly recommended that the participants attend the 4 sessions.
This training will provide the participants with the opportunity to engage in an open exploration of the theories, evidence, frameworks and practice wisdom that informs contemporary youth AOD practice as well as participating in group discussions and interactive contextualising activities.
This workshop will provide an introduction to effectively understanding and responding to young people who are experiencing AOD problems. It will build on the 2 previous workshops in exploring and understanding the drivers and functions of AOD use in the lives of young people.
Learning Outcomes:
- Perspectives on Youth AOD issues
- Harm reduction
- Understanding the function of substance use and exploring alternatives.
- Introduction to Young People and AOD
- Communicating effectively with young people
