This 1-day symposium is for anyone supporting women with substance use issues.
Women’s experiences with substance use and support services are often shaped by distinct factors, such as societal expectations and caregiving roles amongst others. These factors can influence their reasons for using substances, create unique barriers to seeking help, and affect their recovery journey. Additionally, women often encounter systemic barriers that can disadvantage them in accessing treatment and support.
This event aims to deepen your understanding of these specific needs, helping you to provide more effective and responsive support. You will have the opportunity to engage with leading experts, hear from women with lived and living experiences, and participate in an interactive workshop that offers practical strategies for improving your practice and support services.
Key Focus Areas:
👉 Women’s experiences navigating AOD support, services and treatment
👉 Gender-responsive practices and approaches
👉 Integrating research and lived experience
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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Learning outcomes:
- Common mental health issues with young people attending AOD services
- Youth AOD services responsibilities and management of mental health issues
- Useful concepts and strategies to promote better mental health with young people
- Assessment of vulnerability to self-injury
- What to do when confronted with a person in the process of self-harming.
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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Learning outcomes:
Mental Health Issues
- Common mental health issues with young people attending AOD services
- Youth AOD services responsibilities and management of mental health issues
- Useful concepts and strategies to promote better mental health with young people
- Primary health essentials as a platform for stable mental health
Self-injury
- Assessment of vulnerability to self-injury
- What to do when confronted with a person in the process of self-harming.
- After self-injury, then what?
- The role of safety planning
Suicidality
- Important concepts in suicidality
- Discussing suicidal urges with young people
- Timeliness for responses and utilising community resources
COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Tips to assist discussions with young people who are concerned about responses to the pandemic
- Strategies to reduce anxiety and restore a sense of safety