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

This training aims to place alcohol and other drug (AOD) workers in a position to understand the benefits of writing effective case notes for them, their clients, and their workplace. It will provide participants with key examples, resources and activities to develop essential skills required for effective case note writing, record-keeping, and information sharing.

It will include the following:

• An introduction to case notes (definitions, purpose)
• An overview of evidence-based practice and principles for developing clinically-relevant and compliant case notes
• An understanding of the legal context and important concepts (e.g., consent, disclosure, confidentiality, privacy, access, ownership, record-keeping and reporting)
• Consideration of ethical and operational barriers to case note writing; and practical tips and resources for efficiently writing effective case notes

Presenters:

Rita Brien (Turning Point, Workforce Development)

Dr Adam Rubenis (Turning Point, Specialist Clinical Services).

This training aims to place alcohol and other drug (AOD) workers in a position to understand the benefits of writing effective case notes for them, their clients, and their workplace. It will provide participants with key examples, resources and activities to develop essential skills required for effective case note writing, record-keeping, and information sharing.

It will include the following:

• An introduction to case notes (definitions, purpose)
• An overview of evidence-based practice and principles for developing clinically-relevant and compliant case notes
• An understanding of the legal context and important concepts (e.g., consent, disclosure, confidentiality, privacy, access, ownership, record-keeping and reporting)
• Consideration of ethical and operational barriers to case note writing; and practical tips and resources for efficiently writing effective case notes

Presenters:

Rita Brien (Turning Point, Workforce Development)

Dr Adam Rubenis (Turning Point, Specialist Clinical Services).

This training aims to place alcohol and other drug (AOD) workers in a position to understand the benefits of writing effective case notes for them, their clients, and their workplace. It will provide participants with key examples, resources and activities to develop essential skills required for effective case note writing, record-keeping, and information sharing.

It will include the following:

• An introduction to case notes (definitions, purpose)
• An overview of evidence-based practice and principles for developing clinically-relevant and compliant case notes
• An understanding of the legal context and important concepts (e.g., consent, disclosure, confidentiality, privacy, access, ownership, record-keeping and reporting)
• Consideration of ethical and operational barriers to case note writing; and practical tips and resources for efficiently writing effective case notes

Presenters:

Rita Brien (Turning Point, Workforce Development)

Dr Adam Rubenis (Turning Point, Specialist Clinical Services).

This training aims to place alcohol and other drug (AOD) workers in a position to understand the benefits of writing effective case notes for them, their clients, and their workplace. It will provide participants with key examples, resources and activities to develop essential skills required for effective case note writing, record-keeping, and information sharing.

It will include the following:

• An introduction to case notes (definitions, purpose)
• An overview of evidence-based practice and principles for developing clinically-relevant and compliant case notes
• An understanding of the legal context and important concepts (e.g., consent, disclosure, confidentiality, privacy, access, ownership, record-keeping and reporting)
• Consideration of ethical and operational barriers to case note writing; and practical tips and resources for efficiently writing effective case notes

Presenters:

Rita Brien (Turning Point, Workforce Development)

Dr Adam Rubenis (Turning Point, Specialist Clinical Services).

IMPORTANT: Enrolments for training will go live approximately two months before training commences. If you do not have an Elevate! account, you will need to create your account first. Every time you wish to enrol into training, you will need to sign in. If you have not signed up to Elevate! previously, click the REGISTER button to create an account, then enrol.

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On completion of this half-day workshop, you will be able to:

• Differentiate the key functions of supervision across relevant contexts
• Evaluate the benefits and challenges for different supervision models to facilitate effective supervision
• Explore the role of the supervisee in feedback and the role of feedback in supervision
• Explore ways to build feedback literacy

IMPORTANT: Enrolments for training will go live approximately two months before training commences. If you do not have an Elevate! account, you will need to create your account first. Every time you wish to enrol into training, you will need to sign in. If you have not signed up to Elevate! previously, click the REGISTER button to create an account, then enrol.

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By using active learning and teaching approaches including case-based learning scenarios the workshop will explore the concepts of experiential learning, reflective practice and feedback across relevant contexts. Participants will be supported to engage in high-quality reflective practice and build their feedback literacy.

In this self-paced online training, Dr. Brendan O’Hanlon, a leading developer and proponent of SSFC, provides a clearly articulated practical process for engaging families, ideally suited to contexts where a family member is the primary client of an individually oriented service (e.g. adult mental health, alcohol and other drugs, youth services).

SSFC offers timely, accessible support to all family members while retaining a strong client-practitioner relationship. In keeping with Single Session thinking it enables practitioners to make the most of each encounter with families.

Listen to Dr. Brendan O’Hanlon discuss this course and discuss how it provides solid grounding in the practice frame of SSFC.

Course structure

This course is made up of five modules and includes reflective questions, videos and quizzes.

Module 1: Introducing SSFC – Describe the rationale and practice principles underpinning SSFC, and its place within a comprehensive response to families.

Module 2: Foundations of SSFC – Unpack the conceptual and practical contributions of Single Session Thinking and Family Consultation to the model.

Module 3: Convening SSFC – Outline and consideration of key tasks in convening an SSFC.

Module 4: Conducting SSFC – Describe and demonstrate the key stages of SSFC: convening, conducting and follow-up.

Module 5: Responding to challenges – Address key challenges including translating SSFC training into practice.

You will have access to a list of references, resources and tools that will support your learning.