Gain a deep understanding of the ‘why’ as well as the ‘what’ of supervision and ensure that you have the right theoretical and practical foundation skills to offer powerful practice supervision across different contexts and supervisees. Learn about developing and implementing supervision contracts and plans, assessing supervisee development needs, and navigating challenges and roadblocks.
- Understand the relevant approaches to supervision in the Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) sector
- Understand and apply structured practical supervisory processes to deepen core supervisory relationship skills, including listening, questioning, guiding, and giving and receiving feedback
- Increase skills in motivating staff to use reflective practice
- Understand and utilise a framework to support decision making with ethical dilemmas
Travel To This Training: As this training is planned to be in-person, those people needing to travel into Melbourne and stay overnight may be eligible for the travel contribution to support them attend. Please read the details for the travel contribution at the tab on this website and make contact if you need any further details https://elevate.vaada.org.au/travel-contributions/
IMPORTANT: registrations for training will become live approximately two months prior to the 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 training workshop is designed for AOD clinicians to prepare them to participate in reflective practice supervision to ensure they get the maximum benefit from it. The workshop will assist them to understand the purpose and benefits of supervision for their practice and wellbeing.
What is covered?
The workshop provides information and activities to build an understanding of the purpose of supervision, the roles and responsibilities of the supervisor and supervisee, supervision principles and processes and the reflective practice approach.
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 course:
• 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.
Learning outcomes:
- Engaging young people in ways that work for them.
- Building motivation and supporting change.
- Factors that influence drug-using behaviour (predisposing, Perpetuating Precipitating & Protective)
- Assessment: identifying the function and meaning of AOD use and other behaviours
- Formulation of resilience-based care plans – alignment of resources and need
- Review and continuous assessment
- The Therapeutic ending: Transition planning for a better future
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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The Forensic Fundamentals is a half-day training session that provides an introduction to information and clinical skills to support work with forensic AOD clients. The training is delivered by experienced forensic clinicians and aims to support AOD service providers to work effectively with forensic clients and to collaborate with Justice colleagues to achieve the best outcomes.
What is covered?
The training provides an introduction to offender models of rehabilitation, the links between AOD use and offending, building motivation, responding to treatment interfering behaviours, boundary setting, maintaining safety, collaborative practice and information sharing.
The Advanced AOD Forensics Training is delivered as either a full-day face-to-face training or two half-days online. It is targeted at senior AOD clinicians working with forensic clients who present with multiple complexities, including personality disorders, significant mental health issues and other co-morbidities in addition to their substance use. The training is delivered by experienced forensic clinicians and provides knowledge and skills for working with complex forensic clients in AOD settings.
What is covered?
The training covers the key challenges in working with complex forensic clients, understanding and strategies for working with these complexities, knowledge about how to work safely with complex forensic clients including those who have committed violent and sexual offences. The training also provides an opportunity to apply the information to your own practice using case examples and group discussion exercises.
