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Working with Trans and Gender Diverse people: Enhancing Skills for AOD Workers

This training is for AOD workers who would like to develop their skills in working with trans and gender diverse (TGD) communities.

We invite you to gain a deeper understanding of the experiences of TGD people, focusing on Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD) issues and strategies for engaging with support services. The session will discuss population specific considerations and provide practical insights and in-depth reflections on the real-life impacts faced by the community.

Location: Online (Your zoom link will be sent to you a few days before the training)

Key topics covered:

Overview of basic concepts regarding TGD people (sexuality =/= gender; pronouns; definitions)
Data and statistics for different TGD populations relating to AOD, mental health and access to support
Minority stress and incremental trauma
Language
Social construction of gender
Community specific AOD presentations (Chemsex, Party and play (PnP), access to community, hormone therapy)
Gender affirmation
What does inclusive and affirmative practice for TGD people look like?
Current research
Reflective practice and case studies

Eligibility Criteria

This training has been funded for workers employed in a Victorian State-funded Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) service, including Peer and LLE workers and workers participating in the AOD Traineeship Program.

Who is not eligible?

Students on placement or internships, workers from other community sectors such as family violence, homelessness, mental health, and AOD workers outside of Victoria. Please ensure you have clearance from your line manager to attend. If you cannot attend, cancel your registration and make your spot available to someone else on the waitlist.

No-shows will be charged a $50 cancellation fee.

Superskills: Top Up for Supervisors 1-Day Workshop

Date: Thursday, 10th October 2024 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM

Location: Online

Description:

Are you an experienced supervisor looking to enhance your skills? Our Superskills Top-Up Workshop is designed just for you!

This ‘top up’/refresher workshop is for supervisors who already have supervised at least one practitioner or group. It serves as a refresher to deepen your understanding and practice of core supervisory skills.

The workshop entails:

Advanced Discussions: Engage in discussions about navigating roadblocks and troubleshooting during supervision.
Hands-On Practice: More time to practice key skills in session.
Self-Reflection: Focus on embedding core skills through self-reflection and self-practice.

Learning outcomes

Understand different approaches to supervision and determine which one is right for you and your supervisees
Understand and apply structured practical supervisory processes to deepen core supervisory relationship skills, including listening, questioning, guiding, and giving and receiving feedback
Understand and utilise the reflective practice model of supervision
Understand and practice self-reflection and self-practice as a way of improving supervisory skills
Increase skills in facilitating reflective practice in staff
Understand and utilise a framework to support decision-making with ethical dilemmas
Improve knowledge and skill in responding to staff exposed to complex client presentations

Eligibility Criteria

This is a specialist skills workshop suitable for current supervisors who have previous supervision experience and training.

This training has been funded for workers employed in a Victorian State-funded Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) service, including Peer and LLE workers.

Who is not eligible?

Students on placement or internships, workers from other community sectors such as family violence, homelessness, mental health, non-supervisors and AOD workers outside of Victoria.

Terms & Conditions

Please ensure you have clearance from your line manager to attend. If you cannot attend, cancel your registration and make your spot available to someone else on the waitlist.

Introduction to Aboriginal and Cultural Safety

Date: Tuesday, 18th February 2025, 9:30AM – 3:00PM

*catering will be provided*

Location: Level 6, 222 Hoddle Street, Abbotsford, Victoria 3067 (Read more about Travel Contribution)

Cost: $40 (tickets can only be purchased via credit card)

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Description

VACCHOs Introduction to Aboriginal Cultural Safety training encompasses, and builds on, cultural awareness content by providing considerations and advice to implement cultural safety considerations into practice. Participant learning and understanding are enhanced by the personal stories and the lived experience of our facilitators while exploring Aboriginal identities, cultures, and history.

The session covers:

Understanding cultural safety and its importance in increasing service accessibility and effective engagement with Australia’s First Peoples.
The historical and ongoing impacts of colonisation and colonial policies on Australia’s First
Peoples culture and Communities
Trauma-informed practice
First Peoples diverse identities; respectful terminology and language
Cultural Load and its impacts on individuals, Communities, and organisations
How Equity and Self-determination are vital to cultural safety
Foundational skills to implement cultural safety into practice
Fostering respectful relationships with First Peoples and Communities
A timeline of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Strength and Resilience

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Eligibility Criteria

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

Refunds are available up to 1 day prior to the event. 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.

Introduction to Aboriginal and Cultural Safety

VACCHO’s Introduction to Aboriginal Cultural Safety training aims to provide the necessary foundational knowledge to enable participants to:

Develop a greater understanding of Aboriginal cultural and social perspectives
Engage meaningfully with Aboriginal peoples and Communities
Strengthen existing relationships and integrate cultural safety into practice
Identify ways to embed and apply learnings in professional and personal contexts.

Session topics include:

The historical and intergenerational impacts of colonisation and policies and how they have shaped Aboriginal culture, peoples and Communities
Aspects of Aboriginal identities, culture and protocols
Fostering respectful relationships with Aboriginal peoples and Communities
Foundational skills and strategies for implementing cultural safety into practice

Location

Online

Eligibility Criteria

This training is suitable for anyone interested in gaining the necessary knowledge and understanding to effectively communicate, engage, and work with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples in a culturally safe manner.

This training has been funded for workers employed in a Victorian State-funded Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) service, including those who are new to the AOD sector or recently employed under the COVID-19 Workforce Initiative and Peer workers.

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.

Please ensure you have clearance to attend from your line manager. If you cannot attend, even if you find out the day before, please cancel your registration and make your spot available to someone else on the waiting list.

Presentation: An Introduction to Understanding Eating Disorders

Presented by the Centre of Excellence in Eating Disorders (CEED).

This presentation aims to enhance your understanding as an AOD worker in order to response to eating disorders, focusing on key features for early identification, responses to individuals with eating disorders, shared care approaches, treatment options and invaluable insights from lived experience.

This online e-learning is a pre-requisite to the Essential Skills in Eating Disorders for AOD Workers – Foundational level workshop

To access the video, click on ENROL NOW to change to “I’m going”

The WATCH VIDEO button will appear; click to access the video.

To return to the video later, revisit this page by clicking on Self-paced learning.

Resource: An Introduction to Eating Disorders (slides)

Working with People with Borderline Personality Disorder – Foundational Training

This workshop is for AOD workers who would like to develop their skills in working with people who have borderline personality disorder (BPD) and explores the core common factors of effective engagement with this cohort.

It will provide a basic overview of signs and symptoms of BPD. The workshop will develop the workers’ understanding and practice in working effectively with people with BPD. It will include a developmental understanding of factors contributing to a diagnosis of BPD, the ongoing effects of early life experiences and complex childhood trauma, and the role of therapeutic relationships. The workshop will also focus on the assessment of, and working with risk, as well as principles for treatment and treatment planning.

Location: Online (Your zoom link will be sent to you a few days before the training)

Learning Objectives

Understand how BPD occurs and presents
Identify the principles of effective, therapeutic supportive relationships with people living with BPD
Set and maintain limits and boundaries with clients and work with strong emotions
Practice various grounding skills to stabilize emotions
Demonstrate an awareness of risk factors and assess the severity of risk
Appreciate the importance of self care, self awareness, and reflection when engaging with people who have BPD

Eligibility Criteria

Who is not eligible?

Students on placement or internships, workers from other community sectors such as family violence, homelessness, mental health, and AOD workers outside of Victoria.

Please ensure you have clearance from your line manager to attend. If you cannot attend, cancel your registration and make your spot available to someone else on the waitlist.

No-shows will be charged a $50 cancellation fee.

Introduction into Eating Disorders Webinar

This introductory webinar on eating disorders is designed for AOD workers. It aims to enhance your understanding and response to eating disorders, focusing on key features for early identification, responses to individuals with eating disorders, shared care approaches, treatment options, and invaluable insights from lived experience.

Objectives

Key Features for Early Identification understand clinical features, prevalence and impact, risk factors and warning signs of eating disorders
Response to an Eating Disorder explores engaging with a person experiencing an eating disorder, screening and screening tools, completing a comprehensive eating disorder assessment, and formulating an initial understanding of the eating disorder
Shared Care covers referring to appropriate services in the stepped system of care for eating disorders, understanding and working in the multidisciplinary care team, and engaging families and supports
Treatment provides an understanding of mental health treatment, medical care, nutrition support and stepping up care and/or referral pathways
Lived Experience helps us to understand the perspective of the consumer struggling with an eating disorder

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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Eligibility Criteria

Who is not eligible?

Students on placement or internships, workers from other community sectors such as family violence, homelessness, mental health, and AOD workers outside of Victoria.

Please ensure you have clearance from your line manager to attend. If you cannot attend, cancel your registration and make your spot available to someone else on the waitlist.

No-shows will be charged a $50 cancellation fee.

Superskills: Core Skills for Supervisors 2-Day Workshop

Dates:

Day 1: Thursday, May 9 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM

Day 2: Thursday, May 16 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM

Location: Online

Description:

If you are a practice or clinical supervisor in the alcohol and other drug sector (or looking to become one), this workshop is for you. Gain a deep understanding of the ‘why’ as well as the ‘how’ and ensure that you have the right theoretical and practical foundation skills to offer powerful practice supervision across different contexts and supervisees.

You will learn about developing and implementing supervision contracts and plans, assessing supervisee development needs, and navigating challenges and roadblocks.

Learning outcomes

Understand different approaches to supervision and determine which one is right for you and your supervisees
Understand and apply structured practical supervisory processes to deepen core supervisory relationship skills, including listening, questioning, guiding, and giving and receiving feedback
Understand and utilise the reflective practice model of supervision
Understand and practice self-reflection and self-practice as a way of improving supervisory skills
Increase skills in facilitating reflective practice in staff
Understand and utilise a framework to support decision-making with ethical dilemmas
Improve knowledge and skill in responding to staff exposed to complex client presentations

Eligibility Criteria

This is a specialist skills workshop suitable for advanced practitioners who are current or future practice supervisors. This workshop is suitable for practitioners in low threshold and clinical settings.

This training has been funded for workers employed in a Victorian State-funded Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) service, including Peer and LLE workers.

Who is not eligible?

Students on placement or internships, workers from other community sectors such as family violence, homelessness, mental health, and AOD workers outside of Victoria.

Superskills: Core Skills for Supervisors 2-Day Workshop

Dates:

Day 1: Thursday, May 9 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM

Day 2: Thursday, May 16 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM

Location: Online

Description:

You will learn about developing and implementing supervision contracts and plans, assessing supervisee development needs, and navigating challenges and roadblocks.

Learning outcomes

Understand different approaches to supervision and determine which one is right for you and your supervisees
Understand and apply structured practical supervisory processes to deepen core supervisory relationship skills, including listening, questioning, guiding, and giving and receiving feedback
Understand and utilise the reflective practice model of supervision
Understand and practice self-reflection and self-practice as a way of improving supervisory skills
Increase skills in facilitating reflective practice in staff
Understand and utilise a framework to support decision-making with ethical dilemmas
Improve knowledge and skill in responding to staff exposed to complex client presentations

Eligibility Criteria

This training has been funded for workers employed in a Victorian State-funded Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) service, including Peer and LLE workers.

Who is not eligible?

Students on placement or internships, workers from other community sectors such as family violence, homelessness, mental health, and AOD workers outside of Victoria.

Superskills: Core Skills for Supervisors 2-Day Workshop

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Dates:

Day 1: Wednesday, July 3 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM

Day 2: Thursday, July 4 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM

Location: Catholic Leadership Centre: 576 Victoria Parade, East Melbourne

Cost: $87.63 (Includes booking fee. Pay by credit card, invoices cannot be issued)

**Please note! You must pay for your ticket when you enrol. Upon changing ENROL NOW to I’M GOING the GO TO HUMANITIX button will appear (see the bottom of this page). Complete payment to secure your place. Any enrolments that have not completed payment will be deleted.**

Description:

You will learn about developing and implementing supervision contracts and plans, assessing supervisee development needs, and navigating challenges and roadblocks.

Learning outcomes

Understand different approaches to supervision and determine which one is right for you and your supervisees
Understand and apply structured practical supervisory processes to deepen core supervisory relationship skills, including listening, questioning, guiding, and giving and receiving feedback
Understand and utilise the reflective practice model of supervision
Understand and practice self-reflection and self-practice as a way of improving supervisory skills
Increase skills in facilitating reflective practice in staff
Understand and utilise a framework to support decision-making with ethical dilemmas
Improve knowledge and skill in responding to staff exposed to complex client presentations

Eligibility Criteria

This training has been funded for workers employed in a Victorian State-funded Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) service, including Peer and LLE workers.

Who is not eligible?

Students on placement or internships, workers from other community sectors such as family violence, homelessness, mental health, and AOD workers outside of Victoria.

Terms & Conditions

Please ensure you have clearance from your line manager to attend. If you cannot attend, cancel your registration and make your spot available to someone else on the waitlist.

To secure your spot, payment is required at the time of enrolment. Due to high demand for some courses, we are unable to reserve places. If payment is not made via the Humanitix link provided, your spot will be cancelled and offered to another participant.