Organisational Training

  ALCOHOL: Signs and Symptoms, Brief Interventions and Referrals
  DRUG: Signs and Symptoms, Brief Interventions and Referrals
  PATHWAYS TO ADDICTION: Harm Minimisation and current thinking on addictions
  PRIVACY, ETHICS AND BOUNDARIES: When working with Alcohol and other Drug issues
  ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG ISSUES AND JUSTICE: Attitudes, Ethics / Boundaries / Engagement
  AN INTRODUCTION TO CO-EXISTING PROBLEMS: Mental Health and Alcohol and other Drug issues
  DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY
  SUICIDE: Risk assessment, safety planning and interventions
  MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING (Introduction, Intermediate & Advanced Levels): A conversation style for motivating people who are resistant or ambivalent around changing alcohol/other drug misuse
  COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY (Introduction, Intermediate & Advanced Levels): Looking at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours are linked and how we can use this approach with alcohol and other drug issues
  CHAT (Case-finding & Help Assessment Tool): Brief Screening in a Health Setting (half day workshop)
  CANNABIS AND SYNTHETIC CANNABIS: Short course
  TRAUMA INFORMED CARE: Raising awareness that many AOD & MH clients have underlying trauma.
  CASE NOTE WRITING: Case notes are a vital part of client files and provide an indication of interventions provided, and their outcomes.
  COMMUNICATION AND DE-ESCALATION SKILLS: Equips staff with strategies to manage angry and distressed others, to promote safety, defuse potentially violent incidents and to resolve conflict. These skills give them confidence to deal with potentially risky and stressful situations in the workplace.

  YOUTH, ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG ISSUES: Signs and symptoms, brief interventions and referrals
  YOUTH, ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG ISSUES AND SCREENING: Using youth friendly screens in assessment
  DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY
  YOUTH AND POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
  YOUTH AND SUICIDE: Risk assessment, safety planning and interventions
  YOUTH AND FAMILY VIOLENCE: Youth violence and family violence
  PATHWAYS TO ADDICTION FOR YOUTH: Harm Minimisation and Current Thinking on Addictions
  PRIVACY, ETHICS & BOUNDARIES
  JUSTICE AND YOUTH, ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG ISSUES: Attitudes, Ethics / Boundaries / Engagement
  MI: Motivational Interviewing strategies
  CBT: Cognitive Behaviour Therapy strategies
  GROUP FACILITATION FOR YOUTH
  WORKING WITH CO-EXISTING PROBLEMS (can be tailored)
  TRAUMA INFORMED CARE: Raising awareness that many AOD & MH clients have underlying trauma.
  CASE NOTE WRITING: Case notes are a vital part of client files and provide an indication of interventions provided, and their outcomes

  BEING AN EFFECTIVE TEAM MEMBER: Using your strengths to make meaningful contributions, understanding the team’s purpose, coping with differences and diversity
  UNDERSTANDING GROUP PROCESSES: Group synergy, stages of group development, typical group challenges
  ASSERTIVENESS SKILLS: Defining what is passivity, assertiveness and aggression, practicing assertiveness, recognising patterns of behaviour, negotiation skills, self-care
  LEADERSHIPS SKILLS: What makes a good leader, different types of leadership styles, using your strengths, developing your skills
  COMMUNICATION SKILLS: Impacts of body language, use of voice tone, reflecting skills, open ended questions, summarising and giving feedback