Learn how to maximise the impact of your interventions when you only have limited time with people who may be using AOD. This one-day introductory course will best suit workers whose role is more suited to AOD brief interventions.

*This training is blended with an online learning prerequisite. 
 

Motivational interviewing (MI) is an established client-centred, evidence-based practice for AOD treatment. Participants will be introduced to the theoretical framework of MI and further develop practical skills to engage in collaborative 'change conversations', which will help clients identify and examine their ambivalence around AOD use.

This two-day advanced MI workshop will review the theoretical framework of MI, then explore core skills and intervention strategies in-depth.

This training is intended for administration staff who work in services that interact with clients who use AOD. It will provide participants with a broad understanding of the issues facing people who use AOD and their significant others, as well as explore issues such as boundaries, confidentiality, vicarious trauma, and worker self-care.

This training aims to assist workers to develop an understanding of why behaviour change can be difficult to maintain. Explores a framework for supporting and maintaining behaviour change over time, highlighting associated strategies to support behaviour change maintenance and prevent lapse/relapse.

This workshop provides an overview of trauma, describes the principles of trauma-informed care and practice, and offers participants the opportunity to consider how trauma-informed care and practice could be incorporated into their work. 

This training aims to assist workers to develop an increased understanding of emotions and emotional regulation, gain skills to support clients to better identify, understand and manage their emotions, as well as assist clients with strategies to respond to overwhelming emotions in constructive ways.

This one-day workshop offers knowledge and skills to support AOD treatment service workers to identify more accurately, and where appropriate, address the needs of people presenting with co-occurring mental health and AOD issues.

Induction training for new AOD workers aims to equip new AOD specialist sector workers with the foundation knowledge and skills required to work effectively with clients presenting with AOD-related issues. Participants can choose from three discrete modules held over four days that best fit their work and training needs.

*This training is blended with an online learning prerequisite. 

This two-day training covers topics including reflective practice, trauma-informed care and practice, motivational interviewing, fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) prevention and brief interventions. This training is designed to increase confidence in delivering FASD prevention. Prior FASD learning is desirable, but not essential.

This workshop will provide participants with an understanding of the principles and models for AOD prevention strategies, prevention theory and resources to support the implementation of AOD prevention strategies.

The workshop will provide a comprehensive overview of VSU effects, risks and harms and best-practice strategies to respond.

This one-day event is designed to support the planning and delivery of localised FASD prevention activities. 

This interactive two-day workshop will provide participants with the knowledge of how to develop, plan, implement and evaluate an AOD Management Plan (AODMP) to address AOD issues at a community or population-based level.

This one-day course, aimed specifically at mental health workers in not-for-profit or non-government services and workers in Licensed Psychiatric Hostels, is designed to build on existing skills and develop new practices for working with people with AOD issues combined with mental health issues.

This three-day training is designed to support mental health professionals in government mental health services to increase their confidence and competence around working with people with co-occurring mental health and AOD issues.

*This training is blended with an online learning prerequisite. 

This half-day training aims to increase the confidence and competence of workers in the mental health and AOD specialist sectors to appropriately respond to disclosures of FDV within a framework of trauma-informed care and practice.

This 3.5-hour intensive training session will explore male perpetrator psychopathology and typology, current masculinities in Australia along with practical applications of non-collusive practice, and case noting and documenting as a primary way to make perpetrator behaviour and the impact on victim/survivors visible.

Valuable Conversations training for reducing the impact of alcohol use during child-bearing years. Remote or virtual attendance for this event is not suitable.
This training is a two-day event delivered across Western Australia. The target audience for this training is service providers who work with children of childbearing age.

The content covers:

• reflective practice as a tool to improve working with community members
• trauma-informed care and practice to help recognise why alcohol use may happen during pregnancy
• motivational interviewing to express partnership, acceptance, compassion and empowerment
• FASD prevention using the National Strategic Action Plan to guide holistic care
• brief interventions to integrate new knowledge and skills into practice.

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Remote or virtual attendance for this event is not suitable.

This one-day workshop is designed to:

• introduce FASD for community and regional stakeholders
• plan community and/or regional FASD prevention activities 
• build a FASD prevention network  
• promote the Valuable Conversations for Reducing the Impact Of Alcohol Use During Childbearing Years training event 
• present FASD prevention funding opportunities. 

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