Description

This workshop will develop the confidence and skills of the MH workforce to work with the needs of Aboriginal community members who are experiencing distress and have experienced transgenerational trauma. The workshop will provide participants with a common language and strength-based framework for understanding and responding to the needs of community members and facilitating Cultural safety and wellbeing in our work. Through the process of colonisation and past policies and procedures, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, as individuals and within their families and communities, have been profoundly hurt socially, emotionally and spiritually. This experiential workshop provides a safe space to explore healing Aboriginal families through methodologies which are embedded in cultural practices and protocols.This workshop explores a framework for understanding and responding to the impact of colonisation upon Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and families and ways of working with expressions of trauma, grief and loss.

What will you learn?
This workshop explores a framework for understanding and responding to the impact of colonisation upon First Nation peoples and families and ways of working with expressions of trauma, grief and loss. You will explore:
Dadirri, Deep Listening
What is Culture? Cultural Safety
A historical context of trauma
Six stages of healing
Trauma and resilience
Managing anger
Grief and loss
Nurturing unmet needs
Moving from blaming workplaces to trauma-informed workplaces

Who should attend?
This workshop will be most useful for those with a healing role in working with communities and families impacted by effects of colonisation. It will be helpful for workers attempting to create safe pathways for children, adolescents and adults needing to heal from past traumas, make connections with family and community and make safe and healthy choices in life.

Workshop style
This is an experiential workshop, not just passive information sharing, so you can expect to be involved and learn together with other participants.

Trainers

  • Alison Elliott — The Bouverie Centre

Eligibility criteria

These are free events designed for members of the public clinical mental health workforce in Victoria, (staff employed at Area Mental Health Services, Forensicare or mental health staff from RCH) and lived experience workforces (LEW) working in either public clinical or community mental health state-funded roles. Other workforce in partner organisations, such as AOD organisations or ACCHOs, may sometimes be eligible. Please note, if you do register for an event and it is not clear you are part of the intended audience, your registration will be confirmed two weeks prior to the event start date, or earlier.

Categories: Capability 2 - Working with Aboriginal consumers, families, and communities
Disciplines: Allied Health, Medical, Nursing, Other
Levels: Introductory
Lifespans: Youth, Adult, Older Persons

Wednesday 14 June 2023
09:30 to 16:30
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Thursday 15 June 2023
09:30 to 16:30
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Provided by Centre for Mental Health Learning (CMHL)
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