Description
This Blended, online course provides practitioners with opportunities to examine good practice when working therapeutically with individuals and families seeking asylum including those living in the community on bridging visas, in held detention, and community detention as they wait for their claim to be determine.Includes self paced learning materials and an online interactive workshop.
This event will cover:
- An overview of the historical and current legal and policy frameworks
- The range of roles practitioners engage in when working with people seeking asylum
- Understanding how pre-arrival traumatic histories and the asylum-seeking process impact mental health and wellbeing
- Good practice in work with people seeking asylum in relation to assessment, formulation, interventions and treat
- Identifying tThe impact of this work on practitioners and ways to sustain ourselves
Trainers
- Graciela Lopez (Practice Lead) — Foundation House
- Guy Coffey (Practice Advisor) — Foundation House
Eligibility criteria
Practitioners working with people seeking asylum
Categories:
Capability 3 - Working with diverse consumers, families, and communities,
Capability 10 - Delivering compassionate care, support and treatment,
Capability 4 - Understanding and responding to trauma
Disciplines:
Allied Health,
Other
Levels:
Intermediate
Lifespans:
Adult
Thursday 15 September 2022
09:30 to 16:00 Add to calendar
09:30 to 16:00 Add to calendar
Brunswick
Early Bird discount available
Provided by
Foundation House
For further information contact