Description
This on-line and full-day interactive and practical professional development training assists clinicians to understand the possibility that their clients who experience mental health and substance use/addiction may have experiences of childhood and/or other past or current trauma(s), which could be affecting their health, wellbeing, daily interactions and functioning.This is a blended training package that includes three on-line modules (completion is a pre-requisite to attending the live session) and a live face-to-screen (F2S) session. It is interactive and practical professional development training designed to assist clinicians understanding of clients who experience mental health and substance use/addiction issues and the impact of experiences of childhood and/or other past or current trauma(s) on their health, wellbeing, daily interactions and functioning.
Registrations close 30 September. All bookings via Eventbrite.
Trainers
- Ange Wallace (Senior Dual Diagnosis Clinician) — Nexus Dual Diagnosis Consultation Service
- Sarah Officer (Project Coordinator) — NEMHSCA (North East Mental Health Service Coordination Alliance)
Eligibility criteria
This training is introductory and appropriate to a wide range of work roles. It covers basic clinical treatment options and puts trauma in a context that provides clinicians with a trauma-informed focus to better understand challenging emotions and human behaviour that clients who have mental health and substance use/addiction may present with.
Categories:
Capability 6 - Understanding and responding to substance use and addiction,
Capability 4 - Understanding and responding to trauma
Disciplines:
Allied Health,
Medical,
Nursing
Levels:
Introductory
Lifespans:
Adult
Wednesday 19 October 2022
09:00 to 16:30 Add to calendar
09:00 to 16:30 Add to calendar
Three online modules and one full day Zoom session
Provided by
VDDI: NEXUS
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