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Psychiatric Disability Services of Victoria (VICSERV) Training Schedule 2010
Registrations are now open for 2010 training and professional development
| February 2010 | ||
| Program & Code | Introduction to Motivational Interviewing T030 | Registrations closed. |
| Presenter | Bill Tune - Victorian Dual Diagnosis Education & Training Unit. | |
| Program Aim | This two-day workshop introduces participants to the basic principles and practices of motivational interviewing. The participants will gain an awareness and understanding of the principles of motivational interviewing, practice some of the techniques and build upon their current level of counselling skills. The main topics include:
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| Fee inc GST | VICSERV Member $124.00 including GST or Non member Rate $152 including GST. Lunch and course materials provided. | |
| Date(s) & Times | 15 & 22 February, 8:45am – 4:30pm | |
| Program & Code | Mental Health First Aid T020 | Register your place or download the flyer in PDF format. |
| Presenter | Sue Durham - VICSERV Training Team. | |
| Program Overview | The Mental Health First Aid program was developed in 2001 at the Centre for Mental Health Research at the Australian National University by Betty Kitchener and Professor Tony Jorm. In 2005 the program moved to Orygen Youth Health Research Centre at the University of Melbourne and the program is now delivered in every state and territory in Australia and internationally.
The course teaches adults how to provide initial support to adults experiencing a mental health crisis or developing a mental health problem. Participants will learn the signs and symptoms of major mental health problems, where and how to get help and what sort of help has been shown by research to be effective. |
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| Fee inc GST | VICSERV Member $200.00 including GST or Non member Rate $240.00 including GST. Lunch and course materials provided. | |
| Date(s) & Times | 19 & 26 February 2010, 9.15am – 4:40pm | |
| March 2010 | ||
| Program & Code | Certificate IV in Training and Assessment TAA40104 | Registrations closed.. |
| Presenter | Jenny Vibert, Wodonga TAFE | |
| Program Aim | The Certificate IV in Training & Assessment (TAA40104) is a nationally recognised and accredited training program. It covers the skills and abilities required to deliver training in a particular industry area and to conduct competency-based assessment in a range of contexts. The course will enable participants to optimise training outcomes in their workplaces, gain national recognition for their workplace training role, and allow them to work as a trainer and assessor in a Registered Training Organisation. Upon successful completion of this training, participants will need to be prepared to be involved as a casual member of the VICSERV Training Team, delivering accredited training and undertaking workplace assessments both at VICSERV and in their region. An application form must be completed. Orientation to PDRS | |
| Fee inc GST | VICSERV Member $440.00 including GST or Non member Rate $2,500.00 including GST. Course materials provided. | |
| Date(s) & Times | 25 & 26 March (12 days over 7 months), 9:15am – 4:30pm | |
| Program & Code | Orientation to PDRS T000 | Register your place or download the flyer in PDF format. |
| Presenter | Elly Zierke, VICSERV Training Team | |
| Program Aim | This program will provide an overview of the Psychiatric Disability Rehabilitation and Support (PDRS) sector. There will be a focus on the issues faced by consumers of psychiatric services, which relate to the support worker. It will also examine the core values, ethics and expectations, which underpin professional practice in the workplace. This training program provides a foundation for all VICSERV training for the PDRS sector and is tailored to workers with up to 12 month's experience. | |
| Fee inc GST | VICSERV Member $380.00 including GST or Non member Rate $475.00 including GST. Lunch and course materials provided. | |
| Date(s) & Times | 1, 15 & 22 March 2010, 9:15am – 4:30pm | |
| Program & Code | Professional Supervision T017 | Register your place or download the flyer in PDF format. |
| Presenter | Sheree McDonald | |
| Program Aim | This course gives participants the opportunity to understand the key roles of an effective supervisor, develop the capabilities and practice skills required, experience the relief and joy of having a flexible supervision methodology, develop confidence in assessing performance, building an effective relationship, maximise learning and achieve real change. This training program is designed for managers, co-ordinators, team leaders and/or professional supervisors. | |
| Fee inc GST | VICSERV Member $338.00 including GST or Non member Rate $423.00 including GST. Lunch and course materials provided. | |
| Date(s) & Times | 12 & 19 March 2010, 9:15am – 4:30pm | May 2010 |
| Program & Code | Borderline Personality Disorder, an Introduction T012 | Registrations closed. |
| Presenter | Robert Trett - Treatment Services Manager, Spectrum | |
| Program Overview | This is an introductory workshop program for PDRS workers, mental health services clinicians and others. The workshop provides a comprehensive introduction to concepts and interventions relevant to treatment and support for individuals with a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder. | |
| Fee inc GST | VICSERV Member $145.00 including GST or Non member Rate $182.00 including GST. Lunch and course materials provided. | |
| Date(s) & Times | 5 May 2010, 9.15am – 4:30pm | |
| Program & Code | Introduction to Dual Diagnosis for Mental Health Clinicians T026 | Register your place or download the flyer in PDF format. |
| Presenter | Dual Diagnosis Education and Training Unit | |
| Program Overview | The workshop will provide a broad overview of the interactions between substance use and mental illness. Participants will have the opportunity to learn practical approaches with a range of interventions and the use of a complex case presentation. This workshop will introduce participants to the context of dual diagnosis in Australia and models of understanding within current intervention approaches. An overview of how drugs affect the human body will also be provided and participants also learn about the AOD service system and how it can be accessed. |
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| Fee inc GST | VICSERV Member $124.00 including GST or Non member Rate $152.00 including GST. Lunch and course materials provided. | |
| Date(s) & Times | 10 & 17 May 2010, 9.15am – 4:30pm | |
| Program & Code | OH&S Systems, Practices, and Challenges T034 | Register your place or download the flyer in PDF format. |
| Presenter | Christine Dineen | |
| Program Overview | This workshop is designed to give managers the opportunity to review their systems, practices and explore the unique occupational health and safety challenges faced in the PDRS sector. It will focus on the OH&S issues that may occur when providing support to individuals in their homes and when working closely with people in the community. | |
| Fee inc GST | VICSERV Member $60.00 including GST or Non member Rate $100.00 including GST. Lunch and course materials provided. | |
| Date(s) & Times | 20 May 2010, 8:45am – 1:00pm | June 2010 |
| Program & Code | Principles and Practices of Psychiatric Disability Rehabilitation and Support (PDRS) T006 | Register your place or download the flyer in PDF format. |
| Presenter | Xenia Girdler, VICSERV Training Team | |
| About | This three-day program is specifically designed to provide participants with the knowledge and skills needed in the work of PDRS. It is ideally suited to PDRS workers with up to 12 monthsí experience. The content and process of the program will add to professional practices whether working with individual consumers, in groups, in residential settings or actively linking people into broader community options. The program aims to enable workers to engage in debate and discussion around the development of practice theory, practice skills, and the self-awareness required for an effective PDRS worker. | |
| Fee inc GST | VICSERV Member $380.00 including GST or Non member Rate $475.00 including GST. Lunch and course materials provided. | |
| Date(s) & Times | 4, 11, & 18 June 2010, 9:15am – 4:30pm | |
| Program & Code | Diploma of Quality Auditing (BSB51607) | Register your place or download the flyer in PDF format. |
| Presenter | Toni Reeves, The Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare. | |
| Program Aims and Objectives: | Community Service Organisations (CSOs) operate in a context of increasing levels of regulation, quality standards and compliance requirements. Participants will acquire the skills, knowledge and techniques that are required to plan, measure, monitor and improve services and supports. It will explore the systems, processes and practices involved in monitoring the quality of service provision internally and building effective and efficient processes that will support external compliance requirements. The course is both theoretical and experiential and will be built around planning and managing a continuous improvement project in the participantís workplace. By undertaking the course the participants will learn how to:
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| Fee inc GST | VICSERV Member $1,210.00 including GST or Non member Rate $3,900.00 including GST. Lunch and course materials provided. | |
| Date(s) & Times | June to December 2010, 9:15am – 4:30pm | |
| Program & Code | Living Skills: A Guide to Assessment and Intervention with People at Risk of Homelessness T030 | Register your place or download the flyer in PDF format. |
| Presenter | Western Region Health Centre in partnership with the VICSERV Training Team | |
| Program Aims and Objectives: | This half-day workshop introduces participants to the basic principles and practices of living skills assessment and intervention. The participants will be introduced to the Guide to Living Skills Assessment and Intervention developed by Western Region Health Centre. This Guide helps staff working with people at risk of homelessness assess their living skills (such as tenancy, community mobility, cooking, meal planning, shopping, cleaning, personal care, budgeting, banking and money handling, bill paying, medication, appointments, communication and emergencies and first aid) and provide appropriate interventions for independent living. | |
| Fee inc GST | VICSERV Member $40.00 including GST or Non member Rate $80.00 including GST. course materials provided. | |
| Date(s) & Times | 9 June 2010, 8:45am – 12:30pm | |
| Program & Code | Applied Suicide Intervention Skills (ASIST) TuneUp T019 | Register your place or download the flyer in PDF format. |
| Presenter | LivingWorks | |
| About | ASIST TuneUp is a half-day refresher for participants who completed the two-day ASIST workshop. The program consolidates and refines the learning from ASIST and examines how it is applied in the real world. The program invites participants to revisit elements that are familiar and provides an opportunity to share and review what they have learned from ASIST. Participants experiences will also provide the opportunity to explore elements that are new. Successful completion of the Applied Suicide Intervention Skills (ASIST) two-day program is a pre-requisite for this program. |
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| Fee inc GST | VICSERV Member $100.00 including GST or Non member Rate $120.00 including GST. Lunch and course materials provided. | |
| Date(s) & Times | 10 June 2010, 9:15am – 4:30pm | July 2010 |
| Program & Code | Diploma of Management (BSB51107) | Course Information, enrolment form confirmation and registration form. |
| Presenter | Adam Le Good (Fundamental Training and Development) and Bill Stubbs (W.D Stubbs & Associates) | |
| About | The Diploma of Management is a unique opportunity for participants to undertake a formal, nationally-recognised, tertiary qualification in management that can also be used as credits towards future qualifications. The content is targeted at team leaders, program managers and / or first-line supervisors, encompassing a broad range of the people, planning and technical skills (competencies). It is tailored to those working in the PDRS, mental health and / or community support sectors. | |
| Program & Code | Healthy Living; supporting clients to make and achieve healthy living goals T036 | Register your place or download the flyer in PDF format. |
| Presenter | SANE Australia | |
| About | Many people affected by mental illness are overweight or obese as a result of their illness and as a side effect of medication. The aim of this workshop is that participants will be better able to support clients to make and achieve healthy living goals – to make the healthy choice an easier choice.< /br> The voices of people affected by these issues will feature strongly in this training through use of clips from the new SANE Healthy Living DVD, as well as through the involvement of a trainer with experience of mental illness.< /br> Participants who would like to provide similar training in their own organisation will receive a good grounding in the issues. | |
| Fee inc GST | VICSERV Member $40.00 including GST or Non member Rate $60.00 including GST. Morning tea and course materials provided. | |
| Date(s) & Times | 21 July 2010, 9:15am – 12:30pm | |