CCWT New Short Courses 2022

Co-occurring Mental Health and Alcohol and Other Drug Disorders (formerly Double Whammy)
May 16 & 17
Do you feel daunted by the complexity of challenges that clients experiencing these disorders face? Through presentation of information, discussion and experiential activities you will gain knowledge and skills and increase your confidence to provide effective services for this client group.

Trauma and Addictions
May 20
The link between complex childhood trauma and adult addictions is well known (ACE study). This workshop will explore the theme of addiction as a coping mechanism. Participants will gain the ‘know how to’ provide a balance of trauma and addiction interventions for positive and efficient client growth and recovery.

Unpacking the Complexity of Hoarding and Squalor
May 23 & 24
Hoarding Disorder and Severe Domestic Squalor is on the increase with an estimated 600,000 Australians affected. But how do you work with and support someone living in clutter? Like the proverbial iceberg, it’s not what you can see on top of the water but rather, what’s underneath.

From Addiction to Connection and Recovery
June 6
This training explores what connection is, how it is lost, and how it can be regained and utilised for recovery. It shows you how you can structure a treatment plan specific to your clients' unique situation, personal strengths and limitations.

Let’s Talk About Gambling
June 10
This training will increase your awareness and skills related to addressing problem gambling within contexts other than gambling specific services. Learn how to identify when a person may be involved in problem gambling and develop strategies to engage and work with these clients.

Substance Abuse — ICE
June 21
Many clients with complex needs have experienced an intensification of these needs and risk factors due to their abuse of ICE. This interactive, engaging, and highly informative 1-day program will equip community sector workers with the knowledge and skills required to work with clients who are affected by ICE.

Foster Care Assessment Skills (Step by Step) PRE-REQUISITE
Self Paced
This distance education course is the prerequisite to enrol in the 4-day Step by Step course for carer assessors, which runs every 8 weeks.
The next course is July 21, 22, 28 & 29

Assessing Relative Kinship Carers
May 27
Assessing relative kinship carers is usually more complicated than assessing foster carers, and requires both a different approach and additional understanding and skills. This one day course was developed by Toni Bolte, and will support carer assessors who are working for agencies and also independently.

Guardianship Application Documentation
June 27
Unravel the myriad of activities required for a Guardianship application. Practice preparing the key documents: the care plan, the financial plan and the affidavit to support the application.

Shared Lives Training Skills
June 27, 28 & 29
Develop your skills and confidence in conducting effective Shared Lives carer training.

Children's Brain Development: Trauma and Resilience
June 20 & 21
Explore how early childhood experiences of trauma and abuse effect the developing brain, the nervous system, human behaviour and memory. A must for anyone who works with children and families, this course will explore how the brain develops in the early years of life and the way that the environment interacts with our biology to influence brain development.

Safe Home Visiting
May 18
Whether you are just starting your home visits or are experienced and want to review/refresh your practice, this workshop will help you to make your home visits safer and more productive. Use case scenarios and participant experiences to explore good practice policy, procedures and strategies.

Accidental Counsellor
May 25 & 26
Build skills, confidence and frameworks to respond effectively to people experiencing difficulties and emotional distress, whilst remaining attentive to self care in this participative and practical workshop.

Difficult Conversations
May 30
Examine the origins and causes of conflict, natural responses to conflict and methods of preventing, managing, mitigating and addressing conflict. Participants will be provided with tools and processes that assist in the development of skilled and confident conflict managers.

Complex Case Management
June 8 & 9
Case management can be complex, exhausting, challenging, inspiring and rewarding. Extend your skills, knowledge and confidence to provide quality case management to clients who are experiencing complex issues and challenges including: mental distress, AOD misuse/dependence, trauma and homelessness.

Gambling Harm Minimisation
June 24
The Office of Responsible Gambling and ACWA are piloting a 3 hour online workshop on Gambling Harm Minimisation, which will provide you with strategies for working with clients who are experiencing negative impacts from gambling.

Dialectical Behaviour Therapy: Part A
June 1 & 15
Working with suicidal and self harm behaviour can trigger anxiety, hopelessness, uncertainty and feeling ineffective. Dialectical Behaviour Therapy offers a sense of structure, understanding and effective strategies for managing 'problem' behaviours.
DBT-part A is the first 2 days of a two-part (4 day) course that provides a complete overview of the core concepts and skills utilised within DBT.

Loss and Grief Work: Practice Essentials
June 2 & 3
Working with loss, grief and change is an essential part of client work when supporting clients through challenging times. Grief support can be provided by most people who have had some basic loss and grief support training. This two-day training course will provide you with these essential skills and help you understand the importance of doing active grief work.

The Coaching Organisation
May 11 & 24, June 7 & 24, July 5
This Series has been designed to help those who would like to learn key practical tools, tips and strategies in their roles in organisations of any size and to learn how to get the most out of their coaching and/or coach others and follow tried and tested methods to do this well.
Each comes with pre-work, a workbook to use as we travel through the session and post-work in the form of reflective questions for participants to answer and share with their teams if they choose.

Professional Supervision: How and Why?
May 17, 18, 24 & 25
Supervision can be more than a ‘quick fix’. We will explore the framework of four functions of supervision (accountability, support, development and mediation) and how to establish and lead effective supervision.

Emotionally Intelligent Leadership
June 6 & 8
EQ is fundamental to great leadership and productive, positive teams. Learn about EQ and how to identify and manage your own and the team's emotions, to achieve a positive workplace culture and improved outcomes, in this practical, fast-paced workshop.

Manage People Performance
June 16 & 17
Get the best out of your team by learning how to manage people effectively, address performance issues, support staff and encourage a positive workplace culture.

Managing Teams Remotely
June 17
Many services are finding that they need effective ways of managing teams remotely — staff may be based in various locations or they may be working from home at times. This workshop introduces new skills that are effective for the remote environment and examines how we can adapt our existing skills.

Facilitating Group Supervision
June 20
Group supervision can develop a cohesive, team approach if it is not habitual or minimal. You will have the opportunity to practise various approaches to facilitation and trial some resources.

Project Management
June 24
Learn a project planning and management process, core skills for managing, working on and evaluating projects, and take away useful tools to use in your projects.

Family Group Conferencing Facilitator Training
June 22 & 23
This course will equip you with the skills and knowledge needed to be a Family Group Conferencing Facilitator. It includes mediation and negotiation skills, and a range of practical strategies to assists families to make child-centred decisions. It meets the requirement for a mediation qualification to be part of the FACS tender of accredited FGC Facilitators.

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