Shelter Tas is very excited to continue our schedule of targeted, capacity building training opportunities with Brief Interventions Masterclass. This face2face training will be facilitated by Drug Education Network (DEN) Educator, Dave Reynolds.
Following on for our Online session on Meeting People at Their Stage of Change, the Brief Interventions Masterclass offers advanced skill in performing Brief Interventions in an evidence-based, ethical manner.
The session will cover the following topics:
- Methodology, evidence and impact of brief interventions;
- How people change, react to stress, learn and reinforce skills, form habits and addictions;
- Increased skills in providing Very Brief Interventions based on best practice evidence;
- Increased skills and understanding of stage-matching and providing stage-matched interventions
About the Training
This half day training will equip housing and homelessness professionals with the skills and resources to advance their professional practice. The Brief Interventions Masterclass offers an interactive, evidence-based opportunity to build knowledge and skills to identify the most effective response for meeting consumers at their stage of change. Brief Interventions are effective and low-cost interventions with potentially long-lasting outcomes for health behaviour change. The session will embed the best practice tools, resources and strategies as well as the invaluable reflection and discussion that face2face training with peers offers.
Suitable For:
- Housing & homelessness professionals
- Front line staff
- Team Leaders
- Program Coordinators
- Program Managers
- Managers
About the trainer:
Dave is a qualified Gestalt therapist, has a background working as a drug and alcohol counsellor, and is passionate about groupwork, personal growth and environmentalism. Dave has worked in private practice and was part of the outreach team at the Buttery Rehab in Northern NSW. In this role, Dave ran several groups, including DRUMBEAT groups with men from the Aboriginal community, AOD support groups, and court diversion psycho-educational groups. Dave moved to Tasmania three years ago and worked in the homeless and mental health sectors before joining DEN as project coordinator for the wungana makuminya project. Following the successful completion of this project Dave joined the DEN team as an educator. Dave continues to work in the AOD sector as a DRUMBEAT facilitator with Holyoake Tasmania as well as developing and delivering groupwork at the Tasmanian Men’s Gathering.
Location:
South (Hobart).
This workshop will also be held in the North (Devonport) on Wednesday 4 May, 2022.
Cost and Available Places:
Registration includes morning tea and a light lunch. Places are subsidised and exclusively available for employees of eligible Shelter Tas member organisations: Specialist Homelessness Services or Community Housing Providers.
Total numbers at each session will be strictly capped in order to ensure quality of service and will initially be limited to 3 per organisation/program. If there are still places available by the 10th of April, the limit of 3 per organisation/program will be lifted. Registrations close Wednesday 20 April 2022.
Unfortunately we are unable to refund registrations for this event. If you are unable to make it on the day and you would like someone else from your organisation to attend in your place, please contact Shelter Tas (training@sheltertas.org.au or 6224 5488) to advise of changes to booking details.
More information:
If you have any further questions, please email the Shelter Tas Workforce Development Officer at: training@sheltertas.org.au
