Events, training & courses

This training will explore new developments in psychoactive substance use with a particular focus on methamphetamines and examine the tension/dichotomy in the literature around substance misuse. It will also identify current trends and innovations in clinical interventions.

This clinical intervention focuses on the use of environments, equipment and activities to regulate individuals’ sensory experience and optimise physiological and emotional well-being. This introductory workshop offers opportunities to experience the sensory approach and explore the application of

The application of legislation within the mental health setting can be complex and raise ethical dilemmas. This interactive workshop considers relevant legislation and provides a framework for approaching dilemmas. It draws upon the experience of consumers, families and carers, medical and legal

This course equips you to understand and complete the required outcome measures for public mental health. The broader content of the workshop demonstrates how you might plan to use outcome measures to provide feedback to a discrete group of consumers who you work with. By the end of the training you

**BY NOMINATIONS ONLY** If you are interested in participating we suggest you discuss this with your manager and let them know that they will be asked to make a nomination. This intensive training is designed for the experienced mental health clinician to follow the continuum of care for mental

This workshop will equip participants with a practical understanding of cognitive behaviour therapy and the skills required to use this therapy in bed-based services. The workshop combines lectures and skills practice in small groups, and is suitable for bed-based staff who are beginners as well as

This training will explore new developments in psychoactive substance use with a particular focus on methamphetamines and examine the tension/dichotomy in the literature around substance misuse. It will also identify current trends and innovations in clinical interventions.

Mental health assessments form the central focus of care for effective treatment and care in public mental health. Combining knowledge, analysis and communication collaboratively achieves effective outcomes with consumers. The impact of holistic assessments assist the achievement of improved

This interactive workshop will examine frameworks that inform nursing practice and reinforce how critical thinking leads to improved outcomes for consumers and reduces clinical errors. The workshop will utilise the principles of clinical reasoning and critical thinking in mental health nursing

This interactive workshop for clinicians will enable participants to support consumers in relation to their driving. It will focus on screening and assessing capability to drive and determining when an occupational therapy assessment is indicated. Practical skills, knowledge and resources will

This highly engaging program brings together concepts, themes and skills derived from the contemporary literature including the Chronological Assessment of Suicide Events (CASE) approach; a risk assessment and formulation model that emphasises prevention over prediction; and Safety Planning

This interactive and practice based workshop looks at approaches to implementing Safewards in acute inpatient units with a focus on making the Safewards package useful for staff and consumers. This workshop provides practical examples of how the 10 identified domains in the Safewards model can be