Some of the professional development opportunities available in May. As always, comment or
contact the library if you have something to add.
Write –
presentations and papers
Second National Complex Needs Conference –
17-18th November, Canberra
Abstract
submissions are now open for the November conference. Abstracts can be submitted under the
following themes:
-
Building stronger linkages in NGO service provision
- Prevention and social determinants of health
- Comprehensive case management and/or care coordination – service providers working together
- Strengthening individual and family capability
- Engaging communities in designing responses and building community capacity
- Breaking down structural and systemic barriers, providing integrated services
- Cross-sectoral and cross-portfolio approaches
- Collaborative Mental Health and Alcohol and Other Drug service delivery
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander services
- Working with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse communities
- Family, Housing and Community Services
- Partnerships with the private sector
- Consumer/peer worker perspectives
- Improving throughcare for people transitioning out of adult prison or youth detention
- Research, evidence, evaluation and establishing best practice
Spots are
available for oral and poster presentations
Submissions close: 12th June,
2015
https://phaa.eventsair.com/QuickEventWebsitePortal/second-national-complex-needs-conference/2ncncwebsite
Read –
professional reading
Maksimovic,
L., Shen, D., Bandick, M., Ettridge, K., & Eckert, M. (2015). Evaluation of the pilot phase of the “Give
up smokes for good” social marketing campaign. Health Promotion Journal of Australia.
http://www.publish.csiro.au/?act=view_file&file_id=HE14066.pdf
Loree, A. M., Lundahl, L. H., & Ledgerwood, D. M. (2015). Impulsivity as a predictor of treatment
outcome in substance use disorders: review and synthesis. Drug and
alcohol review.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dar.12132/epdf
Galvani, S.
(2015). Alcohol and Other Drug Use: The
role and capabilities of social workers. Manchester Metropolitan
University, Manchester.
http://www.smmgp.org.uk/download/guidance/guidance037.pdf?utm_source=ADF+Master+List&utm_campaign=e4136c17e3-DrugInfo_15_April4_15_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_fe135ee49e-e4136c17e3-297991729
Attend –
informal learning sessions, journal club, seminar series
Journal club (available to Healthy Options
workers only)
This
internal professional development session is held both in the library and on
the Queensland teleconference line. May’s
session is being presented by the South Australian team with the topic to be
confirmed.
When: Thursday, 21st May, 2pm
(AEST)
Slide presentations from the 2015 VAADA
conference are now available to view
The VAADA
conference was held in February this year and the presentations are now
available to view through a hyperlinked program.
Presentation
titles include items such as:
-
Moving beyond tokenism: Looking at the challenges and exploring key considerations in servicing transgender clients
- Walking a tightrope: AOD usage and violence, a guide for workers
- SMART recovery Australia: Innovations for a new era of community mutual-aid
Open hyperlinked
presentation titles to view the presentation
http://www.vaada.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Final-conference-program-2015-PDFs.pdf
Indigenous studies: Australia and New
Zealand – Short course
Online short
course exploring the history and contemporary issues facing Māori, Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Requires 2-4
hours study per week, for four weeks.
Students completing the course receive a Certificate of Achievement
Starts: Late May – check website for new
dates
https://www.open2study.com/courses/indigenous-studies
Attend –
conferences, symposiums
National Methamphetamine Symposium
Responding to methamphetamine use using the best and most recent research
Cost: $195
When: Tuesday 12 May, 2015 - Register by 8th
Where: Melbourne
Walk on the wild side 7: Harm maximisation
A one-day
symposium for health professionals examining substance use and society
Includes:
-
Steroid education: A users perspective;
- Change the things I can: serenity for the humble health worker;
- The War on Drugs;
- and, three workshop options.
Where: Education Centre - Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
Cost: $100 Early bird (by 30th April), $150
When: Friday, 15th May
http://www.health.qld.gov.au/metronorth/events/wows/wows-program.pdf
Addiction conference
The conference will address the
treatment and recovery of alcohol, other drugs and behavioural
addictions and is hosted by the Australian and New Zealand Mental Health
Association
Streams
include:
-
Prevention
- Addiction professional support/training
- Treatment & recovery
- and much more…
Our own
Joanne Mazzola, National Prevention Officer, will be presenting Thursday
morning on the new MyAOD Prevention website – discussing putting theory into
practice.
Where: Surfers Paradise, Queensland
Cost: See registration details
When: 20-22nd May
http://addictionaustralia.org.au/
Listen –
podcasts, webinars
Being tech savvy and ‘appy – ReachOut Pro
webinar series
“Learn to use
technology safely and effectively through this “How To” webinar series from the
field. From negotiating your ‘virtual’ boundaries to advocating for change in
your workplace, these webinars will offer practical, ‘tried and tested’ tips to
help support you in using technology with young people.”
E-self
care: Self care, virtual boundaries and professionalism
When: Tuesday 5th May,
11am (AEST)
Tech
tips: Practical tips on how to use technology in day-to-day practice with young
people
When:
Tuesday, 12th May, 11am (AEST)
Navigating
change: Ideas and examples of how to advocate for the use technology when
working with young people
When:
Tuesday, 19th May, 11am (AEST)
http://au.professionals.reachout.com/webinar-sign-up
Understanding methamphetamine webinar -
Dovetail
There continues to be increasing community
concern about the use of methamphetamine, particularly crystal methamphetamine.
In response to this, Cameron Francis from Dovetail will be presenting a
webinar on Tuesday the 5th of May, from 9am - 10am. The presentation will
help increase workers' knowledge about methamphetamine and some of the unique
issues this substance presents. The presentation will provide an overview
of the history of amphetamine both globally and in Australia, as well as an
overview of how it works, the risks and harms, strategies to reduce the harms
and information on treatment interventions
When: Tuesday 5th May, 9am (AEST)
http://www.dovetail.org.au/latest-news/2015/april/dovetail-webinar-understanding-methamphetamine-friday-1st-of-may-9am-10am.aspx
Insight
webinars for May
Amphetamine Use in Australia: Barriers to
Treatment and New Interventions
Presented by
Eliana Hirakis, Griffith University.
Rates of
amphetamine use in Australia have stabilised; however, people are increasingly
using more potent forms of amphetamines and thus are at greater risk of harm.
As amphetamine users are difficult to engage in treatment, investigation into
barriers to treatment is vital in order to develop and tailor interventions to better
engage this population. The latest research on barriers to treatment and online
interventions will be presented.
When: Wednesday, 6th May, 9am
(AEST)
Measurement – The Key to Improvement Metro
South ATOP Experience
Ellenora
Staunton-McKenzie, CNC, & Lan Wu, CN, Metro South Addictions Service
As the
current treatment outcome measurement tool in Metro South Addictions Service,
ATOP has been implemented since June 2013. This presentation will discuss two
topics: the nine months experience at Inala ADS since the implementation of
ATOP (data collection and data analysis); and incorporating treatment outcome
measurement into the quality improvement experience across Metro South
Addictions Service.
When: Wednesday, 13th May, 9am
(AEST)
Adolescent alcohol misuse: Be mindful of
your mechanisms
Dr Matthew
Gullo, NHMRC Early Career Fellow, Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research,
University of Qld
Progress in
reducing adolescent alcohol misuse has been modest. A key problem is the lack
of clear evidence regarding the causal mechanisms of risk and of behaviour
change. This presentation will discuss a
new program of research aimed at disentangling causal factors in adolescent
drinking and the unique effects of different techniques to reduce it (eg belief
modification vs mindful meditation.)
When: Wednesday, 20th May, 9am
(AEST)
Assessed
learning – short courses, certificates, diplomas, bachelors, post-grad
Assessable unit - Drugs, Policy and Public
Health 5001 on offer at Curtin University.
“Alcohol and
other drug use are amongst some of the greatest contemporary public health
challenges. Effective alcohol and other drug use policy development requires a
high level of background knowledge of the area, knowledge of key population
groups impacted by drug use, and awareness of the policy development framework
at various levels of government.”
This is a
one week post-graduate level intensive class including presenters from the
National Drug Research Institute and other international experts. See the program here http://ndri.curtin.edu.au/local/docs/pdf/seminars/dpph_draft_program.pdf
Enrolments close: 19th June
Class dates: 20-24th July in
PERTH
http://ndri.curtin.edu.au/students/dpph5001.cfm
