August PD post

Some of the professional development opportunities available in July.  Comment below or email the library if you would like to add anything.

Write – presentations and papers

Australian Long-term Unemployment Conference

Authors or organisations interested in submitting a paper or poster at the 3rd Australian Long-Term Unemployment Conference are invited to submit an abstract of no more than 300 words outlining the aims, contents and conclusions of their paper or presentation.

All proposals will be reviewed by the program committee. Presentations will be selected to provide a program that offers a comprehensive and diverse treatment of issues related to the conference theme. Authors will be notified by e-mail of the outcome of their abstract submission.

Submissions close: 11^th August

http://longtermunemployment.org.au/abstract-submission/

 

Read – professional reading

NDARC, NDRI & NCETA (June 2016) Alcohol and Drug Research Connections http://www.connections.edu.au/

 

Walker, K. (2016) The role of alcohol as men desist from physical intimate partner violence. Drug and Alcohol Review, doi: 10.1111/dar.12445.

 

Johnstone, E., Brough, M., Crane, P., Marston, G., & Correa-Velez, I. (2016). Field Placement and the Impact of Financial Stress on Social Work and Human Service Students. Australian Social Work, 1-14. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0312407X.2016.1181769

 

Attend – informal learning sessions, journal club, seminar series

Journal club (available to Healthy Options workers only)

Internal professional development session held in the Annerley boardroom and via Skype meeting.

August’s journal club will be presented by the NSW team.

Date: 22^nd July, 12.30pm AEST

 

Project Gauge – Online modules

This introductory resource has been developed to introduce services to moving beyond individual engagement in consumer consultation and engagement.  There are 5 online modules:

- What is client engagement and participation in the alcohol and other drugs sector?

- Overcoming barriers to engagement and participation in the AOD sector

- Solid ground – feedback and suggestion boxes

- Focus groups

- AOD client advisory groups and representative roles

Duration: 10-15 minutes each

http://insightqld.org/project-gauge/

 

Social Work Practice: Advocating Social Justice and Change

Free online course offered by University of Michigan. Learn the values, techniques, and themes social workers use to help others as well as strategies for addressing social justice challenges. 

Duration: 5 weeks, 2-3hr/wk

Start date: 6^th September

https://www.edx.org/course/social-work-practice-advocating-social-michiganx-sw101x#!

 

Buddhism and modern psychology

Free online course from Princeton University.  This course will examine how Buddhism is faring under scrutiny from psychologists and neuroscientists. Are neuroscientists starting to understand how meditation “works”? Would such an understanding validate meditation—or might physical explanations of meditation undermine the spiritual significance attributed to it? And how are some of the basic Buddhist claims about the human mind holding up? We’ll pay special attention to some highly counterintuitive doctrines: that the self doesn’t exist, and that much of perceived reality is in some sense illusory. Do these claims, radical as they sound, make a certain kind of sense in light of modern psychology? And what are the implications of all this for how we should live our lives? Can meditation make us not just happier, but better people?

Start date: Self-paced

Duration: 5 weeks, 2-5hr/week

https://www.coursera.org/learn/science-of-meditation

 

Listen – podcasts, webinars

Culturally Reflective Casework Practice Podcast

The Culturally Reflective Casework Practice podcast series focuses on a practice model that supports practitioners in working with culturally diverse clients and families. Guest speaker, Janet Irvine, discusses the needs and challenges that can impact on clients from CALD backgrounds, and identifies ways in which organisations & practitioners can adapt Reflective Practice in their casework.

Duration: 5-20 minutes

http://ngolearning.com.au/culturally-reflective-casework-practice2/

 

Invisibilia podcast

Season 2 of the Invisibilia podcast has just begun.  This season includes seven one-hour podcasts on the invisible forces that shape human behaviour including ideas, beliefs, assumptions and emotions.  Episodes are released each Friday and the first one for this season is “Flip the Script: what happens in situations where someone flips the script – does the opposite of what their natural instinct is – and in this way, transforms a situation.”

Duration: 1hr/episode

http://www.npr.org/programs/invisibilia/

July PD and toolkit additions

Some of the professional development opportunities available in July.  Comment below or email the library if you would like to add anything.

Toolkit additions

Dovetail’s Working with Families and Significant Others

The newest addition to Dovetail’s excellent “Youth alcohol and drug good practice guide” series

From Dovetail, “This guide aims to outline a broad range of approaches and strategies that could be a part of a family responsive approach to working with young people, and to address some of the specific barriers to implementing this approach in practice.”

http://www.dovetail.org.au/media/122115/gpgv.digital.pdf

 

Establishing the Connection: Guidelines for the practitioners and clinicians in the sexual assault and alcohol and other drug sectors

These guidelines have been developed to build the capacity of workers in the sexual assault and alcohol and other drug (AOD) sectors in Victoria to support shared clients who experience both sexual assault trauma and substance use issues.

https://aifs.gov.au/sites/default/files/publication-documents/establishing-the-connection-guidelines.pdf

 

Write – presentations and papers

Australian Long-term Unemployment Conference

Authors or organisations interested in submitting a paper or poster at the 3rd Australian Long-Term Unemployment Conference are invited to submit an abstract of no more than 300 words outlining the aims, contents and conclusions of their paper or presentation.

All proposals will be reviewed by the program committee. Presentations will be selected to provide a program that offers a comprehensive and diverse treatment of issues related to the conference theme. Authors will be notified by e-mail of the outcome of their abstract submission.

Submissions close: 11^th August

http://longtermunemployment.org.au/abstract-submission/

 

Read – professional reading

Jääskeläinen, M., Holmila, M., Notkola, I. -L., and Raitasalo, K. (2016) Mental disorders and harmful substance use in children of substance abusing parents: A longitudinal register-based study on a complete birth cohort born in 1991. Drug and Alcohol Review

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dar.12417/abstract?campaign=wolearlyview

 

Kilcullen, M., Swinbourne, A. and Cadet-James, Y. (2016), Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Well-Being: Implications for a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Framework. Australian Psychologist.

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ap.12159/abstract?campaign=wolearlyview

 

Attend – informal learning sessions, journal club, seminar series

Journal club (available to Healthy Options workers only)

Internal professional development session held in the Annerley boardroom and via Skype meeting.

July’s journal club will be presented by the CAFSS Qld team.

Date: 22^nd July, 12.30pm AEST

 

COPMI e-learning courses

The Children of Parents with a Mental Illness (COPMI) national initiative offer interactive eLearning courses to professionals in mental health and allied health areas who are in key positions where they can assist parents who have a mental illness, their children and families.  Courses are free, online and self-paced  

Courses include:

Child Aware practice: This introductory course encourages professionals to understand and talk with parents about the impact of adult problems on children and the role of parents in supporting the safety, wellbeing and development of children. These things should be considered in all service settings - whether you're working with adults, children or families.

Keeping families and children in mind: An introductory course supports learners to understand the impact of parental mental illness on the family unit and to recognise the benefits of a family-sensitive approach to working with families where a parent has a mental illness.

Supporting infants and toddlers: This introductory course helps participants to understand the impact of mental illness on the family through the antenatal period. It assists the learner to grasp attachment and principles of sensitive communication with parents regarding the needs of their children.

Let’s talk about children: Provides training in a brief, evidence-based method that is designed to support mental health professionals to talk with parents who experience mental illness about parenting and their child’s needs.

Family focus: Provides training in an evidence-based family intervention designed to promote family communication and problem solving around the experience of parental mental illness.

Child Aware supervision: Extends the 'Child Aware practice' course and provides training for team leaders and supervisors in strategies that they can apply to promote child and family-sensitive practices in their service.

Duration: 90mins – 3hr/course

http://www.copmi.net.au/professionals-organisations/how-can-i-help/professional-development/elearning-courses

 

Listen – podcasts, webinars

Early intervention and support for people who experience workplace bullying - Webinar

Mental Health Professionals’ Network presents this webinar on how collaborative mental health care and early intervention may help support people who are experiencing bullying in the workplace.

When: 7.15-8.30pm, 27^th July (Registration before the 26^th)

https://www.mhpn.org.au/UpcomingWebinars