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This course will support and enhance the skills and knowledge required by Health Care Professionals across a variety of health care settings, to effectively acknowledge and respond to the complex mental health needs and psychological issues of people living with an advanced chronic and terminal illness, and that of their family and caregivers as they approach the last year of life. Health Care Professionals, especially Social Workers, encounter people living with the impacts of advanced chronic and terminal illness or their families and loved ones. Knowing how to screen and assess for psychological distress or mental health issues and then having access to evidence based therapeutic skills and knowledge to respond appropriately and in a timely, patient centered manner can impact positively on the individual's quality of life and that of their loved ones.

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This interactive and stimulating 2-day course will assist professionals to explore conflict and impart the essential principles and process of mediation. The structured 5-step mediation model and specific conflict resolution skills will be presented and practiced. The course can be utilised in many different areas of conflict e.g. client work, workplace disputes and interpersonal conflict.

* Discount for AASW members *

This course is designed to teach hypnosis to clinicians working primarily as psychotherapists. Participants have the choice of learning the fundamentals only, or developing more advanced hypnotic skills by completing the entire program. The use of hypnosis enhances effectiveness across a range of presenting problems, including depression, anxiety, pain, insomnia and PTSD and is thus a very useful adjunct to most interventions.

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This two-day workshop presents a highly practical and interactive workshop (case-based) for treating PTSD patients; the content is applicable to both adult and adolescent populations

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This career insights session is designed to provide Students and New Graduates with insight into different career paths within the field of Social Work.

• Mini Careers-Fair
• Give-aways
• AASW Membership drive
• Q&A
• Networking

This one-day foundational interactive professional development training alerts attendees to the possibility that clients, staff members and/or practitioners may have experiences of trauma/s, from childhood, or more recently, which are affecting their health, wellbeing, and daily interactions and functioning.

This two-day interactive professional development training presents the 3-phased approach for working therapeutically with complex trauma clients. The training is interactive and involves role plays, vignettes and case studies. Participants will leave the training with insights and tools which foster hope, recovery, enhance client and staff wellbeing and minimise the risks of re-traumatisation.

This introductory workshop provides participants with an opportunity to gain an understanding of the prevalence of child abuse in our community and impact of sexual abuse for children.

The South Australian Joint Agency Social Work Symposium 2017 "Social Work Futures" will bring thought leaders and challengers from across the practitioner spectrum together to discuss four key elements of shaping change for the future of social work. Be part of the conversation about the future of human rights in social care, supervision models, reclaiming professional judgement and ethical deliberation. Building a sustainable and accountable professional practice for the future begins with a refocus on how, not just what we do, in social work practice.

A skills-development workshop hosted by the SA Social Justice Committee and Aged Care Practice Group

Please join us for this cultural awareness-raising event in NAIDOC week. We will be celebrating the importance of culturally appropriate practices and social engagement amongst Aboriginal elders and communities.

Behavioural Activation (BA) is one of the most effective first line treatments for people with mild, moderate and severe depression. BA is a structured time limited intervention that supports people to reengage with activities that will increase rewarding experiences in their lives.

The Mental Health and Wellbeing of Young People Seminar equips social workers and other frontline professionals with practical knowledge, skills and tools that they can apply directly in their work to support young people improve and maintain their mental and emotional wellbeing.

This is the final 2-day workshop in the series that comprise our certification curriculum entitled Advanced Techniques for Difficult to Treat Populations.

This one-day interactive professional development training explores the nature of vicarious trauma (VT), contrasts it with burnout and compassion fatigue, and supports you to stay healthy and safe in your work with people impacted by diverse traumas.

This one-day foundational interactive professional development training alerts attendees to the possibility that clients, staff members and/or practitioners may have experiences of trauma/s, from childhood, or more recently, which are affecting their health, wellbeing, and daily interactions and functioning.

The emphasis of this two-day training program is upon imparting practical, accessible skills to use immediately with survivors of complex trauma (especially child abuse and neglect).

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This 2-day Master Class with the legendary Joan Farrell. PhD, is suitable for Schema Therapists at all levels and clinicians who have some knowledge and experience in using the basic schema therapy model, and want to learn more about core schema therapy interventions.

In this interactive workshop you will gain both a theoretical understanding of the ST model and practical skills in the application of Schema Therapy with children, adolescents, and their families. The workshop will teach participants to design developmentally appropriate approaches to implement experiential mode work with children and adolescents, including drawing, puppets, imagery, mode dialogues, imagery rescripting and story-telling.