Essential Skills in Eating Disorders for AOD Workers - Foundational level workshop

Dates: Thursday September 19, 9:00AM - 5:00PM

Location: Catholic Leadership Centre: 576 Victoria Parade, East Melbourne

Cost: $85 + booking fee + GST

Description:
As an AOD worker, you’re likely to encounter clients with co-occurring issues, including eating disorders. Understanding the basics can greatly enhance the care you provide within the scope of your role. This workshop will equip you with essential skills to recognize and respond to these complex needs within your existing AOD practice. 

Learn how to integrate care strategies that address both substance use and eating disorders, improving outcomes for your clients.

Learning Objectives:

• Key Features for Early Identification understanding clinical features, prevalence and impact, risk factors and warning signs of eating disorders.
• Response to an Eating Disorder explores engaging with a person experiencing an eating disorder, screening and screening tools, assessment, and making a provisional eating disorder diagnosis.
• Shared Care covers referring to appropriate services in the stepped system of care for eating disorders, understanding and working in the multidisciplinary care team, and engaging families and supports.
• Treatment provides an understanding of mental health treatment, medical care, nutrition support and stepping up care and/or referral pathways
• Link between AOD and EDs helps us to understand the links between eating disorders and substance use and how you might work with someone experiencing both.

Prerequisite to this workshop

Students are required to complete the An Introduction to Understanding Eating Disorders prior to attending the workshop.

Eligibility Criteria

This training has been funded for workers employed in a Victorian State-funded Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) service, including Peer and LLE workers.

Who is not eligible?

Students on placement or internships, workers from other community sectors such as family violence, homelessness, mental health, and AOD workers outside of Victoria.

Terms & Conditions

Please ensure you have clearance from your line manager to attend. If you cannot attend, cancel your registration and make your spot available to someone else on the waitlist.

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Travel Contribution

Workers travelling from rural and remote locations are eligible for travel contribution.  See T & C's 

Accommodation

The Catholic Leadership Centre has accommodation facilities onsite.  Click here to find out more.