Hot Topic Webinar: Homelessness and Palliative Care

Hot Topic Webinars are FREE for PCSA Members and for people living or working in Country SA, via funding from Country SA PHN and are supported by the Government of South Australia | SA Health and PalCare

This 1-hour webinar is your chance to hear from experts in this very important field.
They will share their knowledge and insights about this topic.

Webinar topics:

• What is important to know about this topic
• Experiences and lessons learnt
• What is working, what’s not working and what can be done better
• Latest Resources, Evidence and Tools
• Top ‘call to actions’ for health, social and community professionals to engage in this space

Guest Speakers

David Pearson: 
David recognises that ending homelessness is possible and that it’s not normal for communities to have people sleeping rough or be something we should accept. He has worked towards this goal in a range of roles in the community, government, university and philanthropic sectors, including currently as the CEO of the Australian Alliance to End Homelessness. He is also a senior advisor for the Institute of Global Homelessness (IGH), a 2020 Keneth Myer Innovation Fellow and a 2021 Churchill Fellow.

Violet Platt:
Violet is the CEO of Palliative Care Victoria, with 30 years of experience in cancer and palliative care nursing.
Violet has a Master’s in Nursing Research, an EMBA, and is currently undertaking a PhD in Palliative Care for people experiencing homelessness.

Who can attend?
Health professionals who work or volunteer across the health, social and community sectors, including (but not limited to):

• Doctors, Nurses, Paramedics
  
• Allied Health staff
• Social Workers, Case Workers
• Academics, Educators
• Volunteer Managers/ Coordinators, Volunteers
• Administrative staff
• Spiritual Care Workers
• Community Development Workers & Managers

This is a LIVE WEBINAR | If you can’t attend the live webinar, register and you will receive a link to the recording afterwards

Certificate of attendance available for participants who register and watch the live webinar.