Practice & Connection Forum - Inner Gippsland (Baw Baw, Latrobe, South Gippsland & Bass Coast)

Building knowledge, skills & collaborative practice. Supporting practitioners to respond to family violence across Gippsland!

The Gippsland Family Violence Alliance Practice & Connection Forums are open to all practitioners working in Family Violence, AoD, Mental Health, Family Services or any other workforce prescribed under MARAM (Multi-Agency Risk Assessment) Framework.

Each Practice & Connection Forum is designed to provide information to practitioners to build their knowledge, skills and practice around particular topics, while providing opportunities to identify and enhance collaboration between practitioners and organisations across the service sector.

At this Practice & Connection Forum will provide be provided with information regarding Alcohol & Other Drug use and Family Violence.

You will hear presentations from specialist within the field including....

Gippslands Family Violence Specialist Advisors for Alcohol & other Drugs
Latrobe Community Health Services Addiction Services Team
Odyssey House Victoria - Hope Centre Residential Rehabilitation Service

This session will include information regarding:

Intersections of Alcohol & other Drugs (AoD) and Family Violence

Identifying drug types

AoD effects and trends

Overdose risk & harm minimisation

Local services

Referral pathways