Wrangling Risk

Arts Therapist and Registered Nurse, Annie Sloss brings this important professional development opportunity over 4 months. Safe practice for risky business is a four-part online workshop series addressing the fundamental skills and knowledge required for employment as a therapist in private practice and helping agencies.

Participants are welcome to attend as many or few of the workshops as meets their learning needs. An attendance certificate will be given as evidence for professional development requirements.

Workshop 3/4 - Wrangling Risk - Wed 22nd October 6 - 9pm
In this practical, supportive workshop, we’ll explore the essential foundations of risk assessment, focusing on suicide and vulnerability to family violence. Together, we will strengthen your ability to recognise, respond to, and document risk ethically and effectively, while caring for your own wellbeing as a practitioner.

Learning Outcomes

Understand key risk indicators for suicide and family violence
Learn how to assess, document, and monitor risk using appropriate tools and language
Develop confidence in initiating and holding conversations about suicide with clients
Know when—and how—to refer, collaborate, or escalate risk concerns
Explore documentation, consultation, and ethical/legal obligations around risk
Practice real-world conversations and risk screening in a safe learning space
Embrace self-care strategies when working with high-risk content
Revisit and refine client risk/resilience plans for practical use.

The workshops will take place online on the following dates:

Forging Foundations – Wed 27th August 6.30-8.30 pm
Conquering Case Notes - Wed 24th September 6.30 – 8.30 pm
Wrangling Risk – Wed 22nd October 6-9 pm (3hrs)
Demystifying Direction Wed 12th November 6.30-8.30pm

At the completion of the four workshops participants will:

Understand basic requirements to maintain ethically and legally safe professional therapeutic practice from first point of client contact through to risk assessment, management and documentation. Including scope of practice, professional obligations, intake assessment and documentation, case note writing, information collection, storage, privacy and consent. Interdisciplinary communication, risk assessment and risk/resilience plans, assessment, case conceptualisation and goal setting skills.

Facilitator
Annie Sloss has over twenty years experience as a Nurse/Therapist within the public, private and community, addictions and mental health sectors. Annie holds a Master’s degree in Creative Arts Therapy, and has taught as a sessional teacher at MIECAT and IKON and now works in private practice. Annie specializes in working with people who live with complex trauma, and provision of clinical supervision. Her Master’s thesis topic focused on the experience of therapists managing clients experiencing suicidality, and she continues this courageous inquiry working with suicidality in her private practice.

This is a Professional Development offer developed for Mental Health Professionals, Social Workers, and Creative Arts Therapists.

Some prior training in psychology, counselling, social work and/or creative arts therapies is assumed.

Please make a considered purchase! MIECAT won't be able to offer refunds should you decide during the session that this event isn't appropriate for you.

This foundational training is appropriate for students and practitioners who are interested in refreshing their skills or those new to the field who seek an introduction to some fundamental principles and frameworks.