ATODA engages expert trainers and educators from across Australia to deliver a range of customised, evidence-based and ACT-specific alcohol, tobacco and other drug education and training. Below is the ATODA training schedule for 2017.
Find out more about working with ATODA to arrange expert, customised, evidence-based and ACT-specific ATOD training and education for your service or sector.
Upcoming training
May 2017
- Monday to Thursday 8 – 11 May: AOD skill set training (round 1) – Work in an AOD context
June 2017
- Monday 5 June: AOD harm reduction training (for Toora Women Inc. staff only)
- Tuesday 6 June: AOD harm reduction training (for Mental Health workers only)
- Tuesday 13 June: Quitskills: half-day refresher
- Wednesday and Thursday 14-15 June: Quitskills: Motivational Interviewing
July
- Tuesday- Thursday 4-6 and Tuesday 18 July: AOD skill set training (round 1) – Assess the needs of clients with AOD issues & Develop and review individual AOD treatment plans (combined delivery). Assessments to be on 19-20 July
- Tuesday to Friday 25-28 July: AOD skill set training (round 2) – Work in an AOD context
September
- Monday to Thursday 11-14 September: AOD skill set training (round 2) – Assess the needs of clients with AOD issues & Develop and review individual AOD treatment plans (combined delivery). Assessments to be on Friday 15 September
ATODA is providing AOD harm reduction training to allied sectors, including domestic violence, youth and mental health sectors, in 2017. Contact ATODA to discuss arranging AOD harm reduction training for your service or sector.
This training was held on 27-28 April 2017 and delivered to workers from ACT Health-funded and delivered specialist AOD services.
This course aimed at equipping Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) workers with an understanding of the forms of Amphetamine-Type Stimulants (ATS) used, patterns and prevalence of misuse, pharmacology, signs and symptoms of ATS use, withdrawal and toxicity. The course also covered mental health and ATS, harm reduction and easy-to-use screening tools based on a Motivational Interviewing framework.
Date: See below
Venue: ATODA’s office, 11 Rutherford Crescent, Ainslie, Canberra
Cost: Subsidised training for registered participants
Who is this training for? Workers from ACT Health-funded and delivered specialist AOD services.
Applications: Applications for the first round of training in 2017 are now closed. Applications for the second round will open, shortly.
Successful completion of the AOD Skill Set (or its predecessor the 4 Core Competencies) is a requirement of all workers in specialist ACT ATOD services (funded or delivered by ACT Health) who directly provide ATOD services to clients (e.g. assessments, counselling, group work, case work), as outlined in the ACT ATOD Qualification Strategy.
To complete the AOD Skill Set, workers must undertake 4 core units from the Certificate IV in Alcohol and Other Drug Work. Upon successful completion of the AOD Skill Set, each worker will be provided with a nationally-recognised Statement of Attainment.
In 2017, there will be two rounds of AOD Skill Set training open to ACT ATOD services workers.
Workers who have previously undertaken the 4 Core Competencies are not required to undertake the AOD Skill Set.
ATODA will be providing full subsidies for relevant workers to undertake the AOD Skill Set (equivalent to approximately $2,400 scholarship).
2017 training dates are:
Round 1
Work in an AOD context:
- 8 – 11 May
Assess the needs of clients with AOD issues & Develop and review individual AOD treatment plans (combined delivery):
- 4 – 6 July; and
- 18 July
- 19 – 20 July (simulated assessments)
Provide interventions to people with AOD issues
- 13 – 15 November
Round 2
Work in an AOD context:
- 25 – 28 July
Assess the needs of clients with AOD issues & Develop and review individual AOD treatment plans (combined delivery):
- 11 – 14 September
- 15 September (simulated assessments)
Provide interventions to people with AOD issues
- Early 2018 (dates to be announced)
Date: Tuesday 13 June
Time: 9am-4.30pm
Venue: TBC
Cost: none
Who is this training for? Workers from ACT Health-funded and delivered specialist AOD services who work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients. Participants must have completed the three-day Quitskills course.
Applications: will open shortly. More information will be sent out, soon.
This training provides participants with the knowledge, skills and confidence to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to think about their smoking and make some changes.
This training is a refresher course for workers who have previously undertaken the three-day Quitskills course. Through this one-day course, participants will gain updated smoking cessation information, including about nicotine replacement, and motivational interviewing skills.
Date: Wednesday-Thursday 14-15 June
Time: 9am-4.30pm (both days)
Venue: TBC
Cost: none
Who is this training for? Workers from ACT Health-funded and delivered specialist AOD services who work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients. Participants must have completed the three-day Quitskills course.
Applications: will open shortly. More information will be sent out, soon.
This training provides participants with the knowledge, skills and confidence to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to think about their smoking and make some changes.
Through this two-day course, participants will gain enhanced basic skills in motivational interviewing, as they apply to working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
The unit of competency gained through this course, combined with the competencies gained through the three-day Quitskills training, equates to a smoking cessation skill set. Nurses and other registered health professionals who undertake this course are eligible for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points.