Dates: Thursday 22nd October
Time: 9:30am – 4pm
Venue: Dubbo RSL
Catering included – morning tea and lunch
Are you providing care to people in your community who may experience co-occurring concerns with mental health and alcohol and other drug use?
Join Dr Suzie Hudson to explore evidence-based interventions, supports and community wellbeing approaches for workers in rural and remote areas that are person centred and trauma-informed.
Learning Goals
- Increase your understanding of alcohol and drug use, stigma and its impact on reaching
out for support - Educate you about current patterns of alcohol and other drug use and the associated mental health issues
- Provide tools and strategies that will assist you to work alongside people and their communities who may be experiencing harms from AOD use
Presenter Info
Dr Suzie Hudson is an accredited Mental Health Social Worker and has over 25 years’ clinical experience in the fields of substance use, mental health, forensics, research and evaluation. With a PhD in public health and community medicine, Suzie has developed training and resources designed to enhance the capacity of the AOD treatment sector.
This training is free to attend, as part of the Rural Mental Health Partnership, which is held by The Peregrine Centre.
To ensure diversity and broad reach, multiple EOI’s from the same service are welcome, but priority will be given to participants from different organisations and locations where possible. A waitlist will be available.
