SEMINARS, TRAININGS, AND ADDITIONAL SERVICES
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Trish Gledhill - Director/Executive Trustee
Kina Trust views addictions as family and community issues and aims to promote Family Inclusive Practice (FIP) through a number of mechanisms.
These include:
- Advocacy at policy and practitioner levels.
- Programme and service development.
- Accessing and distributing resources.
- Accessing and aligning with current research.
WE PROVIDE TRAINING AND WORKFORCE SUPERVISION
Kina Trust training events are typically one day, interactive workshops although shorter presentations can be provided. FIP Guides, training manuals and several other resources are provided to support training events. All participants are encouraged to join the Kina Database and to utilise the Kina Website to ensure their continued access to workforce initiatives and resources.
FIP training is endorsed by DAPAANZ. DAPAANZ points are awarded per training day and certificates are provided to participants. Each workshop is evaluated by participants and facilitators are also evaluated to provide this high quality training. A review was conducted on training provided during 2007.
A wide range of training can now be offered by Kina Trust. Ideally these workshops are planned in conjunction with other workforce initiatives so that people have access to the level and type of workshops they need and the most skilled facilitators are employed.
Features of the Kina Training
- Partnerships and close liaison with hosting agencies.
- A ‘building capacity’ strength based approach to learning.
- Endorsing of cultural responsiveness.
- Interactive, relaxed styles of facilitation.
- Utilising recent, evidence based material.
- Providing comprehensive resources.
The following workshops are currently offered. Other workshops with a specific focus on FIP may be developed in collaboration with providers.
Introductory FIP - Working in the Addiction Field
These workshops are ideal for new staff and those unfamiliar with these approaches. They cover the basics of FIP approaches, models and tools and are a prerequisite for next level training.
Introductory workshops include the following topics:
- The context of Family Inclusive Practice in the AOD sector.
- Models of Family Inclusive Practice.
- Family Inclusive Practice tools.
- Introducing FIP skills in engaging families and whanau meetings.
- Assessing family resilience.
- Overcoming barriers and fostering service development in FIP.
Working with Youth and FIP
These workshops are specifically aimed at practitioners working in AOD settings with youth. The workshop content incorporates material developed in an FIP youth project that took place in conjunction with the HBDHB. Inclusive practice models are introduced that build on practitioners existing family work in this part of the AOD sector.
Topics include:
- Underpinning approaches to working with family and youth
- Focus on engagement
- Inclusive assessment
- Developing the whanau plan
- Strategies that are inclusive to family in working with youth
Working with Families and Whânau – Essential skills from the Let's get real Framework
This one-day workshop has been developed in partnership with Te Pou to assist mental health and addiction practitioners to support families and to promote their inclusion in the recovery of service users.
This workshop will explore best practice in working with families and focus on the challenges and benefits of applying these skills in everyday mental health and addiction services.
By the end of the workshop, participants will have a greater understanding of:
þ Working with diverse families
þ How to encourage family involvement with the recovery process
þ Specific family inclusive strategies to be used
þ The impact that values and attitudes can have on this work
þ Policies relevant to involving families
þ Support and resources available to families in the community
This workshop is based on the Let’s get real skill, Working with families/ whanau, and will cover the performance indicators at the essential level. "It is most suited to practitioners developing their skills in family work and formore experienced staff who would like to reflect on their current practice."
Working with Families and Whânau – Practitioner skills from the Let's get real Framework
This one-day workshop has been developed to assist mental health and addiction workers to support families and promote their inclusion in the recovery of service users. It explores best practice in working with families and focuses on the challenges and benefits of applying these skills in everyday mental health and addiction services.
By the end of this workshop you will be able to:
- explain to family/whanau the options for family/whanau interventions
- facilitate family/whanau:
- access to relevant information and resources about all aspects of mental health and addiction
- input into and inclusion in service users' recovery plans
- participation in effective family meetings
This workshop is designed to assist staff to demonstrate the practitioner level of the Let's get real working with families/whanau Real Skill. It is most suited to workers wanting to build their skills in family work and for experienced staff who would like to reflect on their current practice.
Living Well
This training focuses on the application of the Kina publication 'Living Well - strategies for the families and friends of people using alcohol and drugs'.
This Kina Trust resource is based on the 'Stress Coping Model', a primary health model developed in the United Kingdom.
The approach has been demonstrated to mitigate the effects of stress and the increased rates of psycological and physical symptoms experienced by these family members. Living well incorporates family resilience concepts, to instil realistic hope for whanau while they explore various coping strategies to maintain their health and wellbeing. This training includes the following topics:
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Understanding family addiction issues
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Application of the Living Well model
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Family risk and resilience
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Accessing other services
Working with Children in the context of family mental health and addiction concerns
This training provides an opportunity to increase workers' knowledge and skills to effectively engage with, and foster the resilience of children experiencing
parental mental health and addiction issues. The workshop covers:
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Clarifying the potential impact of parental mental illness on parenting and child wellbeing
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Views of children and childhood
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Communicating with children about mental illness
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Developmental considerations
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Assessing risk and resilience in children
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Strategies to build resilience in children and families in response to mental illness and addictions.
Family Inclusive Practice supervisors' workshop - in partnership with Matua Raki
Supervision is highlighted as a key mechanism in fostering practice change towards more inclusion of families and social networks in AOD treatment. Kina Trust has worked in partnership with Matua Raki to develop this training to equip supervisors in promoting family inclusive practice. This material is aligned with other Kina Family Inclusive Practice training and best practice supervision models. Key workshop topics include:
· Family Inclusive Practices – a review of key concepts
· Clinical Supervision - a review of theory and practice
· Integrating FIP into Supervision - applying the Supervision Triangle (Hewson,1993)
CREATING SPACES - IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MATUA RAKI
Working with families experiencing challenging and complex issues
These workshops are aimed at enhancing the ability of alcohol and drug workers to engage and work with families who experience a range of challenging issues. Practical skills and strategies are provided to use with clients and their families in ways that address risk and promote individual and family capacities.
Key topics in the two day interactive workshops include:
· Views and knowledge about families that informs our practices
· Creating spaces to promote whanau engagement
· Working in the context of transitions, offending, family violence and promoting the wellbeing and protection of children
· Safe, effective and collaborative practices that promote resilience
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KINA - Families and Addictions Trust
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