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. Fifteen 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 Training
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
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 addictions 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.
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