Let's get real

Kina Trust in partnership with Te Pou have developed this workshop:

Families ......

..... do you want to build your sKills in working with families and whanau? 

Working with families and whanau - PRACTITIONER SKILLS

This 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.

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