Free resources, training and education from the Peregrine Centre

Posted on March 24, 2023 by kiamacouncilcs

The Peregrine Portal brings together resources generated by The Peregrine Centre for rural mental health practitioners with external resources curated especially for rural contexts. It includes articles, video resources and our Practical Toolkit documents such as Working with people with a diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) – A practical resource for mental health practitioners; andPerinatal Mental Health – A resource guide for mental health practitioners.

The Peregrine Portal also hosts our new podcast series, The Peregrine Rural Mental Health Podcast, where each episode tackles rural practice in an area requested by rural practitioners. Podcasts include Working with Neurodiversity; Helping Those with Trauma when you are not a trauma specialist; Working with people with a Diagnosis of BPD. These are now available on The Peregrine Portal .

Inaugural Australian Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Recovery and Healing Conference

Posted on March 14, 2023 by kiamacouncilcs

invite you to the upcoming inaugural Australian Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Recovery and Healing Conference with the theme ‘The Right to Recovery’, which the Illawarra Women’s Health Centre is hosting on behalf of the Australian Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Recovery Alliance. It is being held here in Wollongong, 4-5 May.

The overall goal of the conference is to highlight the importance of investing in DFSV recovery as an area that supports both healing and prevention, as well as establish a community of organisations and individuals across Australia who will collectively drive change in the way we perceive and respond to DFSV.

We will be discussing the four pillars of recovery: holistic models of health care; housing and economic recovery; centering children and young people and responsive, safe, and accessible pathways to justice – and consistent with best ethical practice, at least 50% of presenters and facilitators will be people with lived experience/expertise.

We have a range of excellent and experienced speakers and panellists, which will make this conference enlightening, educational and absolutely engaging. They include Rosie Batty AO, Tarang Chawla, Karen Iles, Dr Janina Fisher, Dr Karen Williams, Rebecca Glen, Yumi Lee, Annabelle Daniel and the Australian DFSV Commissioner Micaela Cronin, with a more extensive list here, and more on the way.

This is the first conference in Australia specifically on domestic, family and sexual violence recovery and healing – so not to be missed!

The registration link is here, and more information on the Alliance and the conference can be found here.

13 YARN and 13 11 14 crisis support lines.

Posted on March 9, 2023 by kiamacouncilcs

Lifeline South Coast is holding an information and Q&A session for people interested in joining the 13 YARN and 13 11 14 crisis support lines.

This information session is for our training course which will be held 16^th to 26^th May in Nowra.

Scholarships are available for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for this training course, and there is an opportunity for pathway to paid employment on 13 YARN, the national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander crisis support service.

Information Session Details:

6pm 15^th March via Zoom

Registration:https://www.lifelinesouthcoast.org.au/volunteer/crisis-support-volunteer/

Unpacking the Complexity of Hoarding Disorder and Severe Domestic Squalor

Posted on March 9, 2023 by kiamacouncilcs

Community Industry Group in partnership with Inside Out Recovery will be holding a 2-day training session in April focusing on the complexity of both hoarding and squalor. The aim is to provide participants with an in-depth understanding of these disorders and how to support or diagnose the presence of hoarding and squalor. The training provides front line workers, psychologists, GPs, housing providers, NDIS LACS and planners, real estate agents, and others with an in-depth understanding of these disorders and how to support or diagnose the presence of hoarding and squalor.

Learning outcomes:

Understand Hoarding Disorder (HD) and Severe Domestic Squalor (SDS) from a holistic framework.
Understand the behaviours, psychology, and emotional attachments that underpin these disorders.
Effectively identify the presence of Hoarding Disorder (HD) and Severe Domestic Squalor (SDS).
Identify appropriate intervention strategies – what works and what doesn’t?
Effectively use assessment tools to inform work practices.

Please register using the link below….

Unpacking the Complexity of Hoarding Disorder and Severe Domestic Squalor Tickets, Mon 03/04/2023 at 9:30 am | Eventbrite

Community Industry Group “Temperature Check” Survey

Posted on March 6, 2023 by kiamacouncilcs

To fully understand the significant challenges the Community Services sector (Illawarra/Shoalhaven/Southern NSW) is currently facing, Community Industry Group is conducting a ‘Temperature Check’ (key issue survey) to find out what issues are most concerning to you/your organisation/community and what supports may be needed.

The survey can be found using the link below…

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PGSLPGJ

Any concerns, please call Chris Racar at CIG on 42 56 4333

Carer Gateway Service Provider Open Day

Posted on February 22, 2023 by kiamacouncilcs

Join the Carer Gateway team
for brunch and ﬁnd out more
about programs and services
that carers can access.

– Tailored Support Packages
– Coaching Services
– Counselling
– Emergency Respite
– Peer Support
– Young Carers Programs

Plus a Q&A session with the
team members and carers.

Thursday 16th
March 2023
Time: 9:00am-11:30am
Where: Wollongong Town Hall, Kembla St, Wollongong NSW 2500

To register, go to: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/illawarra-service-provider-open-day-tickets-493385367917

Disability

Posted on October 20, 2022 by kiamacouncilcs

Skill Dojo

Skill Dojo is a life skills program for NSW NDIS participants who have either social, psychosocial or intellectual disabilities, specialising in youth.

The mentoring sessions are run by Life Skills Coaches (Skill Gurus) who work with the participants online via video call to develop their communication, health, household, economic and digital skills.

Support is provided to help NDIS participants achieve their goals, contribute to their community and improve their quality of life. The program is having great success with current participants so we wanted to introduce it to you as it could be beneficial to someone you know or work with.

Contact: Blake McGee, Skill Master, 0402 420 804.