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Workshop: Capacity Building for Child-Safe Organisations Please Note that the content in the workshop discusses child sexual abuse, which may be distressing for some participants. This full-day training provides a holistic approach to creating and developing child-safe organisations. The training covers the National principles and delves deeper into what it truly means to be a child-safe organisation. Participants will gain valuable insights and knowledge to create a safe and protective environment for children under their care. The training addresses the importance of adopting a ‘child safe culture’. Furthermore, the training is designed to equip attendees with a thorough understanding of the...

Workshop: Capacity Building for Child-Safe Organisations Please Note that the content in the workshop discusses child sexual abuse, which may be distressing for some participants. This full-day training provides a holistic approach to creating and developing child-safe organisations. The training covers the National principles and delves deeper into what it truly means to be a child-safe organisation. Participants will gain valuable insights and knowledge to create a safe and protective environment for children under their care. The training addresses the importance of adopting a ‘child safe culture’. Furthermore, the training is designed to equip attendees with a thorough understanding of the...

Designed for nurses and GPs, this course upskills the triage practitioner to confidently assess patients and apply the Australasian Triage Scale to allocate an appropriate triage category. Tuesday 13 February, 7.00am-1:30pm WST - Register HERE. Tuesday 16 April, 7.00am-1:30pm WST - Register HERE. Tuesday 18 June, 7.00am-1:30pm WST - Register HERE. Cost Regular: $515.00 Member: $465

About this course Are you con­fi­dent of your abil­i­ty to man­age men­tal health emergencies? Would you like to devel­op your skills in respond­ing to acute men­tal ill­ness and severe distress? Are you required to assist clients who have used sub­stances or alcohol? The Men­tal Health Emer­gen­cies Online (MHE Online) course is designed to enable remote health staff to devel­op the knowl­edge and skills nec­es­sary to respond with con­fi­dence when encoun­ter­ing clients pre­sent­ing with acute men­tal health issues, sub­stance use, sui­ci­dal behav­iour or episodes of acute distress. MHE online deliv­ers the same con­tent from our tra­di­tion­al face-to-face course but allows you to engage from the com­fort of...

When: Thursday 22 February 2024  |  What time: 7:15 PM-8:30 PM (AEDT)  |  Where: Online – join via your computer  |  Cost: Free Attend this webinar to enhance your ability to support people with chronic pain to participate in work that benefits their health and wellbeing.  The panel will discuss the case study of a person who is experiencing chronic pain navigating the workplace. Meet the Panel Dr Irina Hollington specialises in pain medicine with interests in chronic pelvic, abdominal and perianal pain conditions affecting women and men. Catherine Ketsimur is an Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA) Pain Physiotherapist with extensive musculoskeletal physiotherapy experience. Professor Michael Nicholas is a...

WA Rural Health Long Service Awards   Awards Ceremony and Cocktail Function  Friday 23 February 2024  I  4.30pm - 7.30pm  I  Fraser's Kings Park Cost: $60 per person (complimentary for long-service recipients and one guest) Dress: Cocktail Long Service Awards are presented to general practitioners and medical specialists who have served rural and regional Western Australia for over 20 years.  These awards recognise the extensive commitment to providing health services, often to many generations of the same family and their continued involvement in the community. Nominations are not required for this category. The recipients of Long Service Awards are identified through the Rural Health West...