CEH presents monthly professional development workshops for health, government and community sector employees. Sign up to our newsletter here for current workshop information and more.
All workshops are held in North Richmond. Click here for directions.
Half-day workshops (9.15am-1pm) cost $150.
Full-day workshops (9.30am-4.30pm) cost $250.
Both include morning tea and lunch.
Under each workshop, the link Register for this workshop appears. Click on it to register.
Places are strictly limited, so register early to avoid disappointment.
If you are wishing to enrol in multiple workshops, please contact our office for assistance on (03) 9418 9929 or enquiries@ceh.org.au
Terms and conditions
Workshops
Understanding the sexual health and well-being needs of refugee young people
The migration and refugee experience often means young people miss out on sexual health and wellbeing education prior to settlement in Australia. The stigma surrounding sexually transmitted infections and other sexual health issues, along with low English proficiency, can prove to be a major barrier to these people seeking out information.
This workshop aims to help you build refugee young people's knowledge, their access to services, and capacity to make informed choices.
Workshop participants will become familiar with:
- strategies to encourage young refugees to plan ahead to prevent risk-taking behaviour, and for dealing with negative situations if they arise
- strategies to plan and deliver sexual health education
- peer-based approaches to education
- how to engage parents on sexual health.
For some background on the effect stigma can have on wellbeing within some CALD communities, drop in on our blog discussion here.
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Improving cross cultural communication
Effective communication with refugee and migrant clients is essential for high quality service delivery. This workshop provides staff working in health and community organisations with strategies and skills to efficiently engage with individuals who have low English proficiency.
It is expected this workship will help you:
- Identify key principles of effective cross cultural communication
- Recognise different aspects of verbal and non-verbal communication styles
- Assess the need for an interpreter
- Implement strategies for effective communication with CALD clients
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Introduction to cultural diversity
In our multicultural society, it is fundamental our workplaces have the ability to provide appropriate access and service to people from a range of cultural backgrounds. This workshop introduces health,
community and local government staff to key concepts in migration, diversity and cultural competence.
For: Health, community and local government staff.
Workshop participants will be able to:
- Identify the relationship between culture and health and wellbeing
- Explain the impact of personal cultural interpretations on service provision
- Use culturally appropriate strategies when working with people from refugee and migrant backgrounds.
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Organisational health literacy
Health literacy is a state and federal health policy priority, and aims to improve individuals’ capacity to understand and apply health information. This workshop provides methods to embed organisation-wide health literacy strategies into systems, operations, planning and workforce development.
For: Managers and senior staff.
Workshop participants will be able to:
- Identify organisational priority areas for health literacy action
- Contextualise health literacy within cultural responsiveness, quality improvement and diversity planning requirements
- Apply health literacy strategies relative to the organisation’s needs.
Our recent health literacy forum provided some excellent insights into organisational health literacy. Find out more here.
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Health literacy in practice
The degree to which individuals can obtain and understand health information has a significant impact on their capacity to make appropriate health decisions. This workshop provides practitioners with strategies to review practices and systems, and tools to assess client/patient health literacy.
For: Health, community and local government staff.
Workshop participants will be able to:
- Identify principles of health literacy and models of practice
- Implement strategies to improve practices and systems
- Apply tools to assess individuals’ health literacy
For some background on the health literacy landscape, drop in on our blog discussion here.
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Evaluation planning for CALD community projects
9.30am – 4.30pm
Good project evaluation tells us more than participation numbers. How can we assess the social impact of CALD health and wellbeing projects with merit and validity; to build the evidence base, inform
future directions and ensure on-going improvement? This training provides skills in designing an evaluation plan that makes use of appropriate research methods, data sources and collection tools.
For: Program planning and project staff with some experience in evaluation design.
Workshop participants will be able to:
- Identify a range of research approaches, methods and data collection tools appropriate to assessing social impact of CALD community projects
- Select evaluation methods and tools that are appropriate for the research question
- Critically analyse data, verify its validity, and interpret results
- Map key aspects of an evaluation plan.
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Working with interpreters
Knowing when and how to work with interpreters is essential when working with clients with low English proficiency. Understanding how to integrate an interpreter into the conversation will lead to more effective communication.
For: Staff with no or limited experience of working with interpreters.
Workshop participants will be able to:
- Identify when an interpreter is needed and the process to engage an interpreter
- Explain the role of an interpreter in communication with clients and community
- Apply the skills required to work effectively with an interpreter.
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Negotiating between health beliefs
Different health beliefs and understandings of illness influence help-seeking practices and behaviours. This training provides strategies and methods for practitioners to negotiate between health beliefs with CALD patients/clients to improve health outcomes.
For: Health practitioners.
Workshop participants will be able to:
- Identify key components of the world’s major health belief systems
- Elicit from clients their understanding of health, illness and treatment
- Employ a five-step process to negotiate between your own and your client’s health beliefs, to reach mutually-agreed goals
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Enquiries
For all enquiries, please contact our office on (03) 9418 9929 or email enquiries@ceh.org.au
Terms and conditions
- Registrations must be confirmed by the registration form (invoices are issued on receipt of registration but not more than one month in advance of the session date).
- Registrations may be cancelled up to 5 working days prior to the day of the workshop with a full refund.
- Cancellations giving less than 5 working days notice will incur a 30% cancellation fee to cover administration costs.
- Fees will not be refunded for cancellations on the day of the training or for non-attendance on the day.
- Organisations may send alternative candidates to attend training if the original candidate is not available.
- By returning this form to register for a workshop, you are consenting to the terms and conditions of payment and refunds.