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Delivery: In person or MS Teams

Navigate Challenging Situations Successfully

Positive relationships and win/win outcomes are critical success contributors, and a range of conflicts can easily interrupt this. We must acquire the expertise and confidence to manage our emotional state effectively while in the heat of the moment to avoid negative effects on our wellbeing, morale and productivity.

This engaging session is designed to equip you with a deep understanding of what is driving conflict and how to achieve positive outcomes when dealing with employees, colleagues, managers or any other people you regularly interact with. You will acquire well-tested strategies to identify, deal with and resolve conflicts skilfully and more confidently.

Topics:

• What caused conflict?
• How to identify and handle conflict
• Resolving conflict with confidence

Target audience: Managers, supervisors, team leaders, and field officers. 

Facilitator: Martin Probst, PROfound Leadership

Martin Probst is an award-winning learning professional and #1 International Bestselling author, assisting individuals, teams and organisations to lead with confidence and succeed in today’s busy and ever-changing environment.

Through his company PROfound Leadership, Martin’s vision is to strengthen organisations through human-centred leadership and positively transform their future and generations to come.
His mission to maximise human potential and empower individuals and teams with skills of the future.

Martin is directly impacting the lives of many managers in Australia and around the globe through his simple-yet-effective and solution-based leadership strategies, so they can successfully deal with the human aspects of the business.

Registrations

AEN Members: Free PD Session: Please login to Member’s area to register for this session.

Round Table Discussion

Date:     Wednesday 12 July 2023

Time:     10.30am – 12.30pm

In Person Event

Registrations close: Monday 10 July 2023

Mental health first aid is the help provided to someone who is developing a mental health problem, has a worsening of an existing mental health problem or is in a mental health crisis. The first aid is given until appropriate professional help is received, or the crisis resolves. Mental health first aid strategies are taught in evidence-based training programs authorised by Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Australia and conducted by MHFA instructors across Australia.

The Accredited Youth Mental Health First Aid Course is for adults working with adolescents (up to 18 years of age), however the course is relevant for those helping people who are a little older.

Timelines / Delivery:

The blended Youth MHFA course includes a combination of self-paced eLearning, and an instructor-led workshop.  

Course Component 1

• Self-paced interactive eLearning (5 hours) to be completed before 9 August 2023.
• Course participants will have 4 weeks (after registrations close) to complete the interactive self-paced eLearning component prior to joining the workshop on 9 August. They will learn about mental health problems, mental health crises, and skills to offer initial help to a young person developing a mental health problem or in a mental health crisis.

Course Component 2

• Face-to-face workshop, 1 x 6 hours on Wednesday 9 August 2023, 10am-4.00pm at AEN training room, 83 Hobsons Road, Kensington.
• The instructor-led workshop allows participants the opportunity to revise and consolidate knowledge and skills in a group environment, and to apply their skills to specific scenarios.

Course content: For further information, please visit Accredited Youth MHFA course (ignore ‘What is the format’ and ‘How do I sign up’).

Facilitator: Ashley Gurney, Managing Director and Founder, Alcohol and Drug Education Specialist Pty Ltd (ADES) (Biography)

Accreditation: After completing both components, participants can complete an online Accreditation Assessment to become an Accredited Mental Health First Aider (valid for 3 years).

Cost:

Members: $242
Non-Members: $292

Registrations

AEN Members: Please login to Member’s area prior to purchasing tickets to access the member rate.

• All prices include GST
• A surcharge of 2% will apply to all payments by credit card. EFT is not available.
• Tickets will be sent to the billing address email only.

Registrations close: Friday 14 July 2023 (or until sold out)

Cancellation/refund policy: No refunds or substitution of attendees allowed after 2 August 2023. If participants are unable to complete the online component (eLearning) prior to 9 August, they have 12 months to finish the course. To receive accreditation, they need to source out another virtual training session/s. Participants can contact the Drug and Alcohol Education Specialists (training provider) direct to ascertain if another up and coming instructor-led workshop is available.

Delivery: In person or MS Teams

Get the Message Across with Positive Impact

Even though we communicate all day long, communication is not as simple as it seems and what we say can easily be misunderstood. Therefore, effective communication is about the response we get.

This session is designed to equip you with powerful techniques to manage self-talk more effectively. You will also acquire the tools for clear, confident, and concise communication, and learn how to get your message across with positive impact.

Topics:

• Managing self-talk effectively
• Speaking the other person’s language
• Communicating with positive impact

Target audience: Managers, supervisors, team leaders, and field officers. 

Facilitator: Martin Probst, PROfound Leadership

Martin Probst is an award-winning learning professional and #1 International Bestselling author, assisting individuals, teams and organisations to lead with confidence and succeed in today’s busy and ever-changing environment.

Through his company PROfound Leadership, Martin’s vision is to strengthen organisations through human-centred leadership and positively transform their future and generations to come.
His mission to maximise human potential and empower individuals and teams with skills of the future.

Martin is directly impacting the lives of many managers in Australia and around the globe through his simple-yet-effective and solution-based leadership strategies, so they can successfully deal with the human aspects of the business.

Registrations

AEN Members: Free PD Session: Please login to Member’s area to register for this session.

Delivery: In person or MS Teams

Delivery: In person or MS Teams

Participants will gain an understanding of African beliefs, values, work/family values and how to work with African communities. Gain insight into the importance of cultural inclusion throughout the recruitment process along with strategies to develop, retain and support African apprentices/trainees.

Target audience: Managers, field officers and staff with recruitment responsibilities of African apprentices/trainees.

Learning outcomes:

• A brief overview of African beliefs, values, work culture/family culture, cultural sensitivities/taboos
• Gain insight on how to work with African communities
• Learn how to effectively engage apprentices from African backgrounds
• Embedding cultural inclusion throughout the recruitment process along with strategies to develop, retain and support apprentices from African backgrounds.

About the facilitator:

Ashoup Atar is the CEO of Kowanj, a not-for-profit community-led organization that was established in response to the emerging social, educational, and employment needs of the African refugees & new and emerging communities in Australia. As an ex-refugee, Ash is committed to supporting migrant/refugees’ communities to prosper and achieve their goals. Members of the CALD communities are often disadvantaged and under-represented in the labour market therefore, Ash’s work focuses on addressing the employment barriers CALD jobseekers face and support employers promote cultural competence in the workplace, allowing jobseekers to transition effectively into their jobs.

Registrations

AEN Members: Free PD Session: Please login to Member’s area to register for this session.

Registrations close: Friday 22 September 2023