Caring the Mental Health Way: Upskilling Workshop 3 (Borderline Personality Disorder)

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Overview

This course is designed to assist participants explore a two day upskilling workshop that explores the concept 'caring the mental health way'.

The Upskilling workshops are designed to assist health professionals to explore the basic features of caring for a person with a mental illness.

This two day workshop includes learning the ways of communication, developing interventions and building strategies for people with Borderline Personality Disorders.   

In the near future there will also be 2 day upskilling workshops covering Mental Health First Aid

Learning Outcomes

During this course we will look at the basic concepts to caring for a person with Borderline Personality Disorder. 

Spectrum has conceptualised the core competencies that clinicians require to enable them to effectively work with people with BPD as follows:

 1. Understanding BPD (including symptoms, prevalence, causes and evidence-based treatments)

2. Co-existing disorders in BPD

3. Treatment principles

4. Treatment structure

5. The therapeutic relationship

6. Skills development focus

7. Partnering with families, partners and carers

8. Working with suicidal and non-suicidal self-injury behaviours

9. Clinician self – awareness

10. Focus on recovery.

Target

Top End Health employees

  • Nursing, Medical, Mental Health Clinicians, Allied Health and or AOD clinicians working in anywhere from general wards to acute care and or community

Duration

0830AM - 1630PM (7 HOURS)

2 Day workshop

Delivery mode

Face to Face

Cost

N/A However the work unit is aware that they will be charged $250.00 for non-attendance.

How to Pass

Attendees must attend the full session to be marked as complete and attended.

Approvals required to attend

1. Your line Manager and HR delegates have approved your attendance at this training in writing/email.
2. You have submitted and had approval from your financial delegate for any costs including travel to associated with this training.
3. You have let the relevant rostering officers know you will be attending this training.
4. Your work unit is aware that they will be charged $250.00 for non-attendance.

Falsely claiming that approval has been granted can result in cancelation of your enrolment and disciplinary action

How to Enrol

Please note that enrolling into this course will not secure a spot on an upcoming training session. To book in for a session, first enrol here then select an available session under the 'Book Here' tab.

Self-enrol

Use the 'Enrol me' button located at the bottom of this page. If you cannot see the 'Enrol me' button at the bottom of this page, please CLICK HERE and re-check for the 'Enrol me' button at the bottom of this page. Clicking on the 'Enrol me' button will enrol you in the course and take you to the course homepage. Then you will be able to sign-up to a training session.

NTG Staff – login with your NTG LAN details. These are the same details you use to log onto your work computer.

Non-NTG Staff – login with your MyLearning account details or apply for a MyLearning account using the Application form for non-departmental staff.

Completion Requirements

  • This course has been set up with completion points within the workshop. You will need to work through the features across the days to ensure you have completed the requirements.

Course Instructions

  • During the training you will need to complete a range of activities.  The course completion is dependant on this. 
  • Once the training has been delivered, your attendance will be acquitted by the Course Coordinator, and the system will notify you of your grade.
  • If you have completed the training successfully, you will be required to complete an online evaluation in order to obtain your Certificate of Attendance.