Peer Projects, a program of SHARC are thrilled to announce registrations are now open for the next round of SHARC Peer Worker Training. Details as follows:

Eligibility:
This training is free for AOD Peer Workers in state-funded services in Victoria.

Duration:
5 days, 9:30am – 4:00pm each day.

Dates: 
16^th,17^th,18^th, 21st^, and 22nd of October 2024

Where:
Face to face training, details of location to be sent once registered

If you or anybody you know who is in a Victorian AOD Peer Worker role and is yet to attend SHARC’s Peer Worker Training then please register and share the link with your networks accordingly.

Registrations are sure to fill up fast so make sure you register your interest as soon as possible if you would like to attend the training via the following link:

https://form.jotform.com/221729082980865
SHARC Peer Worker Training aims to:

• Educate peer workers around the concepts and core competencies of the peer work discipline.

• Assist peer workers to apply best practice peer work in formalised settings.

• Explore the key components of the role with a focus on the peer relationship.

• Increase confidence and develop skills in communication and navigating relational parameters.

• Develop understandings of ethical practice and workplace legislative requirements.

• Empower peer workers to advocate for the discipline and manage their own wellbeing and development needs.

• Prepare peer workers to work across a number of domains, remaining ‘peer’ within clinical governance frameworks.

Please note that registrations for funded spots in the training close by COB, Friday 20th September 2024.

For those of you who are not currently in a Victorian State-funded AOD Peer Work role who are interested in attending the training: It is from Friday 20th October 2024 that we will know if we have any additional spots left to offer people.

If this is you, please fill out the registration form above, and a member of our team will be in touch after the Friday 20th October 2024 to let you know if we have a spot for you in this training and/or to let you know about future opportunities to attend the training.