Upcoming training and development opportunities

Please note that all events included were provided before Ōtepoti Dunedin moving into Level 2 alert at 11.59pm on Sunday 14 February 2021. This means you should check with the event organiser if the event will still go ahead (particularly those scheduled for the week of 14 – 21 February).

Basic Budgeting

Learn how to make your dollars go further.

Date: Tuesday 16 February (for four weeks)

Time: 1pm - 2.30pm

For more information please see the flyer at the end of this section.

Confident Communication

Learn skills to communicate more effectively.  Speaking, listening and building confidence.

Date: Wednesday 17 February (for four weeks)

Time: 1pm - 3pm

For more information please see the flyer at the end of this section.

Get Mental Health Wise

Weka with the support of Synergy Wellness and Dunedin City Council are proud to announce Mental Health Work Shops

Presented by Matthew Peppercorn, a Registered Mental Health Nurse with over twenty-five years experience.

Compassionate Career Fatigue

Date: Wednesday 17 February

Time: 6pm - 8pm

Venue: Synergy Wellness Rooms, 150D Kaikorai Valley Road

Understand compassion and its effects. Learn about the symptoms and causes of fatigue in a carers role and the importance of supervision roles. Learn how to support and manage workers suffering fatigue. Revisit work boundaries fatigue and look how to form relapse plans for carers.

This session is aimed at educating carers at all levels of experience.

Anger Management

Date: Wednesday 24 February

Time: 6pm - 8pm

Venue: Synergy Wellness Rooms, 150D Kaikorai Valley Road

What is anger? Learn the biology of anger and how to manage and control tempers with both internal and external controls and recognise the early warning signs. Discover what the trigger signs to look out for are? Understand the difference between anger, anxiety, and fear. Gain insight into mindfulness and Sensory Modulation (the ways of calming senses). Create an Anger Management Plan with support options.

Depression

Date: Wednesday 3 March

Time: 6pm - 8pm

Venue: Synergy Wellness Rooms, 150D Kaikorai Valley Road

Gain an understanding of depression and how it feels. Study high functioning depression and the symptoms that arise, including the factors around substance abuse and the stigma around depression. Learn to identify the risks and the differences between sadness and depression and the differences between self-harm and suicide intentions. The best ways to help yourself and others using the Te Whare Tapa Model.

For more information please go to their facebook page.

Understanding and Prevent Self-harm and Suicide in your Community

Self-harm and suicide are serious problems in New Zealand.  This evidence based, best practice workshop will empower you to help a young person who is self-harming or suicidal.

Date: Thursday 4 March

Time: 9.30am - 3.30pm

Venue: Edgar Centre, 116 Portsmouth Drive

For more information, please see the attachment at the end of this section.

Careerforce

Have your experience and skills recognised via an apprenticeship.

There has never been a better time experienced support workers to enrol in a level four qualification.

For more information and how to enrol, please see the attachment at the end of this section.

Kokiri Training Centre

Please see the flyer at the end of the section for courses available at the Kokiri Training Centre.