Module 11

Working with Addiction with CALD Clients

Online Face to face Remote face to face

The aim of the course is to provide strategies for managing cross-cultural issues during the engagement, assessment, and treatment process in an addiction context when working with CALD clients and their families.

This course is intended for anyone working with addiction clients.

Prerequisites

It is expected that participants enrolling into this course, must have the basic mental health knowledge and have completed the following pre-requisite or recommended course(s):

Learning outcomes

Participants completing this course will:

  • become aware of the importance of culturally competent addiction services for CALD clients and families
  • have a better understanding of the barriers to access, cross cultural issues with engagement, assessment and treatment when working with CALD clients and families in addiction settings
  • gain skills to develop trust and rapport with CALD clients and families.
  • gain skills in cross-cultural clinical assessment, screening and treatment.

Duration

E-Learning online self-paced learning = 4 hours.

OR

Face-to-face in-person (facilitated by an educator) = 4 hours.

OR

Remote face-to-face training via video conferencing = 2 hours. This is an abridged version facilitated by an educator via Zoom.

Note: Dapaanz accredited 10 points for 4-hour learning.

More about this course

This course is produced by eCALD Services in collaboration with Asian Family Services. The course is available in both face-to-face and online formats.

On completing this course you will have greater insight of the issues surrounding addiction issues with CALD clients and their families; will become aware of how to develop rapport and trust with CALD clients and families and gain skills in cross-cultural engagement, assessment and intervention with CALD clients.

Related resources

The following resources will be available after you complete this and other CALD courses:

Online course

This module is available as a self guided 4 hour online course.

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Face to face course

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Remote face to face course

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Excellent, learnt a lot.

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I feel very enlightened

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