| MODULE NAME: | Risk assessment and management |
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| MODULE CODE: | L2.4 - ELECT-RISK-NGO.1/1 |
| COURSE NAME: | ASSESSMENT AND CARE PLANNING |
| LEARNING LEVEL: | Level 2 - Core AOD Skills |
| TARGET AUDIENCE: | All AOD and Mental Health and SEWB workers |
| MODULE TYPE: | Elective |
| MODULE AIM: | Risk is an inevitable part of mental health practice (Holloway, 1997). This topic identifies principles and tools available to support practitioners in assessment and management of risk. We discuss different kinds of clinical risk, risk assessment, risk formulation, and risk management as well as positive risk taking. The topic highlights an innovative program designed to improve clinical risk management, and provides some brief, current information on suicide and its prevention. |
| PRICING: | Free |
| LENGTH: | 1-2 hours |
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