Journey to Mental Health: A Training Series for Community Workers Serving Immigrants and Refugees - Vaughan 2-day Training Workshop
February 09, 2010
These interactive workshops are for settlement workers with the key objective of enhancing the capacity of settlement service workers in addressing the mental health issues presented by the individuals they serve.
Settlement is a health issue. Studies show that while immigrants are healthier than the Canadian-born population when they first arrive in Canada, they lose their health advantage over time. Poverty, isolation, and marginalization are determinants of mental health, and they have the greatest impact on immigrants, refugees, youth, women and seniors.
Training Topics:
- What's the connection between mental health and migration?
- What are the early signs or symptoms of mental illness?
- What can I do as a settlement worker for my clients with mental health issues?
- What community mental health resources are available?
- How does the mental health system work?
- What can I do to prevent myself from burning out?
The training will be conducted by facilitators from Hong Fook Mental Health Association.
A Certificate of Completion will be provided to those participants that attended both days of the 2-day training session.
Date: Thursday March 11 and Friday March 12, 2010
Time: 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Venue: Welcome Centre Immigrant Services
9100 Jane Street, Building H, Units 56-67, Vaughan
Space is limited.
To register, please follow this link
http://mentalhealthtrainingyorkregion.eventbrite.com
Deadline for registration is February 26, 2010.
Please Note:
- This is 2-day training and it is very important that you are available to participate both days.
- This training is for participants from settlement service organizations and other agencies providing services to immigrants and refugees located in Vaughn and its surrounding area (OCASI Central East and Central West Regions)
- Travel reimbursements will be provided for participants from other cities than the ones where the training is taking place.
Please contact Amy Botor at the OCASI office, Tel 416-322-4950, Ext 260, email abotor@ocasi.org, if you need further information.
An OCASI Project in Partnership with Hong Fook Mental Health Association.
This project is funded by the Government of Canada through
Citizenship and Immigration Canada.