News You Can Use: Mobile Crisis Intervention Knowledge and Skills
September 18 @ 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
As communities continue to expand alternatives to police-led crisis response, social workers and mental health professionals are increasingly supporting individuals experiencing mental health and substance use crises in community settings. This practical workshop explores core knowledge and skills for effective mobile crisis intervention, including engagement, deescalation, risk assessment, safety planning, brief addiction counselling, conflict management, linking clients with community referrals, advocating for change, challenging systemic racism, building constructive relationships, and to effectively document services. Attendees will learn how to balance client well-being, client safety, and community safety while preventing harm and achieving positive program outcomes.
By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
Understand the role and context of mobile crisis intervention in Canada
Develop engagement, deescalation, and assessment skills for clients with risk to harm themselves or others in community settings
Enhance practical crisis intervention skills, including safety planning, conflict management, brief addiction counselling, and community referral
Presenter Bio:
Dr. Ghelani is an Assistant Professor (Teaching Stream) with the University of Toronto Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work and Instructor with the Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty of Social Work Professional Development program. He is also a social worker with 20 years of experience supporting individuals, families, and groups with complex mental health concerns. He has worked in healthcare, addiction treatment, prisons, shelters, schools, mobile crisis units, private practice, and outpatient mental health settings. Dr. Ghelani is a passionate educator who brings his extensive practice experience into the workshops he teaches to make learning practical.
$80 – $200