PCLI Practice Network Day

Schedule

Tue Nov 17 2026 at 08:30 am to 04:30 pm

UTC+11:00
Location

Ministry of Health | St Leonards, Sydney, NS

Theme of the Day: Opening doors to recovery: Navigating hoarding, squalor and co-occurring substance use.
About this Event

8.30am – Registration

Start 9am – 4.30pm

The day will provide learnings and practical strategies to help you navigate these complex areas of need, including:

• Assessing when additional intervention may be required.

• Exploring how current service cultures influence care delivery and outcomes.

• Identifying actions you can take to support positive change within your service and the broader treating team, promoting the least restrictive and most evidence-based approaches to care.

• Increasing your awareness of, and confidence in accessing existing services and supports.

9am-12:15pm

Keynote: Suzie Hudson

Clinical Advisor, Centre of Alcohol and Other Drugs, Ministry of Health. Adjunct Associate Lecturer, National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Medicine

Workshop 1: Pathways to Recovery: Supporting People with Significant and Persistent Mental Illness and Co-occurring Alcohol and Substance Use

Multiple facilitators – more information to come!

12:15pm - Lunch

1pm-4:30pm

Workshop 2: Supporting people experiencing hoarding disorder and issues related to squalor.

Facilitated by:

• Professor Jessica Grisham - Clinical Psychologist, international authority on hoarding disorder with extensive clinical experience (University of New South Wales).

• Judy Nicholas - Lived Experience Advisor


PLEASE NOTE REGISTRATION CLOSES ON 3 NOVEMBER 2026

Where is it happening?

Ministry of Health, Level 1 / 1 Reserve Road, St Leonards, Sydney, Australia
Tickets

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