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Whatever your area of work, our training will equip you to deal confidently and competently with clients who misuse drugs or alcohol. Here you'll find details of our range of off-the-shelf training courses, which cover many essential aspects of substance misuse. Alternatively, if you have a particular area of interest, just tell us what you need and we'll tailor a course to suit you.

 

Foundation Course in Alcohol and Other Drugs

This full-day course covers:

  • Getting a perspective - the myth and reality of drug use, society's view of drug users, statistics and definitions
  • Seeing the whole picture - understanding all the factors involved with the risk/reward balance
  • Classifications of drugs - signs, how they work, how you take them and possible harms
  • Facts about alcohol - units, safe limits and driving
  • Services - the types of services available, who you can refer and how to refer them

This is a knowledge-based course, which is ideally complemented by extra time spent training workers to use specific brief intervention skills. The course can be tailored for workers in the housing field, youth workers, professionals in primary care, workers in the mental health field, criminal justice organisations, and many others.

For housing organisations, we also offer a tailored consultancy service covering residents' drug and alcohol policies. Find out more

 

Overdose Awareness and Prevention

This half-day course covers:

  • Statistics
  • Signs to look out for
  • Risk factors relating to overdose
  • Common myths and dangerous practice
  • Issues around calling an ambulance
  • When and how to perform the recovery position and CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation)
 

Blood Borne Virus Awareness

This half-day course covers:

  • The basic facts about HIV and Hepatitis A, B, C and D
  • Current trends and statistics
  • Hepatitis testing
  • Transmission routes and prevention strategies
  • Symptoms of Hepatitis and liver disease
  • Treatment and support available
  • Infection control and dealing with blood spills
 

Introduction to Dual Diagnosis

This half-day course covers:

  • Statistics
  • Definitions of dual diagnosis
  • Categories and symptoms of mental illness and/or substances (dependent on prior knowledge)
  • The relationships between drugs and mental health issues
  • Specific issues and needs of people with dual diagnosis.
 

Alcohol and Brief Interventions

This full-day course covers:

  • Facts and myths about alcohol - statistics, units, safe limits, sobering up and driving
  • Definitions
  • Short and long-term physical, psychological and societal problems for different population groups
  • First aid and harm reduction - intoxication, poisoning, withdrawal and mixing
  • Raising the issue and screening tools such as CAGE and AUDIT
  • Services and interventions available
  • Brief interventions such as cycle of change, drink diaries, decisional balance and SMART goals.
 

Tailor-made training

We're able to offer input where required on particular drugs (for example cannabis or methadone), safer injecting, introduction to motivational interviewing and other topics related to substance misuse. We also offer clients tailor-made training courses on subjects including alcohol harm reduction and befriending.

 

Contact us

For more information on any of these courses, to discuss costs or to book a place, please get in touch.