This face-to-face & online drug awareness training course is suitable for teams
No pre-recordings, delivered live by Tony D’Agostino via Zoom
Includes lifetime access to online resources and certificate
If you want to book for yourself or just a few individuals please click the button below.
The online drug awareness training course covers different types of commonly used illegal drugs (includes alcohol). The course can be tailored to your needs.
Course description
The course covers;
- Current UK situation
- Different types of drugs and routes of use
- Signs and symptoms
- Health and mental health implications
- Effective support & treatment
This course looks at reasons why clients may resist treatment and how workers can begin to address this in practical ways that will support them to access services. It introduces principles of brief interventions commonly used around alcohol problems and looks at how some of these can be used with wider drugs issues.
“We found the online Drug Awareness Training Course to be highly informative and engaging. Our team felt the course to be very interesting and enjoyed the range of discussion bought on during the course as well as a (not competitive in any way) team quiz which focused on misconceptions/myths of certain drugs. Tony was a clearly knowledgeable trainer who was happy to go into more depth and answer any questions bought up.”
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Aims and objectives
- Increase knowledge and awareness of the issues relating to illegal drug use
- Increase knowledge of how drugs are used and the effects upon individual’s physiology and neurology
- Understand the possible affects on health
- Identify, signpost and refer people who are effected by drugs into specialist treatment services
Key messages for participants:
Increase confidence in working with this client group
Name commonly used illicit drugs, understand the effects of drugs upon emotional and physical health, identify potential vulnerabilities and/or risk behaviours.
Increase competence in working with this client group
Respond effectively using evidence-based interventions and treatment tools to work with individual drug users symptoms / issues. List referral routes and describe the range of service provision on offer.
Clients Include
Target audience
This online drug awareness training course is aimed at services that may come into contact with individuals with drug problems. It is also open to workers new to this area of work and is suitable for people who may need to develop their knowledge of drugs.
Staff who would benefit from the training include:
Drug / Recovery Workers & Managers, Social Workers, Health / Mental Health Workers, Nurses & GPs, Psychiatrist, Youth Workers, Anti-Social Behaviour Workers, Youth Offending Teams, Probation Staff, Prison Staff, Teachers, University Staff, Student Unions, Housing Workers, Community Wardens, Police Community Support Officers and Police Officers.
Drug and alcohol national occupational standards
Session One:
- AA1 Recognise indications of substance misuse and refer individuals to specialists
- HSC233 Relate to, and interact with, individuals
- HSC3111 Promote the equality, diversity, rights and responsibilities of individuals
- AB2 Support individuals who are substance users.
- HSC33 Develop your own knowledge and practice
- AD1 Raise awareness about substances, their use and effects
