This course is now delivered online via Zoom & Microsoft Teams. Please enquire for details.
Drug & alcohol awareness training for professionals. Get your team up to date.
This course aims to increase awareness of drugs and alcohol use and provides information to help your workers begin to assess clients for drug & alcohol problems and how to refer people into effective specialist services.
Course description
This knowledge-based drug & alcohol training course will look at alcohol, prescription medication, NPS (former legal highs) and the different types of illegal drugs that are commonly used and the issues surrounding them.
This course can be adapted and tailored to your service and training needs.
Aims and objectives
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
Recall basic definitions of commonly used terms
Distinguish between drug & alcohol facts and myths
Describe how various drugs affect the body
Use the unit measuring system to work out how much a client is drinking
Identify reasons why people use illegal drugs
Clarify when drug or alcohol use becomes a problem
Differentiate between different patterns of drug & alcohol use
Explain how substances are classified
Recall current drug and alcohol legislation
Target audience
This is a one-day course, open to non-specialist service providers who come into contact with clients who may have drug and alcohol issues. 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 and alcohol such as;
Health Visitors, Practice Nurses, Doctors Receptionists, School Nurses, Community Wardens, Police Community Support Officers, Police Officers, Social Workers, Youth Workers, Probation Staff, Teachers, Housing Officers.