Drug & alcohol awareness and interventions

This is a 1 or 1/2 day in-house course (we come to you).

Also currently available (online for teams).

Training will be delivered face-to-face with Covid-safety measures and clear guidance in place.

If for any reason the course cannot be delivered face-to-face, we will take a flexible and responsive approach to keep people learning by delivering the training on the same day as a live interactive online session or transferring bookings to the next available dates.

Course overview

Develop your awareness of drug and alcohol use and enhance skills to identify and respond confidently to substance misuse risks. Practise using tools and resources to have conversations and offer brief advice and interventions to influence change, and know when and how to support people into specialist services.

This course is continually updated to reflect changing times, trends and approaches.

Course aims

To raise awareness of drug and alcohol use and build confidence in responding to drug and alcohol misuse

Course objectives

By the end of the course participants will have had opportunities to:

• Increase knowledge & understanding of drugs and alcohol, their use and effects
• Recognise indications of drugs and alcohol misuse
• Develop and enhance skills in identifying drug & alcohol misuse risks
• Identify appropriate interventions according to your role
• Know how and when to refer individuals to specialist services