Drug and Alcohol Workforce Development
Programme

Course content

The focus of this course is to look at theoretical approaches to tackling substance misuse in a NI & UK wide context with a focus on delivering high quality, equitable services to all service users

        Substance based knowledge

        Stages of use & context of use

        Current legislation & its impact on workers and drug users

        Tiers of treatment

        Modalities & approaches of treatment

        Diversity issues for service users

        Confidentiality    

Who is this course for?

Anyone who is working with clients who are engaged in drug and alcohol related risk taking behaviours and who want to get practical help & develop tools around working with users, in order to make their work more impactful & effective.

This training is FREE

to people working or living in the Belfast and South Eastern Health & Social Care Trust areas

Accreditation?

Accreditation is Optional. This unit can be taken as a stand alone OCN NI accredited module @ Level 3. Additionally this unit can be taken in combination to achieve the NOCN Award in Tackling Substance Misuse (Generalist Worker). There is NO requirement to do the accreditation if joining this course

If you require further information regarding the Workforce Development Programme you can contact Rebecca Roberts, Workforce Development Co-ordinator on rebecca@ascert.biz or call 028 9260 4422.

The Drug and Alcohol Workforce Development Programme has been developed by ASCERT on behalf of the Eastern Drug and Alcohol Co-ordination Team within the Public Health Agency