Drug and Alcohol Workforce Development
Programme

Course content

            How young people learn – theories & learning styles

            Engaging young learners

            Managing group dynamics & creating effective learning environments

            What prevention actually is – stages of prevention and appropriate ways of working with
            different ages and stages

            the key components are when designing, developing and rolling out a prevention programme
            with young people

            the different outcomes that prevention programmes may have in terms of delaying onset of
            usage; stopping or restricting usage and harm reduction approaches and be able to select both
            the most effective and appropriate approach and methodology

            developing activities, tools and approaches in working with young people around
            prevention    

            confidentiality and dealing with disclosure    

            signposting to other services    

            effective ways of evaluating prevention programmes

Who is this course for?

Anyone who is either currently involved in prevention based programmes with young people. This programme will look at what best practice in prevention is and how to develop, deliver and evaluate programmes. This programme is practical in nature and will be most beneficial to those actively engaged in design and/or programme delivery. Participants are asked to come with ‘real life’ examples of projects to work on. * NB: due to the highly participative nature of the course the maximum number of participants on a course is 12.

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. 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