Young People's Substance Awareness and Screening Training

Young People's Substance Awareness and Screening Training

Course Outline

This multi-agency one day training has been designed to deliver key themes through presentation, group-work, participant interaction and shared knowledge. This has been specifically tailored for professionals working directly with young people.

The element of substance awareness training will help professionals to:

• Define substances.
• Better understand the effects and affects of substances in relation to patterns of use for young people
• Explore local and national trends for young people’s substance use.

The screening training will help support professionals to:

• Define the purpose and benefits of screening
• To identify risk and motivation to change
• Gain confidence in harm reduction practice for young people.

This training will help professionals to familiarise themselves with Tier 2 interventions and know how to incorporate these in to their practice; and to determine when a referral on for specialist support is required.

Substance Awareness Learning Outcomes

• Define the term Drug
• Explain Drug Chemical Families
• Affects of substance misuse
• Understand Young People’s substance use and patterns of use
• Defining the local and national trends for young peoples substance use
• Substance Use in a Legal Context
• Adolescent Development

Screening Young People - Learning objectives

• Know how to identify risks and motivation
• Understand the concept of harm reduction
• Understand the ‘tiered approach’
• Understand the benefits of screening
• Understand the limits of confidentiality in relation to screening.
• Know how to respond to the results of the screening process
• Understand and use the cycle of change theory
• Know how to plan and deliver tier 2 targeted interventions

Cancellation Policy

Places are limited so please ensure you are able to attend before booking.

If you have been allocated a place and are unable to attend please cancel your space on Eventbrite 48 hours before the event so your place can be re-allocated or send a representative.

Failure to do so will result in a £50 per person charge.

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