Angus Alcohol and Drugs Partnership: training opportunities

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Scottish Drugs Forum/Angus ADP online training

Our online training attracts attendees from a wide range of sectors and we encourage active participation in our sessions through group discussions and by inviting individuals to offer comments on issues relevant to their role. If you have any concerns about participating within this interactive format please highlight this in the additional needs section of the booking form.

Our training attracts attendees from a wide range of sectors and we encourage active participation in our sessions through group discussions and by inviting individuals to offer comments on issues relevant to their role. If you have any concerns about participating within this interactive format please highlight this in the additional needs section of the booking form.

Our training is interactive and takes places on MS Teams. To help this numbers are capped at 20. Please make sure you can attend if you book a place. Courses are very popular so if you find you are unable to make it then please let us know as soon as possible so we can allocate your place to someone on the waiting list.


Online Everyone Has a Story: Children Affected by Parental Substance Use (2 Days)

This is a 2-day course. You must be able to attend on both days.

Date: 28 & 29 October 2024
Time: 9.15am - 1.30pm

How to book a place

Please follow this link: Online Everyone Has A Story (Eventbrite). You may have to create an account if you don’t already have one. Training will be delivered via Microsoft Teams.

Aim

This course will support practitioners in adult and children’s services to respond to children affected by parental substance use.

We recommend that you complete our ‘Drug Awareness - An Introductory Course’ e-learning module.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the session participants will be able to:

  • Identify the impact of parental substance use on children.
  • Describe the child’s change cycle in parental use and recovery.
  • Practice the assessment of risk for children affected by parental substance use.
  • Identify ways to actively engage and hear young people’s stories.

Online Cannabis Awareness

This interactive online training aims to increase awareness, knowledge and provides an opportunity to explore current and emerging trends with psychostimulants. Harm reduction and support strategies will be explored.

Date: 5 December 2024
Time: 9.15am - 1.30pm

How to book a place

Please follow this link: Online Cannabis Awareness (Eventbrite). You may have to create an account if you don’t already have one. Training will be delivered via Microsoft Teams.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the session you will be able to:

  • Give an overview of the current trends with cannabis including synthetic cannabinoids.
  • Recall the main effects and side effects of cannabis.
  • Identify the typical presenting issues for problematic cannabis use.
  • Identify treatment options for dependent cannabis users.
  • Recall effective techniques for working with cannabis users including harm reduction.

Online Multiple Risk

Date: 22 January 2025
Time: 9.15am - 1.30pm

How to book a place

Please follow this link: Online Multiple Risk (Eventbrite). You may have to create an account if you don’t already have one. Training will be delivered via Microsoft Teams.

Overview

This online training aims to increase awareness, knowledge of multiple risk and young people. Participants will have the opportunity to explore multiple risk and what that means in practice when working with young people.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the session participants will be able to:

  • Identify common risk behaviours displayed by young people.
  • Define multiple risk.
  • Discuss positive and negative aspects of risk.
  • Identify common risk behaviours.
  • Recall the factors and Adverse Childhood Experiences that influence risk taking and identify the impact of these on resilience.
  • Demonstrate effective signposting and interventions which tackle multiple risk, build resilience, and support post-traumatic growth.

Further booking information

To book a place on any of these courses, click on the relevant link above.

Please email: Mariem@sdf.org.uk if you have any general queries about this event.

Please make sure you can attend if you book a place. Courses are very popular so if you find you are unable to make it then please let us know as soon as possible so we can allocate your place to someone on the waiting list.