THIS TRAINING WILL TAKE PLACE VIA ZOOM

Overview

This half day  course, co-facilitated by Scottish Drugs Forum and Terrence Higgins Trust aims to increase front line workers understanding of chemsex in Scotland.  This course is aimed at all front line workers – especially those who work in sexual health, drug services LGBTQ+ and mental health.

New interactive online version - 2 live half-day sessions*   9:30-1pm. YOU MUST BE ABLE TO ATTEND ON BOTH DAYS.

This course will use blended learning to cover issues that vulnerable young people face in relation to sex and drug use, including issues around sexual orientation, gender identity and transactional sex. It aims to help workers to recognise the importance of their role in delivering key messages to promote healthy relationships and harm reduction. The course will cover the different substances and the impact they have on sexual and reproductive health in addition to sex and the law and chemsex. 

*please ensure you  have access to a device with Microsoft Teams a camera and microphone

Our interactive facilitator-led training takes place on MS Teams and currently is only available to those who work in Glasgow City.

This interactive facilitator-led online training aims to increase knowledge and awareness of the key issues relating to alcohol use in Scotland. Participants will have the opportunity to consider harm reduction and support strategies.

Overview

Motivational interviewing is a collaborative and empowering method which can effectively influence change. Motivational interviewing is an evidence-based method that has been evaluated in more than a thousand controlled clinical trials.

Aim

This introductory training aims to introduce the application of motivational interviewing skills and strategies to help people who present as ambivalent find and build their own motivation for change.

This training is currently only available to those who work in Glasgow City.

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.

Aim

This introductory course will support trauma-informed practice when working with people who are affected by trauma and who use substances.

This training is only open to people  working in Glasgow City

This interactive online training aims to increase drug awareness and knowledge and participants will have the opportunity to explore current and emerging trends within substance use. The training will consider harm reduction and support strategies.

Our interactive training takes place on MS Teams and is currently only available to those who work in Glasgow City.

This interactive facilitator-led online training aims to increase knowledge and awareness to help understand and support mental health and substance use.

This training is currently only available to those who work in Glasgow City.

This interactive online training aims to increase awareness, knowledge and provides an opportunity to consider multiple risk and what that means in practice when working with young people.

PLEASE NOTE THIS TRAINING IS FOR PEOPLE WHO USE OR HAVE USED DRUGS

Overview

This short session will cover:

• Overdose risk factors
• Identifying and responding to an overdose situation
• Administering Naloxone to save a life
• Myths and misconceptions
• Open discussion and Q&A

Target Audience

People who use or have used drugs.