Overview

This course will discuss how services and practitioners can better prevent drug-related deaths. This course will have a particular focus on identifying the needs and risks of older people aged 35 years and over who use substances.

Aim

To enable workers to recognise risk factors, high-risk times and support people to reduce risk of drug-related death.

Please note this course is only for people who have their own personal experience of drug use. Others will be respectfully asked to leave and book on an alternative course. If you have any questions about this please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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.

Overview

Stigma can have a profound impact upon the lives of people who use alcohol and other drugs or those who have a history of substance use. The impact of stigma can permeate numerous aspects of a person’s life such as their health and wellbeing, relationships, education and employment prospects and socioeconomic status.

Commonly, family, friends, service providers and institutions often place numerous expectations on people who use substances to engage in change behaviour, however, the social context that creates and perpetuates the cycle of stigma is rarely considered or challenged. Through developing a greater awareness of the wider context that the cycle of stigma fosters and exploring our own role in reinforcing and challenging stigma, participants can identify new approaches for fostering enhanced relationships with service users.

Aim

This one-day training will give participants a distinct set of knowledge and skills to help them understand and address alcohol and drug-related stigma.

THIS SESSION WILL BE HELD VIA ZOOM

Aim

This training aims to increase workers' understanding and knowledge of key issues related HIV, with a particular emphasis on risks associated with drug use and sexual health.

Everyone Has a Story: Children Affected by Parental Substance Use

Aim

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

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.

Please note this course is only for people who have their own personal experience of drug use. Others will be respectfully asked to leave and book on an alternative course. If you have any questions about this please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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.