Core training
Drug & Alcohol Awareness
A practical two-session foundation covering commonly used substances, alcohol, harm reduction, engagement, screening and brief interventions.
Live online courses
Professional drug & alcohol training.
Fourteen current courses for teams across health, treatment, social care, justice, housing, safeguarding and education. Delivered live on Zoom or Microsoft Teams.
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Core training
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Substance-specific
Substance-specific
Crack & Cocaine
A deeper two-session programme on crack and cocaine, from pharmacology and health to assessment, harm reduction and treatment.
Substance-specific
Ketamine
Current ketamine knowledge for professionals: forms and patterns of use, pharmacology, urological and mental health harms, harm reduction and treatment.
Substance-specific
Cannabis
A knowledge and skills-based session on cannabis types, THC and CBD, synthetic cannabinoids, physical and psychiatric health, and current treatment.
Substance-specific
Chemsex
Chemsex in professional practice: GBL/GHB, mephedrone and crystal methamphetamine, sexual and mental health, harm reduction and good practice.
Substance-specific
NPS
A practical framework for current NPS trends, chemical families, emerging substances, health and psychiatric implications, harm reduction and interventions.
Substance-specific
Skunk & Spice
A focused session on high-potency cannabis and synthetic cannabinoids, their pharmacology, acute and psychiatric harms, harm minimisation and treatment.
Substance-specific
Steroids & IPEDs
Steroids and image-enhancing drugs, including cycles, SARMs, looksmaxxing, health effects, safer injecting, harm reduction and post-cycle treatment.
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Young people & families
Young people & families
Drugs & Young People
Recognise and respond to substance use among young people, including vaping, cannabis, NPS, prescription drugs, trauma, county lines and safeguarding.
Young people & families
Hidden Harm
Parental substance use, its impact on children and families, parenting-capacity assessment, protective factors and multi-agency support.
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Mental health & complexity
Mental health & complexity
Dual Diagnosis
Co-occurring substance use and mental health: terminology, classification, brain chemistry, trauma, interventions and cross-service working.
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Harm reduction
Harm reduction
Overdose Prevention
Drug-related deaths, polydrug risks, synthetic opioids, safer injecting, overdose response and practical naloxone guidance.
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Interventions & practice
Interventions & practice
Psycho-Social Interventions
A practical introduction to Motivational Interviewing, CBT-informed techniques and ITEP mapping for drug and alcohol practice.
Interventions & practice
ITEP Node-Link Mapping
Use ITEP and node-link mapping to strengthen collaborative work, clarify goals, build recovery capital and support care planning.
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