Young People and Substance Use Programme - North Yorkshire
(Funded by North Yorkshire County Council)
Providing Support and Referral to Specialist Substance Use Services
Harrogate (Close to parking and the Train Station)
First Run - 5th, 17th, 19th, 30th March and 1st April 2010 (5 day course)
Please note this course is now full and has a full reserve list
Second Run - 21st, 30th April, 11th, 13th, & 25th May 2010 (5 day course)
Third Run – 8th, 10th, 14th, 18th & 24th June 2010(5 day course)
The course content includes:
Consider and reflect on your own and other people's attitudes to young people and substance use, and the impact of these on supporting young people.
Know about and understand some models to support young people with substance use issues.
Understand the spirit of motivational interviewing and develop some strategies to engage and support young people with substance use issues.
Develop some assessment and action planning skills to support young people with substance use issues.
Understand and consider some interventions for young people with substance use issues.
Develop some knowledge and skills for referring young people specialist substance use services.
Understand the North Yorkshire young People's Substance Misuse Strategy and the role of Targeted Youth Support.
Provides underpinning knowledge to several DANOS units, please click here for details...
This course will enable professionals to build on their current skills and knowledge within the Common Core Competencies for the Children's Workforce, and will enable them to develop some intervention skills for addressing substance use issues with young people.
The course will enable proffesionals working within Targeted Youth Support to fulfil some of their roles and responsibilities in delivering support to young people regarding substance use issues, in line with the North Yorkshire Young People's Substance Misuse Strategy.
Who is eligible for a place on the course
Suitable for Targeted Youth Support Staff working throughout North Yorkshire and those with a remit to do targeted with young people in North Yorkshire.
Please note: Priority will be given targeted youth support workers, including 4Youth TYS, youth justice workers, prevention workers and parent support advisors.
Booking a place
To date there has been a high level of demand for this training course. As the current NYCC funding is reaching the end we are asking people to apply for a place in the first instance.
Drugtrain is then working in partnership with NYCC to identify those who are eligible for a priority place. We will then allocate places to people on a place by place basis, in order to ensure that those who are most eligible are able to access the training, prior to the end of the funding.
We will contact you as soon as possible after your application to advise you whether we are able to offer you a place.
To apply please click here for a booking form. Please put ‘funded by NYCC’ in the payment section of your booking form.