Young People & Drug Use; Screening and Referral

Summary

This one day course is suitable for a range of professionals who come into contact with young people, such as youth support workers, school or college support staff, childrens centre workers, housing workers, connexions workers and community workers.

Drugs and alcohol use by young people has and is continuing to change.

This course will help you to understand the types of drugs young people use and why they use them.

Did you know:

Underage drinkers consume approximately the equivalent of 6.9 million pints of beer or 1.7 million bottles of wine each week with an estimated 630,000 11- to 17-year-olds drinking twice or more per week
There is increasing evidence of young people now using substances, such as, ketamine, GHB, steroids and a range of legal highs
Of those who begin to use cannabis in their early teens, the risk of developing problem use may be as high as one in six.

The course covers:

The nature and extent of substance use amongst young people
The role of universal young people’s services in providing support for
substance use issues
The factors that increase the vulnerability of young people through their own or others substance use
Screening for substance misuse
When to involve other agencies and the process of referral
How to provide some basic substance related advice and information to young people

Provides underpinning knowledge towards the following DANOS units:

AA1: Recognise indications of substance misuse and refer individuals to specialists
HSC330: Support individuals to access and use services and facilities
AD1: Raise awareness about substances, their use and effects

Event & Booking Details:

Price: £75 + vat per place

Included in the price: Refreshments, buffet lunch, a CD Rom resource pack and a certificate showing DANOS mapping

8th November 2011, 10am - 4pm, Derby Cathedral

Ready to book?
Click here for the online booking form or call the office on 01226 738321 and one of the team will take your booking

Alternatively we can bring this course to your organisation as Bespoke Training

If you have a number of staff members interested in this course, it could work out more cost effective for us to bring the training to you. We can provide training anywhere in the country, reducing the carbon footprint as only our trainer will be doing the travelling. You also get the added benefit of the course content being localised to your area, making it easier on your budget and the environment.
For more information about our Bespoke service please click here.