Drugs Training - Alcohol

Training

Alcohol Awareness

Duration: 1 day

Who is the course for: Workers with or without previous drugs training or experience, who need to develop more detailed awareness of alcohol

About the course: The most widely used drug in the UK, alcohol brings with an unparalleled level of related harm. This course provides drugs workers and other professionals with an overview of alcohol use, misuse, harm, dependency and treatment, and allows workers to engage with alcohol use effectively and confidently.

Objectives:
By the end of the course workers will be able to:

explain how alcohol works on the body
discuss current UK policy on alcohol
state key alcohol-related harms and explain how they are caused
describe alcohol harm reduction approaches
summarise how alcohol unit counting works
discuss key models of alcohol dependency
describe how alcohol dependency and tolerance may emerge
summarise key issues during alcohol withdrawal and how they could be managed
apply alcohol screening tools to scenarios
construct responses to scenarios

Course includes

key alcohol facts
alcohol pharmacology
alcohol pharmacokinetics
units and unit counting
key alcohol related harms
alcohol harm reduction
alcohol and dependency
alcohol withdrawal
alcohol screening tools
alcohol strategy
alcohol and the law

Format: Taught sections, small group work, work in pairs, whole group discussion.

Handouts: Full handouts will be provided, and sources of further information

DANOS Modules: AA1, AB1, AB2, AC1, AD1, AF1, AG1, AG2, AG3, AH3, AH4, AH7, AL1, AL2

Open-Access Courses(External)

Multi-delegate courses (KFx-Run)

Courses

General Courses
- Introduction to Drugs
- Drugs and Mental Wellbeing
- Drugs and Brain Chemistry
- Drug deaths
Substance Specific Courses
- Alcohol
- Benzodiazepines
- Cannabis
- Volatile Substances
- Cocaine, crack and other stimulants
- Heroin and other Opiates
- Performance Enhancing Drugs
Drugs, Premises, Housing, and Law Courses
Injecting and Needle Exchange
Young People and drugs
Drugs, refugees and asylum seekers/Diversity
Families and Drugs
Commercial Sector
- Drugs in the workplace
- Pubs and clubs
- Hotel Industry
- Drugs on Holiday
Skills-based Courses
- Harm Reduction - Theory and Practice
- Training The Trainer
- First Steps in Engaging an Assessing

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Training		Alcohol Awareness Duration: 1 day Who is the course for: Workers with or without previous drugs training or experience, who need to develop more detailed awareness of alcohol About the course: The most widely used drug in the UK, alcohol brings with an unparalleled level of related harm. This course provides drugs workers and other professionals with an overview of alcohol use, misuse, harm, dependency and treatment, and allows workers to engage with alcohol use effectively and confidently. Objectives: By the end of the course workers will be able to: explain how alcohol works on the body discuss current UK policy on alcohol state key alcohol-related harms and explain how they are caused describe alcohol harm reduction approaches summarise how alcohol unit counting works discuss key models of alcohol dependency describe how alcohol dependency and tolerance may emerge summarise key issues during alcohol withdrawal and how they could be managed apply alcohol screening tools to scenarios construct responses to scenarios Course includes key alcohol facts alcohol pharmacology alcohol pharmacokinetics units and unit counting key alcohol related harms alcohol harm reduction alcohol and dependency alcohol withdrawal alcohol screening tools alcohol strategy alcohol and the law Format: Taught sections, small group work, work in pairs, whole group discussion. Handouts: Full handouts will be provided, and sources of further information DANOS Modules: AA1, AB1, AB2, AC1, AD1, AF1, AG1, AG2, AG3, AH3, AH4, AH7, AL1, AL2
Open-Access Courses(External)
Multi-delegate courses (KFx-Run)
Courses
General Courses Introduction to Drugs Drugs and Mental Wellbeing Drugs and Brain Chemistry Drug deaths Substance Specific Courses Alcohol Benzodiazepines Cannabis Volatile Substances Cocaine, crack and other stimulants Heroin and other Opiates Performance Enhancing Drugs Drugs, Premises, Housing, and Law Courses Drugs Housing and Homelessness - Strategic Issues Drugs and Premises - The Law and Good Practice (one or two day versions) Working with Drug Users in Housing Settings - (specialist) Drugs and Housing - skills for front-line workers (generic) The Sharp-end: drugs for caretakers and maintenance staff Injecting and Needle Exchange Nx and Safer Injecting (2/3 day course) Young People and Needle Exchange (3 day course) Femoral Injecting (one day module) Young People and drugs Drugs, refugees and asylum seekers/Diversity Families and Drugs Commercial Sector Drugs in the workplace Pubs and clubs Hotel Industry Drugs on Holiday Skills-based Courses Harm Reduction - Theory and Practice Training The Trainer First Steps in Engaging an Assessing
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