Drugs Awareness
Date: 18 October 2010
Duration: One Day
Duration: 10am-4.30pm
Held at: ROCC, Fairways House, Mount Pleasant Road, Southampton, SO14 0QB
Suitable for: Staff working in services where people may be using drugs.
Course Aims and Objectives
By the end of the course participants will have increased their awareness of:
- The indicators and effects of drug use and how they impact on lives.
- Current supply and price issues.
- The major treatment options for drug users.
- The services available to drug users and referral routes
- What referral information will be needed by services in order to work with users effectively
- Appropriate responses when someone is under the influence of drugs with respect to safety issues and risk management.
Trainers for this course
Nikki Keeley
Is Director of Operations for Options, a drug counselling service and has been working in substance misuse services in Hampshire and the North of England for 18 years.