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| Certificate
in Responding to Substance Misuse - Level 3 |
| Substance Misuse
Training: |
The Certificate
in Responding to Substance Misuse will enable learners
to gain a deeper understanding of issues related to
substance misuse, social effects, health and the various
responses and interventions.
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| Awarding
Body: |
| ASET - please visit: http://www.aset.ac.uk.
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| Learning
Approach / Cost: |
| Choice
of three formats: |
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Substance
Misuse training: correspondence learning:
£299 per student |
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Substance
Misuse training: distance learning in groups
with a local tutor: £349 per student |
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Substance
Misuse training: group tutorials: Price
dependent on requirements |
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| Pricing: |
All prices are for the full certificate
programme, including all course materials, registration
with ASET, tutor support, examination and certification
after satisfactory completion. Prices may be subject to change. For more
information on these learning models click
here.
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Text based programme, activities and
self-assessment workbooks, with tutor support throughout.
Continual assessment is based on workbook assignments
and final examination. Read
more.
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| Who
Benefits: |
The Certificate in Responding to Substance Misuse is largely aimed at
those who work directly and regularly with users, which is therefore an excellent training for
professionals with a substance misuse function or those who would like to pursue a career
as such.
This course in particular is widely used to support such professionals in achieving their DANOS
competences, also providing comprehensive 'underpinning knowledge' for the (SVQ) NVQ Level 3 in Health
and Social Care. This includes drugs workers, counsellors, outreach workers, volunteers, nurses,
social workers, police and prison officers.
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| Program
Content: |
| 7 Modules: |
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Symptoms,
Effects and Paraphernalia of Drug Use:
Recognising signs, symptoms and paraphernalia.
Drug set and setting |
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The
Law; Responses to Drug Use Including Harm
Reduction and Interventions:
Drug legislation. Levels of drug use and associated
problems (defining and assessing problems).
Responding to drug use. Understanding harm
reduction. Government strategy. Drugs services.
Service standards. Cycle of change. Drug-related
incidents requiring an immediate response |
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Drugs
History; Drug Use and Facts; Attitudes and
Values:
The history of drug use. Factors which
influence drug use. Sources for more information
about drugs. Awareness of why people use drugs.
Terminology. Categories of drugs and their
effects. Drug facts (various drugs and their
categories, effects, associated problems and
legislation). Attitudes and values |
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Volatile
Substance Abuse:
Understanding VSA; including facts, concerns,
methods, sudden deaths, substances. Responding
to VSA; including likely users, legislation,
education |
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Alcohol
and Young People:
Young people's alcohol use; including concern,
Government strategy, education. Effects and
levels of alcohol use; including consequences,
problems, responses. Attitudes by young people;
including drink patterns, potential harm,
responses |
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Drugs
and Young People:
Understanding young people's attitudes and
influencing factors. Effective communication
with young people. |
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Drug
Use and Blood-Borne Viruses:
Nature, extent and effects of blood-borne
viruses. Transmission and prevention. Attitudes
and values. Stereotyping. Discrimination.
Testing and counselling |
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| DANOS
Standards: |
The Certificate
in Responding to Substance Misuse has been mapped to the
DANOS standards. It helps people to develop their knowledge,
skills and competence in the following DANOS units: AA1,
AA3, AA4, AB2, AB5, AC1, AD1, AF2.
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| Further
Development: |
This course provides comprehensive 'underpinning knowledge' for
the (SVQ) NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care.
For other drugs training courses being
offered, please view Seminars
and Workshops and/or Drugs
Awareness course.
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| Additional
Information: |
If you would
like to find out more about our substance misuse training
courses, please fill in the Request
for Information form, or contact:
People In Vision
32 Birch Grove
Manchester
M14 5JU
Telephone no:
0161 225 1055
Fax no: 0161 225 1038
E-mail address: enquiries@peopleinvision.com |
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People In Vision
32 Birch Grove
Manchester
M14 5JU
Telephone:
0161 225 1055
Fax:
0161
225 1038
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DANOS
- the Drugs and Alcohol National Occupational Standards
- specify the standards of performance
that people in the drugs and alcohol field should be working
to. They also describe the knowledge and skills workers
need in order to perform to the required standard.
Read
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All People in Vision courses are mapped to DANOS standards.
The various course outlines explain which DANOS units
are supported.
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