Training

Druglink provide flexible training programmes to fill the requirements of your organisation, company, college or school.

Harm Minimisation

Our training programmes target services users and drug workers, ensuring continuity. Drug workers and ex service users deliver these programmes, both of whom have an excellent understanding of target audiences and their specific needs.

Listed below are the training programmes provided, and shows what those attending the sessions will gain at the end.

Crack Harm Reduction Training Programme for Drug Workers

Outcomes:

• A more informed and empowered staff team
• A reduction in risk taking in smoking and injecting practice
• Reduced risk for new smoking and injectors being initiated
• Increased awareness of what smoking and injecting paraphernalia is used for and how it reduces risk
• Increased understanding around smoking and injecting practice and behaviour
• Increased engagement with crack smoking and injecting community

Injecting Training Programme for Drug Workers

Outcomes:

• A more informed and empowered staff team
• A reduction in risk taking injecting practice
• Reduced risk for new injectors being initiated
• Increased awareness of what injecting paraphernalia is used for and how it reduces risk
• Increased understanding around injecting practice and behaviour
• Increased engagement with the injecting community

Peer Led Crack Harm Reduction Training for Service Users

Outcomes:

• To reduce harm related to smoking and injecting crack
• To introduce techniques that minimise high risk behaviour around procurement
• To reduce chaotic behaviour around crack use
• To improve crack users physiological and psychological health
• Signposting routes into treatment
• Safer initiation to new users
• Reduction in spread of BBV’s
• Reduced risk to the community

Peer Led Injecting Workshops

Outcomes:

• Introduces basic harm reduction messages
• Safer injecting practice
• BBV and infection awareness
• Needle exchange and paraphernalia awareness
• Reduces resistance to testing
• Introduces users to treatment pathways

Business

The purpose of the training is to empower managers, from team leaders upwards, to

• Recognise an employee with a potential drug or alcohol problems.
• Provide the manager with the skills that will enable them to approach/challenge an employee on these issues, in accordance with the company’s policies and procedures.

It is hoped that this training in early prevention will enable staff to remain in post and continue to be a valuable asset to any business. The training can be developed to suit the requirements of a particular organisation.

Specialist Drug and Alcohol Service for the Employer

Outcomes:

• Increased awareness, understanding of drugs and alcohol and their impact
• Confidence to address an issue within the workplace
• Knowledge of where to access help
• Effective and appropriate drug and alcohol policy

Specialist Drug and Alcohol Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

Outcomes:

• Increased awareness, understanding of drugs and alcohol and their impact
• Knowledge of where to access help
• Confidence to be able to speak with Managers on issue of concern

Pub Watch Training

Training publicans/staff in designing out illicit drug use in licensed premises

• A Publican’s responsibilities – the law
• Signs of drug use/health issues
• Steps to prevent drug use and dealing on their premises
• Good practice