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12.07.10
STRADA and Moray ADP
Training Courses in Moray
With the help of STRADA, the Moray ADP will be holding a few training courses from September 2010 - March 2011.
Courses on offer are:
Substance Misuse and Young People Motivational Interviewing Substance Misuse in Pregnancy Using Brief Interventions Substance Misuse - The Facts Supporting Behaviour Change Working with drug and alcohol useWatch this space for more details about the training courses and how to book your place!!
The Scottish Drugs Recovery Consortium
UK Recovery Walk 2010
The Scottish Drugs Recovery Consortium is the main sponsor of the UK Recovery Walk which will take place at Glasgow Green on Saturday 25 September and we are leading the preparations in collaboration with a host of local and national partners. People in recovery, their family and friends, service providers and friends of recovery from across the UK, will gather in Glasgow to walk in solidarity and create living proof that recovery can and does happen.
The event begins at 2pm and involves a host of speakers, information stalls, entertainment and childrens activities. Minister for Community Safety, Fergus Ewing, will open the walk at 3pm when participants will take to the streets and walk a circular route back to Glasgow Green where more recovery celebrations will take place. As the day draws to a close at 6pm participants will be invited to take part in a mass release of balloons to symbolise recovery and remember those who have lost their lives to drug problems and addiction.
We would love to see our members at the UK Recovery Walk 2010 to walk in solidarity with people from across the UK and create living proof that recovery can and does happen. An information pack will be posted out to you within the next few days and more details are now available on our website. Two more events will take place on Friday 24 and Saturday 25 September to promote and celebrate recovery; more information will follow shortly.
The UK Recovery Walk 2010 is a free event. You can register to walk and find more information at http://www.sdrconsortium.org/ or by telephoning 0141 226 1662. See you at the Green!
With best wishes Dougie Paterson SDRC Director
Cross Reach
Training Opportunities
Looking for a training course? In the fields of counselling, children & young people, supervision or substance use?
Simpson House Training is proud to deliver quality training - where we work hard to help you succeed.
Diploma in Higher Education Counselling Children and Young People
COSCA Certificate in Counselling - Children & Young People
COSCA Certificate in Counselling - Generic
COSCA Certificate in Counselling - Substance Use & Dependency
COSCA Certificate in Supervision / Skills
https://owa.crossreach.org.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.simpson-house.org/
working in partnership with COSCA, Middlesex University, Learn Direct Scotland and Mairi Nye Associates
For more information please contact Lesley Orr, Administrator Simpson House Training 52 Queen Street, Edinburgh, EH2 3NS lesley.orr@crossreach.org.uk Phone 0131 220 5996
BLOOD BORNE VIRUSES
FREE! -1 Day Training Event - FREE!
Wednesday 21st July 2010
Caithness General Hospital, Seminar Room
Bankhead Road, Wick, KW1 5NS
Activity Outline
A one day training event on blood borne viruses providing basic awareness on
HIV, Hepatitis C, and Hepatitis B to increase the knowledge and skills of those working directly or indirectly with people who are infected with BBVs or those at risk of infection
Who Should Attend?
This training event has been developed with a multi-disciplinary audience in mind; therefore we are encouraging a wide group of people to attend ranging from workers in the NHS, Social Services, and Housing to workers from the Voluntary Sector to Service Users and Patient Group Members.
Activity Objectives
- Relate to practice the impact of personal and societal attitudes towards blood borne viruses
- Define terminology used in relation to HIV, Hepatitis C and B
- Describe current trends in HIV Hepatitis B and C in Scotland and within Highland
- Relate transmission routes of HIV, Hepatitis C and Hepatitis B to risk behaviours
- Describe disease progression, including the signs and symptoms of HIV, Hepatitis C and
Hepatitis B infection
- Identify strategies and Interventions that help prevent the spread of blood borne viruses
- Outline methods of infection control and procedures for dealing with occupational injuries
This activity links to the following NHS KSF Dimensions:
Core Dimension 2: Personal and People Development
Dimension HWB1: Promotion of Health and Wellbeing and
Prevention of Adverse Effects on Health and Wellbeing
Dimension HWB7: Interventions and Treatments
Older People and Substance Misuse
A One Day Conference
Wednesday 29th September 2010, Glasgow
Details of onference which STRADA (Scottish Training on Drugs and Alcohol), University of Glasgow, has organised in September. If you can pass the details to your addictions team, this would be much appreciated.
The conference will address the growing issue of substance misuse by older people. It will provide delegates with an overview of the current trends of substance misuse amongst older people and the issues involved in working with them, including perspectives from the health, social care and voluntary sectors. The conference will be of interest to anyone working with older people in any capacity and will allow for discussion and information exchange on this important issue.
Please find attached the conference leaflet with the programme. For further details about this conference, please visit our event website http://www.gla.ac.uk/departments/developmental/cpd/newcourses/ or call us on 0141 201 9353/0825/9264
Kindest Regards,
Riikka Gonzalez
Event Marketing Executive
Division of Developmental Medicine
University of Glasgow
1st Floor, Tower Block
Queen Mothers Hospital
GLASGOW, G3 8SJ
Tel/Fax: 0141 201 0674
DWP
Problem Drug Users - Experience of Employment and the Benefits System
This study was commissioned by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)to examine the issues surrounding benefit uptake in England by individuals who use illicit drugs, in particular heroin and crack cocaine. Individuals who take these drugs are termed problem drug users (PDUs). In addressing these issues, the study also explores the wider context of education, training and employment for drug users as well as the role of treatment.
Problem Drug Users - Experience of Employment and the Benefits System
NESCPC
Training Calendar
NESCPC Training Calendar - June - December 2010