Aim of the Course:
This course will provide learners with the skills and knowledge to support children, young people, and other family members who are affected by someone else’s substance misuse/addiction.
Course Learning Outcomes:
- A systems approach to understanding substance misuse
- How substance misuse impacts on family structure, such as roles, rules, communication and relationships
- The parent-child relationship and children’s attachment behaviour
- The impact of parental/adult substance misuse on child development and the extended family
- How youth substance misuse impacts parents and siblings, and how families respond
- Risk and protective factors for young people
- Identifying problematic substance misuse in young people
- Engaging and supporting children and young people affected by substance misuse
- Interventions used to treat young people and families
- Role of universal and specialist services for young people and families
- How to identify when a young person needs specialist care
- Tools to engage family members affected by substance misuse and family-based approaches
- Safeguarding children and young people
- Regionally available services
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Understand strategies and messages to reduce harm
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Identify local services available
Included in this course:
Course Materials (Digital Download)
Participant additional handouts