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Public Access Courses

We offer the following public access courses:

- Safeguarding vulnerable dependent drinkers

- Blue Light training

- Cognitive impairment in dependent drinkers

- Alcohol related liver disease training

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Alcohol Identification and Brief Advice

Half day course to enable frontline workers to identify those drinking above lower risk levels, give simple brief advice and make referrals to appropriate services.

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Alcohol and the older person: Identification and brief advice

This course outlines how workers can identify alcohol-related harm and how they can help drinkers address and manage their drinking problems.

Alcohol screening and brief advice for young drinkers

This one day course will demonstrate how professionals can identify young people whose drinking may be putting them at risk as well as evidence based advice on how to reduce the impact of alcohol-related harm.

Blue Light Training

The one-day Blue Light training course offers an innovative approach to supporting and motivating high impact dependent drinkers.

Blue Light Families

This one-day training course will demonstrate how professionals can help family members to engage more effectively with dependent drinkers.

Practical harm reduction for people who drink

This course offers insight and understanding into the theory of harm reduction and provides practical implementable strategies that can be used to reduce alcohol harm to people who drink alcohol.

Motivational Interviewing

Motivational Interviewing uses a conversational approach which works with people’s motivations to change behaviour.

Assertive Outreach

Our one day assertive outreach course will help you to develop an understanding of assertive outreach principles and gain confidence to work with change resistant drinkers.

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Cognitive Impairment in Dependent Drinkers

Over half of all dependent drinkers are likely to experience alcohol related cognitive impairment.

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Alcohol related liver disease

Alcohol-related liver disease (ARLD) refers to liver damage caused by excess alcohol intake.

Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder awareness

This course aims to increase awareness and understanding of Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, including causes, presentation and risks.

Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: prevention and early intervention

Available as either a half or one day course, this course is designed to equip practitioners with the skills to help reduce the risk of alcohol-exposed pregnancies and prenatal alcohol-related harm.

Working with the whole person: Alcohol, mental health and complex needs

One or two-day training course on working with the whole person: alcohol, mental health and complex needs.

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Co-occurring conditions: Alcohol, drugs and mental health conditions

This one day course focuses on engaging clients with co-occurring conditions in treatment.

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Safeguarding vulnerable dependent drinkers

This course delivers the information and ideas in the Alcohol Change UK briefing Safeguarding vulnerable dependent drinkers.

Reviewing alcohol and drug related deaths: root cause analysis training

This training course is the final part of a unique project to learn lessons from alcohol-related deaths.

Risk assessment and management for substance misuse services

Alcohol and drug misuse is associated with a significant number of risk behaviours: suicide, violence and accidental harm among them.

Drug and alcohol awareness

This course is for anyone who encounters alcohol and drug use in the course of their work.

Practical harm reduction: Alcohol and other drugs

This skill-based course enables staff to feel more confident in supporting the health and wellbeing of people with alcohol and drug issues.

Alcohol, illicit drugs and work

When dealing with issues of alcohol and substance misuse, line managers and HR departments can find themselves walking a difficult line between disciplinary and safety issues and the need to support the individual.

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Drug and alcohol use: Emerging trends and challenges

This course efficiently and engagingly increases knowledge base and enables staff to feel more confident in supporting the health and well-being of people with alcohol and drug issues and those around them through delivering core information on popular drugs including alcohol.

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