9. Safer Injecting vs Chasing The Dragon *
A programme aimed at drug treatment or needle exchange workers who need to provide advice and information to drug users who inject. Looking at the historic development of needle exchange services, injecting injuries and the prevention of blood borne viruses, this course will also look at breaking the cycle of injecting behaviour.
This course will enable participants to:
� Understand the importance of harm reduction approaches in public health terms
� Identify and advise service users on injuries caused by injecting
� Teach individuals and groups how to inject safely and promote peer education
� Promote Heroin smoking as a viable alternative to injecting
� Promote Hepatitis B vaccinations and disseminate health promotion campaigns
DANOS units supported by Safer Injecting vs Chasing The Dragon training:
AA1 Recognise indications of substance misuse and refer individuals to specialists
AA2 Relate to, and interact with, individuals
AA3 Support individuals to access and use services and facilities
AA4 Promote the equality, diversity, rights and responsibilities of individuals
AA6 Promote choice, well-being and the protection of all individuals
AB2 Support individuals who are substance users
AB5 Assess and act upon immediate risk of danger to substance users
AC1 Reflect on and develop your practice
AD1 Raise awareness about substances, their use and effects
AD2 Facilitate learning through presentations and activities
AD3 Facilitate group learning
AD4 Develop and disseminate information and advice about substance use, health and social well-being
AH3 Supply and exchange injecting equipment for individuals
AH4 Support individuals to undertake and monitor their own health care
Date: 13th APRIL 2006
Cost: �95
Venue: Hub Hazelwell
Trainer: Nick Shough
*Book a place on all three harm reduction courses to receive a 5% discount
10. Counselling Skills
This course is designed for people who want to develop counselling skills that they can use in their every-day practice. It is aimed at tier 3 workers with a key-work caseload who would like to build skills in working to promote personal change in individuals.
This course will enable participants to:
� Understand basic counselling skills and counselling models of behaviour change
� Incorporate counselling techniques into their face to face work to promote change
� Develop knowledge on the theory and principles of solution focused approaches
� Improve skills for working with resistant service users
� Practice skills in preventing and managing lapse and relapse
� Consider and reflect on their own practice
DANOS units supported by Counselling Skills training
AA2 Relate to, and interact with, individuals
AA4 Promote the equality, diversity, rights and responsibilities of individuals
AA6 Promote choice, well-being and the protection of all individuals
AB1 Support individuals who are distressed
AB2 Support individuals who are substance users
AB6 Support individuals to deal with relationship problems
AC1 Reflect on and develop your practice
AC2 Make use of supervision
AG2 Contribute to care planning and review
AI1 Counsel individuals about their substance use using recognised theoretical models
AI2 Help individuals address their substance use through an action plan
AI3 Counsel groups of individuals about their substance use using recognised theoretical models
Date: 2nd � 4th MAY 2006
Cost: �185
Venue: Hub Hazelwell
Trainers: Neil Robertson & Cath Evans
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