Pricing

£369 per delegate

Course Dates

Start Date Duration Location Remaining
Spaces		 Spaces
Required
02/12/2026 1 Day
Zoom  
Start Time: 9:15 AM
End Time: 4:30 PM
Venue Address: This course will take place on Zoom. Relevant links and details will be emailed to you prior to your course start date.
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21/01/2027 1 Day
Zoom  
Start Time: 9:15 AM
End Time: 4:30 PM
Venue Address: This course will take place on Zoom. Relevant links and details will be emailed to you prior to your course start date.
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Course Overview

This multi-disciplinary course is ideal for those working as part of a shared care scheme intending to provide treatment to drug users as part of a locally or nationally enhanced service.

Due to the changing nature of the content provided, we highly recommend that this course is completed every 5 years to ensure knowledge is kept up to date.

Learning Oucomes

  • Engage individuals in treatment
  • Identify harmful and dependent drug taking
  • Diagnose severity of drug dependence
  • Develop a range of harm reduction strategies
  • Understand treatment options to enable the provision of safe and effective care
  • Become aware of the current policy context regarding recovery
  • Deliver enhanced services for drug users
Learning Oucomes

Course Details

CPD Accredited
1

CPD Accredited

A full face-to-face CPD Accredited training day.

CPD Accredited

eLearning
2

eLearning

Completion of an eLearning module, accessible here. It may take up to 3 days for your account details to be sent to you via email. Please also check your spam folder.

eLearning

CPD Hours
3

CPD Hours

10 CPD hours will be gained on completion of this course.

CPD Hours

Certification

To gain your Certificate of Completion, you must ensure you have the following:

●  Paid in full for the course prior to the training day

●  Full-day attendance is mandatory for certification

●  Complete the eLearning module with an overall pass score of 70% or above

●  Complete and submit the feedback form for the course, located on the eLearning site

Train Your Team

Train Your Team

Are you interested in organising your own in-house training session? SLD Training can offer you all the necessary tools and guidance to deliver one of our courses at a location of your choice.

Train Your Team
Course Director

Course Director

Meet your Course Director, Dr Linda Harris

Course Directors
Virtual Delivery

Virtual Delivery

Our virtual courses are designed to deliver an interactive and engaging experience through group discussions and collaborative polls via an online platform. If you are unable to travel to one of our National training events, you can receive high-quality accredited training without leaving your home.

Testimonials

"I currently volunteer with our local drug and alcohol service, pending a restructuring. This course will give me the confidence and credibility to apply for paid work. This course did meet my training objectives, particularly meeting and learning from a range of people working within drug and alcohol services. "

Nicola J
Doctor

"Completing this course will enable me to have a better awareness / understanding of the issues that drug users face and the much wider support groups some of these service users may have and some of the additional needs they may have. I thought the course was done well considering its all online, Very knowledgeable staff running the day and a good mix of people taking the course which is great as it allows a really diverse range of perspectives."

Rachel H
Forensic Paramedic

"This course will allow me to have the confidence and the competence to be more involved in the clinical aspect of my client's recovery journey. The content has allowed me to gather more knowledge on the topics discussed and therefore I feel I am now able to incorporate this content into daily work to heighten my standard. The course will allow me to make informed decisions surrounding client’s treatment and has given the confidence to raise these judgements with other colleagues."

Amber W
Recovery Coordinator

"This was such an excellent course, in fact we didn't want to leave the zoom. Very informative. Very patient and encouraging supervisor. Amazing course."

Rejoice M
Clinical Lead

"The course has very much enhanced my knowledge around substance misuse and prescribing and has been very informative. I look forward to being able to implement things I have learnt today, and moving on to do Drugs Part 2."

Mick H
General Nurse (RH) Substance Misuse Worker

Contact us

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