Practitioners often feel de-skilled when faced with clients who present with complex and multiple needs.  This course offers participants the opportunity to understand how mental health and substances interact in clear and practical ways.  It begins by offering a clear insight into the differences and overlap between substance misuse and mental health problems, explaining why dual diagnosis rapidly becomes bigger than the sum of its parts.  The course then identifies different sub-types of dual diagnosis clients.  These present different challenges to services and the course shows how approaches can be tailor to each group.. 

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The programme then goes on to map critical phases of change in dual diagnosis using the Osher & Kofoed stage model and offers practitioners practical skills in manging each phase. This includes building relationships and sustaining strong alliances, tipping point points of change and treatment interventions.  The course offers practitioners key psycho-social skills in abating common mental health symptoms to allow client to focus on recovery process.

 

Who is This Course For?

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The programme is suitable for anyone working with complex needs including housing teams, substance misuse teams, criminal justice team and wider services.

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Also Available to be Delivered Online?

 

Yes, Zoom based integration

 

Course Length

 

1 or 2 day course (9.30-4.30)

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Max Number of Attendees 

 

18

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Resources Required

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Flipchart stand and paper

Any seating arrangements

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Method of Delivery

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The training course is highly interactive, even during presentations. It uses a wide variety of learning approaches including presentations, pairs and small group work exercises and self-assessment.  The course is also supported with free e-learning and further resources to re-cap, review and refresh learning.

 

Course Aims & Objectives:

 

The aim of the course is to increase confidence and ability to work with dually diagnosed clients. 

 

By the end of the course participants will have had opportunities to:           

 

• Explain how substance misuse and mental health interact

• Describe the needs of different sub-populations of dual diagnosis clients

• Work within the recommended NHS framework to support dual diagnosis clients

• Practice key skills in symptom management for mental health problems