An Introduction to Working with Families, Drugs and Alcohol

This training is for any practitioner that works with adult family members affected by drug and/or alcohol misuse. The day will familiarise participants with the impacts of substance use within families, and will provide practitioners with a range of brief intervention techniques to be used within families.

By the end of the training participants will be able to:

• Recognise the potential impact of substance use on families.

• Identify behaviours associated with someone who cares for a substance user.

• Identify the work they undertake with family members and the types of interventions they currently use.

• Identify the best ways families can support each other at various stages of the ‘Cycle of Change’.

• Consider the effectiveness of brief interventions models and their use with family members.

• Use the Blue Light model to support a family member of someone affected by problematic drug or alcohol use.

• Consider how to utilise the techniques they have learned in their practice with families.