Training and Workforce Development

see also CPD; CertEd; DANOS; INTRAN; Workplace; Workshops

Introduction

Welcome to Nordat Training Page. The DAAT and our partner agencies run training in basic drug and alcohol awareness, and many other courses which you will find listed in this section.

If you have any queries about these courses or would like to have a course you are running added to the website, please contact us via the Contact Us button at the top of this page. Please click to see our training calendar for October 2009 to March 2010. The normal start time for our full-day courses is 09.30.

Please do not attend any of our courses unless you have submitted an application form and received a confirmation letter.

Spaces on our courses for 2009/2010 are virtually full but we do have a few places on our Young People's course Part 1 on 4th March and our Young People's course Part 2 on 15th March. Applicants for Part 2 of this course must be CAF trained.

For more information on the courses please click on the link for each course flyer:

Foundation Course in Drug & Alcohol Awareness

Screening & Effective Interventions Course

Crack Cocaine Course

Overdose Prevention and Awareness

Young People, Drugs & Alcohol, What should I do For the Part 2 only of this training course please use the attached application form. Our normal application form should be used for Part 1.

New training for Housing Provider' s staff -Inreach and Outreach Guide Training

Ketamine Workshop

Blood Borne Virus Training

Before applying for any of our courses please ensure you read our Terms and Conditions of Training

To download an application form for the DAAT run courses, please click on the link below. Click on the gray areas to enter information or select options from the drop-down menu.
Norfolk DAAT Training Application Form. Email your application to veronica.nelhams@norfolk.gov.uk or fax on 01603 677566 or post to Norfolk DAAT, Phoenix House, White Lodge Business Centre, Hall Road, Norwich, NR4 6DG.

If our training dates are not suitable for you; why not download our learning toolkit? Now check the answers to the questionnaires.

To read the current Training and Workforce Development strategy please click on the link, if you would like to comment on the strategy please follow the website contact us link.

Special Event - Drug, Alcohol & Reproductive Health Conference

The DAAT are once again holding a Drug, Alcohol and Reproductive Health Conference. This is a half-day event taking place at the Sportspark and will include lunch. There will be a small charge of £10 per head to attend. For more details and an application form please download the flyer.

Alcohol - Brief Interventions Training

More dates published for this training - see the flyer for details

NHS Norfolk and Great Yarmouth & Waveney PCT have identified funds with which to implement a series of initiatives aimed at reducing the number of alcohol related hospital admissions in Norfolk.

The Brief Interventions training day is one element of a project which comprises three parts:

• An introductory web based learning course (designed by STRADA).  Please download the Course Information Pack before you begin.  You must register for this training on the STRADA Website, please go to www.projectstrada.org. You will receive access to the NORDAT E-Learning Menu within 24 working hours of registration.

• A 'Brief Interventions' training day (run by the UEA) and special half-day sessions for GPs. To apply for a place please complete the application form and return to veronica.nelhams@norfolk.gov.uk. Priority will be given to primary care employees.
  
  
• A 'Train the trainers' course (run by Alcohol Concern) to prepare identified individuals to become a facilitator of further training in their practice area (please note a separate application will need to be made for this element).

Are you thinking of undertaking more training in the area of drugs and alcohol? If you cannot find what you are looking for here you may find it if you contact one of our partner agencies/trainers, for example:

• Norcas training
• The Matthew Project
• Tony D'Agostino
• Alasdair Cant & Associates

'Everybody's Business' free online CAMHS Training

Background:
This online course has been developed in order to bring a standard approach to mental health training for workers in tier 1, or universal services.
This national training resource came from an idea by Jane Sedgewick, CAMHS Regional Development Worker for Yorkshire and Humber Care Services Improvement Partnership (CSIP), who is the national lead for the National CAMHS Support Service (NCSS) for tier 1 development. With a grant from the CAMHS workforce programme a workshop was set up to which a large number of people already involved in delivering tier 1 training were invited. The original Everybody’s Business training package resource is based on the combined effort from the workshop attendees, using their considerable experience and ideas.

What you will learn: There are four modules.

What is Mental Health?
How CAMHS are structured
Mental Health Problems & Disorders
What Helps

Pharmacy Postgraduate Educations

The Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education (CPPE) has developed an e-assessment 'Substance use and misuse - delivering pharmacy services', which is designed for both pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. Successful completion of this assessment will allow learners to demonstrate an awareness of the appropriate action to take in different situations related to delivering pharmacy services to substance misuse clients. Please follow the link to login, register and access the learning - www.cppe.ac.uk

Continuing Professional Development Tool

Norfolk DAAT have developed a CPD (Continuing Professional Development) Tool

Certificate in Higher Education (Substance Misuse)

Norfolk DAAT and the UEA School of Nursing and Midwifery have now launched their Certificate in Higher Education (Substance Misuse). This is a full academic award, 120 credit points at level one, and is split into two parts.

Part One is a classroom based Substance Misuse Foundation Course.
Part Two is the Substance Misuse 'Work based Learning' Unit.

This 18 month course is equivalent to an NVQ level 4 and as such, is in line with National Treatment Agency, Workforce Development Guidance. The next course will begin in September 2010.

INTRAN

For details of Intran courses please take a look at their training calendar.

To book a place on one of the training sessions please contact the person named on the training calendar.

For an outline of the training please click on the link below:-
www.llsupport.com/intran/trainingoutline.pdf.

Workplace - Alcohol and Drugs in the Workplace

the Home Office have encouraged Drug and Alcohol Action Teams around the country to make contact with employers and to raise the issues of drugs and alcohol in the workplace. For more information see Alcohol and Drugs in the Workplace.