How to help with substance use impacts

How to help with substance use impacts will provide you with knowledge, skills and confidence in knowing how to recognize and respond to people and whānau impacted by problematic substance use.

Te Pou has developed this workshop for workers in community organisations who already have some basic understanding of problematic substance use. The workshop is a progression from the Addiction 101 course provided by Blueprint and will help workers to:

recognise harmful and risky substance use
respond safely to substance use issues
understand harm reduction approaches
support safer withdrawal management.

The workshop will explore:

practical strategies to support an intoxicated person with disturbed behaviour
how to support a person in withdrawal from alcohol, methamphetamine, and synthetic cannabinoids
how to provide harm reduction advice.

Provider
Te Pou

Venue

Auckland

Date/ Time

18 August 2023, 9.00am- 4.30 pm