DANOS

(Drugs &Alcohol National Occupational Standards)

DANOS has the potential to be a major development in how drugs and alcohol services are carried out in Britain.

Sets of National Occupational Standards represent a consensus on what workers can be accepted to achieve in any particular sector.

Download the Skills for Health DANOS 2005 Powerpoint presentation by clicking here.

National Occupational Standards form the basis of how we structure the learning packages and courses offered here. We map courses against them and  they form the basis for both learning objectives and content.

For people to be assessed against the DANOS standards to gain a qualification they must be registered with an assessment centre (like a further education college) so their competence can be measured. Our training provides one route that can help people gain the skills and knowledge they need.

DANOS is a resource that can be used to streamline a range of processes in any organisation. We can help with embedding them in the whole supervision and appraisal structure by working with you to design processes and then deliver training for all the staff involved.

We can also help with training needs analysis to help management gain a realistic idea of the learning needs of the organisation.

Finally, we can help you get hold of the evidence base. National Occupational Standards have been around for a long time and there is a substantial literature about them. Pages in the online bookshop look at competence based learning and the whole S/NVQ thing.

There are a number of ways in which you can demonstrate your competence. DDN has a really useful page on options here.