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Handling Intoxication

This course aims to give frontline workers the skills required to handle clients under the influence of drink or drugs in a manner that ensures the safety of everyone concerned. It will also enable managers to detail the necessary components of an effective policy

Objectives

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

• Clarify best practice about working safely for an effective policy,
  ▫ Assess when a client is intoxicated,
  ▫ Use simple techniques to ensure that the situation is contained,
  ▫ Prevent a situation escalating into a confrontation,
  ▫ Give simple advice to an intoxicated person about what should be done next,
  ▫ Identify when help from a third party is required
  

Length 1 day – 9:30 – 4:30 (or equivalent)

DANOS Units or other National Occupational Standards:

AB3 – Contribute to the prevention and management of abusive and aggressive behaviour

This course is designed and delivered in association with DrugScope

DrugScope is the UK's leading independent centre of expertise on drugs and the national membership organisation for the drug field. Our aim is to inform policy development and reduce drug-related harms - to individuals, families and communities. We provide quality drug information, promote effective responses to drug taking, undertake research, advise on policy-making, encourage informed debate - particularly in the media - and speak for our member organisations working on the ground.

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Please note
All our courses are commissioned for groups and organisations. If you have more than three people who would benefit from working together on this topic, use the link at the the bottom of the page to contact me, or click here to find out more about getting us to deliver a programme.

We regret that we do not have an open access programme