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Safeguarding Children and Child Protection Issues for Drugs and Alcohol Services

Anybody involved in working with vulnerable young people needs to be fully familiar with the legal requirements of Child Protection legislation. On completion of this course, participants will be much clearer about their responsibilities in drug and alcohol services, and will have a full understanding of how they should work with young people and children to accurately assess the risk they face. The course will cover both the practical support needs of young people, and the legal obligations inherent to working within the Child Protection framework, including those surrounding disclosure.

Objectives

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

• Define their legal responsibilities and the scope of their individual and organisational roles
• Contribute to the assessment of children and young people to establish potential risk
• List factors that may indicate further support is necessary
• Make a disclosure to the relevant authority in line with organisational procedures
• Provide appropriate support to their client in the process
• Contribute to relevant care review and planning meetings
• Detail changes that may occur in the child protection system because of new legislation

DANOS units:

AB3    Contribute to the prevention and management of abusive and aggressive behaviour
HSC355    Contribute to the protection of individuals from harm and abuse
AB5    Assess and act upon immediate risk of danger to substance users from abuse

Who will benefit from attending?

The learning on this course is essential for all front line workers who have regular contact with clients.

Length 2 days – 9:30 – 4:30 (or equivalent)

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