Working with Parental Substance Misuse - Face to Face/Classroom

Date & Time:

Tuesday 6 February 2018 (9.30 am - 4.30 pm)

Venue:

Room B12A The Woolwich Centre, The Woolwich Centre 2nd Floor Business Centre 35 Wellington Street Woolwich London

Detail:

Working with Parental Substance Misuse

To enhance and develop knowledge and skills in working with children and families affected by problematic alcohol and drug use

Target Group: Groups 3 - 5  Members of the workforce who work predominantly with children, young people and/or their parents/carers and who could potentially contribute to assessing, planning, intervening and reviewing the needs of a child and parenting capacity where there are safeguarding concerns

Participants must have attended a basic awareness course in drugs and alcohol. This can be via their own agency, Greenwich DAMIC or evidenced through attendance at another borough’s training

Aims & Objectives: By the end of this one day course the participants will have: 

  • Considered key messages from research on the prevalence, nature and effects of parental substance misuse
  • Recognized the impact of PSM on the children and their parents
  • Developed skills in assessing PSM, taking into account risk and resilience factors for children.
  • Explored the importance of a multi-agency approach in this area of practice
  • Improved their knowledge of local and national services to support children and families affected by PSM

Booking:

Booking has now closed for this event.

Further Information:

Type:

One Day

Enquiries:

safeguardingtraining@royalgreenwich.gov.uk

Trainer:

Olivier Busin, Parental Substance Misuse Co-ordinator

Venue Details:

Room B12A The Woolwich Centre, The Woolwich Centre 2nd Floor Business Centre 35 Wellington Street Woolwich London

(020 8854 8888)

 

The Woolwich Centre is opposite the Town Hall, with the entrance on Wellington Street.

Train:           
Woolwich Arsenal

DLR:                    
Woolwich Arsenal

Tube:
North Greenwich then bus 422, 161, 472

Buses:                
249,178,161,180,177,291,122,386,380,53,51,54,244,422,96,472

Parking:
There is Multi-storey car parking in Calderwood St and Meter parking