How to help with substance use impacts - Thursday 30th June 2022

This workshop is held for Mental Health NZ employees at 11 Hull Road Mount Maunganui.

How to help with substance use impacts is a workshop for workers in community organisations. The workshop 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.

If you are unfamiliar with problematic substance use, Blueprint for Learning provide Addiction 101, a free one-day introductory workshop or series of online workshops here. Attending Addiction 101 will help you get the most out of the above workshops.