Substance use, intoxication and withdrawal management: Online workshop February & March

26 February 10:00am-12:00pm

1 March 10:00am-12:00pm

4 March 10:00am-12:00pm

Please note this online workshop will be completed over 3 sessions.

Substance use, intoxication and withdrawal management is a workshop for workers who have completed Blueprint’s Addiction 101 or similar or have experience working in the addiction space in either a community or clinical setting.

The workshop will help workers to:

• understand the function of substance use and the impact of stigma on help seeking
• recognise harmful and risky substance use
• develop practical strategies to assess and manage behavioural disturbance due to intoxication and withdrawal
• recognise and respond to withdrawal.

The workshops will also explore:

• how to engage with people who use substances
  
• what is harm reduction
• how to provide harm reduction advice for people who continue to use substances
• how to refer to specialist addiction services
• other community supports