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Course: Counselling Skills for Substance Misuse Workers

Course Date: Course Length:

11/03/2005 1 Day Course

Course Summary: The course is designed to give an introduction to counselling interventions in a substance misuse context. Participants will briefly explore some basic generic counselling skills, commonly used models and also investigate goal-orientated working, clinical support and the question of outcome monitoring. Participants will leave with an overview of the relevant issues and a clear understanding of minimum good practice in substance misuse counselling services. This course is aimed at all professionals / volunteers working within the social care field who have an interest in counselling. The course will be of particular benefit for workers who wish to develop basic skills & techniques involved in a person-centred counselling approach. Learning Objectives: To increase awareness of basic counselling skills and techniques Counselling, advice giving, crisis intervention, key working – what are the differences? To increase knowledge of Motivational Interviewing / Solution Focused approach Developing realistic goal setting skills Awareness of professional boundaries and clinical supervision Counselling in a QuADS framework How to measure outcomes in counselling

Location: Available Places: Places Left: Trainer: Trainer Company:

The Hungerford 20 10 Andy Symons Hungerford Drug Project

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