TAFE NSW
Statement of Attainment – Alcohol & Other Drugs
This course is for people who are working for, or have access to a community services organisation and who want to either upgrade and/or update their skills.
The course is also for pre-service learners who want to gain knowledge and skills relevant to the community services industry.
Certificate IV in Alcohol and Other Drugs Work
This course is for people who work or want to work in the alcohol and other drugs field and related fields within the community services and health industry.
You will learn about interviewing; initial client assessment; and preventative, educational and other community strategies relevant to the alcohol and other drugs field.
Diploma – Alcohol & Other Drugs Work
This course is for people who work or want to work in the alcohol and other drugs field and related fields within the community services and health industry.
You will learn about interviewing and counselling; assessment and referral of clients; and preventative, educational and other community strategies relevant to the alcohol and other drugs field. You will also acquire skills in the provision of client services, planning and programming, networking, policy development and coordination of the work environment.
More information about TAFE courses is available at www.tafensw.edu.au
Centre for Community Welfare Training
- Orientation to the Alcohol & Other Drugs Field
- Drug use and young people: choice and change
- Motivational Interviewing
- Pharmacology of substance abuse
- Working with mental health clients for AOD workers
For more info phone (02) 9281 8822 or visit www.acwa.asn.au/CCWT
DoCS NGO Training Program
- Alcohol and Other Drugs Motivational Interviewing
More info phone (02) 9209 6456 or visit www.community.nsw.gov.au/html/comm_partners/training.htm
Customised training
Other agencies may provide customised training for individual workplaces or interagencies on request. For example, your youth or community health centre may have an AOD speicialist who can assist.
Published: 2006
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Working with Young People with Alcohol or Other Drug Issues: A self-paced learning package Published: 2006 Funded by NSW Drug & Alcohol Workforce Development Council. Written & compiled by Kristy Delaney, YAPA, and Matt Stubbs & John Howard, Ted Noffs Institute. Additional material by Nick Manning, YAPA, & by Shopfront Youth Legal Centre. Opinions are the author's.
Be careful! YAPA and the authors took reasonable care to ensure that this information was correct at the time of publishing. However health information, and government regulations, laws and standards are complex and changing. The authors may not have health, safety, or legal qualifications, and information provided is general - it is not specific health, legal or professional advice. Do not rely on it - check with other publications and authorities and if necessary get qualified, medical, legal or professional advice for your situation.
