New Psychoactive Substances

Dates: 30th March 2016

Venue: Cardiff

Cost: £65.00 - includes course materials and lunch

Bespoke Training: This course can be offered as a bespoke course and adapted to suit your organisational requirements, for more information please contact the Training and Qualifications Department by email or call 02920 529002.

Book a place: Print and return the Training Booking Form or click the button to complete the online booking form:

Course Specification

Over the last ten years New Psychoactive Substances have dramatically changed the drug market in the UK. 400 new drugs have become available for sale in Europe over the last five years and synthetic cannabinoid products are now the main reason drug users seek emergency medical treatment.

Against this ever changing landscape it is becoming more and more difficult for workers to keep up to date with latest trends and effectively work with some of the most vulnerable and challenging client groups.

This training will:

  • Enable you to understand what is meant by the variety of terms used to describe new psychoactive substances
  • Identify the key new substances being used
  • Identify the effects and risks of new psychoactive drugs
  • Explore the role of the internet in the new psychoactive market
  • Recognise the current legal position and the potential impact of the New Psychoactive Act
  • Consider harm reduction techniques and treatment options

Teaching Methods:

NewLink Wales uses the ‘systems approach’ when developing our courses, ensuring that they are interactive and engaging for everyone regardless of their learning styles. Informal assessments are built into all of our courses through the use of case studies, discussions and questions and answers and our tutors will encourage full active participation from everyone who attends.

Evaluation Tools:

NewLink Wales uses the Results Based Accountability (RBA) method of evaluating our courses. This allows us to find out if participants have increased their knowledge, skills and ability to work with service users from the start of training to the end of the course. In addition to this we have a comprehensive evaluation tool which will ask questions about the whole of the training course. NewLink Wales will then send you details of the RBA statistical information gathered, for each courses booked with us and a copy of the full evaluation forms for your records.