Level Three Certificate in Tackling Substance Misuse

In order to achieve the award, students must complete the mandatory unit, the core unit, plus one of the option units (choice of three options).

Mandatory unit: Principles of tackling substance misuse.
Core unit: Assessment, planning and care for substance misuse practitioners.
Option unit: Providing harm minimisation to drug users, providing detoxification services to substance misusers, providing rehabilitation services to substance misusers.

Mandatory unit: Principles of tackling substance misuse
The unit is delivered over 10 three-hour sessions and provides the necessary foundation to understanding the nature of substance use and the context in which the full assessment process will be conducted. It will also provide a background to the bio-psychosocial model of substance use (including relevant legislation); an introduction to the range of treatment modalities available within the care continuum; and the under-pinning principles of working with substance misusers (including confidentiality, diversity and anti-oppressive practice).

Core unit: Assessment, planning and care for substance misuse practitioners
This unit is delivered over 10 three-hour sessions and focuses on the skills needed to engage substance misusers in the assessment and care planning process. The wider context and aims will be considered alongside specific interventions and case management. For example, information giving, inter-agency liaison and risk management.

Option unit:

This unit is delivered over 10 three-hour sessions and covers the content of the three options:

Providing harm minimisation to drug users
This element will develop the skills required to undertake a range of harm minimisation interventions with substance misusers. For example, safer injecting, blood borne virus information, safer sex and syringe exchange management.

Providing detoxification services to substance misusers
This element will develop the skills required to provide detoxification services to substance misusers, for example, supporting individuals through detoxification programmes; pharmacological and psychosocial treatment options; care planning for detoxification and managing drug testing policies and procedures.

Providing rehabilitation services to substance misusers
This element will develop the skills required to provide rehabilitation services to substance misusers. For example, relapse prevention; providing housing information and support; employment, education and training support; managing finances; and care planning to meet these rehabilitation needs.

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