ReNew Hull
We offer free courses to those that live and work in Hull that aims to upskill you in drug & alcohol issues. We include topics like harms, associated risks, how to get advice and guidance, and achieving lasting positive change.
We offer the following training for professionals working in the City. We deliver this face-to-face, online, or via a webinar. We can also cater the training to your workplace needs. Please get in touch with us to discuss your requirements.
Training
Understanding Alcohol and Substance Misuse - ReNew
A bite-sized session to gain an understanding of alcohol and substance misuse.
In this bite-sized session you will gain an understanding of the following:
- • Reasons for drug and alcohol use
- • Understanding alcohol intake (Units, alcohol absorption times, binge drinking, recommended guidelines)
- • Health issues associated with drug and alcohol use
- • Drug categories
- • New and emerging drug trends
- • Polydrug use
- • How to offer basic brief advice in relation to drugs and/or alcohol
- • Where to get help in Hull (referrals and help available)
The above can be tailored to your needs and therefore timings may vary.
Brief Advice and Interventions for Alcohol and Drugs
Learn more about what a brief intervention is and how to deliver one.
The following session includes:
- • What is a Brief Intervention?
- • AUDIT/DUDIT tools including government guidelines
- • Understanding Alcohol intake (units, binge drinking, official guidelines)
- • Delivering Alcohol Brief Advice & Information
- • The Drugs Wheel
- • Health Issues associated with substance misuse
- • Polydrug use: information and risks
- • Delivering Drug Brief Advice & Information
- • Referrals and help available
- • The ReNew offer
The above can be tailored to your needs and therefore timings may vary.
Drug and alcohol extended session (CPD accredited)
An extended session incorporating content from courses 1 and 2 gaining official accreditation from the CPD. This session can be delivered in 2 parts.
This session goes in-depth looking at:
- • Understanding Alcohol (causes/risks and effects/mental health implications)
- • An in-depth look at alcohol-related health issues
- • Alcohol and pregnancy: Foetal Alcohol Syndrome
- • Understanding alcohol intake (Units, alcohol absorption times, binge drinking)
- • Alcohol withdrawal: stages and symptoms
- • Alcohol and the workplace. Identification and brief advice.
- • Drug use: local and national landscape.
- • Understanding drugs (classification and effects/risks/ harm including cocaine and alcohol)
- • New Psychoactive Substances.
- • Different types of polydrug use and their risks
- • Specific health implications of drug use and harm reduction
- • Drugs and the workplace. Identification and brief advice.
- • Referral and help that is available in the area.
The above can be tailored to your needs and therefore timings may vary.
Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS)
A bite-sized session to gain an understanding of NPS.
In this bite-sized session you will gain an understanding of the following:
- • What is NPS? History, classification, effects and risks.
- • Cannabis vs Synthetic cannabinoids
- • NPS, Health & Well-being
- • NPS & the Law
- • NPS in the Media
- • Referrals and Help Available
The above can be tailored to your needs and therefore timings may vary.
Harm Reduction - ReNew
A bite-sized session to learn more about harm reduction.
In this bite-sized session you will gain an understanding of the following:
- • What is harm reduction?
- • Risks and harms
- • Prescribed/Non-Prescribed
- • Spiking: methods, drugs used, harms, signs of spiking.
- • Polydrug use: information and risks
- • Harm reduction advice
- • The harm reduction services offered by ReNew
The above can be tailored to your needs and therefore timings may vary.
Naloxone Training - ReNew
Learn more about the use of Naloxone and how to apply it.
The following session includes:
- • What is Naloxone?
- • Trends in the UK. Focus on local issues
- • Risk factors in overdose
- • Signs and symptoms of opioid overdose
- • Assessment of consciousness and breathing in someone suspected of an opioid overdose
- • Steps to follow when assisting someone with an opioid overdose
- • Administration of Naloxone (mock application)
- • Requirements around recording and completing incident reports
The above can be tailored to your needs and therefore timings may vary.
ReNew also offers a chance for those who live and work in Hull to upskill through our new eLearning platform.
Currently, we offer Hull’s very first Alcohol Ambassador programme. Please visit our site for more information or to enroll.
If you'd like to get in touch to find out more, email us on: [email protected]
