Dual Diagnosis 24/25

Target Group:

This course is targeted to adult social care staff and those in residential care, nursing care, home care and supported living settings, personal assistants and other frontline practitioners who have regular contact with service users/patients and their families or carers in the London Borough of Sutton. 

Staff Groups B, C, D, and E as per the Bournemouth University National Mental Capacity Act Competency Framework. 
Level 3 staff and above (ref: NHS Intercollegiate document 2018 - Adult Safeguarding: Roles and Competencies For Healthcare Staff): registered health care staff who engage in assessing, planning, intervening and evaluating the needs of adults where there are safeguarding concerns (as appropriate to role). 

Aim:

The aim of this course is to:

• Give participants an overall understanding of various issues relating to dual diagnosis – meaning individuals who have simultaneous alcohol/drug issues AND mental health issues

Learning Objectives:

By the end of the course participants will have:

• An increased understanding on how substance misuse can affect an individual’s mental health and how mental health issues can affect an individual’s substance misuse
• An increased knowledge on the difficulties with accessing mental health or substance misuse services for those with a dual diagnosis, and what you can do to help someone access those services
• An increased knowledge on how to implement risk assessment and risk management strategies
• An improved understanding on why many individuals with dual diagnosis are resistant to change
• An improved understanding on the cycle of change approach to reducing substance misuse
• An improved understanding of various other techniques which might be helpful, e.g. motivational interviewing, cognitive behavioural therapy and solution focused therapy.