Glasgow City Health Improvement Training Calendar

Aims:

• This 3 hour training course aims to
• Equip youth work staff with the knowledge and understanding of the underlying causes of gender based violence.
• Increase understanding of and confidence in preventing and addressing abuse within young people’s intimate relationships.
• Promote the use of the Guidelines for responding to Gender Based Violence in a Youth Setting by youth workers.

Learning Outcomes

Increased knowledge and understanding of

• The effects of gender stereotyping on young people
• The signs and effects of abuse within young people’s intimate relationships
• Increased confidence in talking with young people about the issues of relationship abuse and exploitation
• Increased knowledge and understanding of the Guideline for Responding to Gender Based Violence in Youth Work Settings
• Be able to use the Guideline for
• Responding to Gender Based Violence in Youth Work Settings to support young people when needed

Level: Informed

Aims:

• To explore the idea of relative poverty and its link to social justice.

Learning Outcomes:

• Introduce key aspects of the determinants of health; poverty, inequality and social class.
• Broaden participants’ understanding of different groups’ experiences of inequality.
• Enable participants to develop a basic understanding of social inclusion and social justice.
• Whilst the course has a specific view on young people, it would be beneficial to anyone with an interest in equality and social justice and how it impacts on communities.

Level: Informed

Aims:

• The session provides an insight into the lived experience of parents caring for a disabled child or child with additional support needs whilst also providing participants with information on supports available for families.

Learning Outcomes:

• Develop participants understanding of the parenting experience when caring for a disabled child or child with additional support needs including autism.
• Broaden participants understanding of parent carer’s experience of inequality.
• Enhance knowledge of how best to support families and where to signpost for further support, information and advice.

Level: Informed

Aims:

• To increase understanding and highlight importance of the current healthy eating recommendations, and guidelines, through the Eatwell Guide.

Learning outcomes:

• This session aims to introduce you to key health issues related to nutrition, and Scottish Dietary Goals;
• To increase your knowledge and understanding of healthy eating, using the Eatwell Guide and what’s behind the food group segments.
• To introduce, and better understand reputable sources of nutrition information and available resources.

Level: Informed

Aims:

• To preserve life 
• To provide help to prevent a mental health problem or crisis developing 
• To promote recovery and wellbeing 
• To provide comfort to a person experiencing distress 
• To promote understanding of mental health issues

The Course will support you in learning more about: 

• How to apply to 5 steps of SMHFA 
• How to respond if you believe someone is at risk of suicide 
• How to give immediate help until professional help is available 
• What to do and say in a crisis 
• The importance of good listening skills, practice listening and responding  
• Understanding recovery, the connection between mental health problems and alcohol and drugs, mental health problems and discrimination 
• Some basic information about common mental health problems and self-help information 

Level: Skilled 

Aims:

• To increase participants’ awareness of the multi-agency approach to suicide prevention across the Greater Glasgow and Clyde Board area 

Learning outcomes/objectives:

Increased understanding of; 

• The current data around suicide, particularly around age and gender. 
• Some of the factors that can contribute to people taking their own life, or attempting to take their own life.
• The impact that different forms of media can have on rates of suicide attempts and deaths by suicide. 
• The risks associated with irresponsible reporting of suicide in the media. 

Level: Informed 

Aims:

• To increase participants’ understanding of self-harm when used as a coping strategy 

Learning outcomes/objectives:

• Introduce and develop your understanding of self-harm 
• Gain access to resources to support those using self-harm as a coping strategy 
• Information on skilled level training to support self-harm awareness and skills development

Level: Informed

Aims:

• This 1-day training course aims to help dispel the myths about self-harm and equip participants to support people who may use self-harm as a coping strategy. The focus of the training is self-harm when used as a coping strategy and where the individual has no intention to end their life.

Learning outcomes/objectives:

At the end of the programme, participants will be able to:

• State a definition of self-harm, which recognises that it is predominantly a coping strategy.
• Describe the difference between self-harm and suicide.
• Discuss the spectrum of self-harm behaviour.
• Describe the emotional, social and physiological factors that may underlie self-harming behaviours.
• Reflect on your own feelings and reactions to self-harm and how these can impact on interventions.
• Describe a range of appropriate and safe responses/interventions, including harm reduction.
• Discuss issues which impact on working with self-harm within the context of your own workplace/ role.
• Access a range of self-harm resources to support practice.

Level: Skilled

Aims:

This online training aims to increase knowledge and awareness of the key issues relating to alcohol use in Scotland. Participants will have the opportunity to consider harm reduction and support strategies.  

Learning outcomes/objectives: 

• Our courses are very popular. If you find you are unable to make it then please let us know as soon as possible so we can allocate your place to someone on the waiting list.  
• Discuss the prevalence of alcohol use in Scotland.  
• Recall the unit content for common drinks and low risk drinking guidelines.  
• Identify a range of reasons why people use alcohol.  
• Discuss the effects and costs of alcohol use associated with different patterns of drinking.  
• Recall key resources and support services available to reduce alcohol-related harm.  

Aims:

This training aims to increase awareness, knowledge and provides an opportunity to explore current and emerging trends in cannabis use. Harm reduction and support strategies will be explored. 

Learning outcomes/objectives: 

• Recall effective techniques for working with cannabis users including harm reduction.  
• Give an overview of the current trends with cannabis including synthetic cannabinoids.   
• Recall the main effects and side effects of cannabis.   
• Identify the typical presenting issues for problematic cannabis use.   
• Identify treatment options for dependent cannabis users.   

Aims:

This training aims to increase awareness, knowledge and provides an opportunity to explore current and emerging trends with psychostimulants. Harm reduction and support strategies will be explored. 

Learning outcomes/objectives: 

• Identify effective strategies and techniques for working with psychostimulant users including harm reduction and sleep management. 
• Recall the current trends and emerging trends with psychostimulants including increases to purity, adulterants, and stimulant type NPS.  
• Give an overview of the key psychostimulants in use including cocaine, amphetamines, ecstasy, and stimulant type NPS.  
• Identify recreational and problematic psychostimulant use.  
• Recognise the signs and symptoms of stimulant related overdose and identify how to respond.  

Aims:

This training opportunity for trusted adults who engage with young people to develop their knowledge and skills to effectively engage in one-to-one early intervention conversations about alcohol and drug use. The training and screening tool will help to identify young people who may benefit from a brief intervention and if needed, a motivational discussion about their alcohol and drug use. 

Participants must:

• Work with young people aged 12-17 within Glasgow City
• Have previously attended SDF Multiple Risk and Young People training 
• Have access to a digital device that enables you to use the CRAFFT app to access online questionnaire to record screenings and outcomes 
• Engage with Health Improvement Team to access any support required and contribute to CRAFFT evaluation 

Aims:

This online training aims to increase drug awareness and knowledge and participants will have the opportunity to explore current and emerging trends within substance use. The training will consider harm reduction and support strategies.  

Learning outcomes/objectives: 

• Identify effective techniques to support people who use drugs and alcohol.  
• Name the seven key drug categories and their key effects  
• Recall an overview of the key substances in use  
• Identify the reasons why people choose to use drugs and alcohol  
• Recall poly-drug use and dependant substance use patterns  
• Describe signs of overdose and how to respond  

Aims:

This in-person training aims to increase knowledge of the current and emerging trends in ketamine use. Participants will be able to identify physical and psychological effects and recognise the wider impact of ketamine use. Participants will gain an awareness of harm reduction, support strategies and signposting. 

Learning outcomes/objectives: 

• Understand effective strategies and techniques for supporting someone who is using Ketamine including harm reduction.  
• Recall the current and emerging ketamine trends.  
• Identify the physical and psychological effects and recognise the wider impact of ketamine.  
• Understand the impact of poly drug use  

Aims:  

This online training aims to increase awareness, knowledge of multiple risk and young people. Participants will have the opportunity to explore multiple risk and what that means in practice when working with young people.   

Learning outcomes/objectives:  

• Demonstrate effective signposting and interventions which tackle multiple risk, build resilience, and support post-traumatic growth. 
• Identify common risk behaviours displayed by young people.   
• Define multiple risk.   
• Discuss positive and negative aspects of risk.   
• Identify common risk behaviours.   
• Recall the factors and Adverse Childhood Experiences that influence risk taking and identify the impact of these on resilience.   

Aims:

• Explore the causes and impact of poverty from a national to a local community perspective.
• Identify actions to poverty proof the work you are involved in and promote greater inclusion and participation

Learning outcomes:

• Understand the causes of poverty.
• Identify the impact that poverty has on children and young people’s wellbeing.

Level: Informed