Substance Abuse and Drugs Awareness Course

Interested in understanding more about the affects of drugs? Keen to understand the social implications?

This course covers the history of drugs, definitions, the effects of drugs, models of care and detoxification and drug therapies. This course would be ideal for anyone working in the health and social care arena or those interested in the government’s response.

The course is split into bite sized sections to make studying as easy as possible and your tutor will also be able to help every step of the way. So Start Learning today!

Distance Learning Support

At Start Learning we pride ourselves on our friendly and supportive tutors. Your tutor support will start as soon as you receive your course and will be valid for 12 months. All our tutors are highly qualified with extensive experience in supporting distance learning students. You contact your tutor via email and they are responsible for marking assignments answering your questions and guiding you through the course.

Entry Requirements 

At Start Learning we believe that everyone should have the opportunity to expand their knowledge and study further, so we try to keep our entry requirements to a minimum.      

Recommended Hours of Study

We recommended you spend approximately 110 hours of your time studying for the Substance Abuse and Drugs Awareness course. The pace of study is completely up to you. To give an example, if you dedicate 2 hours a week to the course it would take you a year to complete but if you could spare 4 hours a week you could complete it in six months.

Course Contents

Unit 1 - What is a drug?: - Definitions of drugs - Types of Drugs - Depressants, stimulants and hallucinogens - Levels of drug use – experimental, recreational and dependent.

Unit 2 - The history of drug use: Getting help - Tackling drug use - Helping someone with a drug problem – Emergencies - Is my child using drugs? - Why do we use drugs?

Unit 3 - Effects of drugs: Pharmacology - Quantity of the drug – Consumption - Short term/ long terms dangers - Smoking, snorting, injecting and inhaling – Overdose – Impurities Damage – Expectations - Previous experiences – Moods - Physical health - Mental health - Body weight - Tolerance to drugs - Problematic drug use - Hierarchy of harm.

Unit 4 - Models of care: Drug treatment provision - Harm reduction services – Counselling – Funding.

Unit 5 - Substance misuse and awareness: Detoxification - Structured day programmes - Residential rehabilitation - 12 STEPS - Substitute drug therapies.

Qualification

At the end of this course successful learners will receive a Level 3 Award in Substance Abuse and Drugs Awareness. Plus a Start Learning Diploma.

Awarding Body Information

NCFE is recognised as an awarding body by the qualification regulators ('regulators') for England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The regulators are the Office of the Qualifications and Examinations Regulator (Ofqual) in England, the Department for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills (DCELLS) in Wales and the Council for Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA) in Northern Ireland

Assessment

This course is marked through a process of continuous assessment guided by your tutor following NCFE guidelines. This means that your qualification will be awarded according to your performance on assessments rather than by taking an exam.

Language of Course

English