SamsonAddiction services
Addiction services need practical training in safety, safeguarding and emergency response. Find the courses here.
What training does an addiction services team need?
- The HSE National Social Inclusion Office offers opioid overdose awareness and naloxone administration training for frontline workers and volunteers.
- PHECC sets the education and training standards for first aid courses in Ireland.
- Safeguarding applies here as in every setting: see the national adult safeguarding framework.
- Several courses here are new to Samson and are marked "Planned".
Start with these
- Overdose and naloxone: Overdose Recognition & Emergency Response
- Safeguarding: Safeguarding in Addiction Services
Courses for addiction services
Addiction support training
- Blood and Bodily Fluid Spillages in Addiction Services
Safe handling of sharps and of blood and body fluid spillages, for care teams in every setting.
Ask about this course - Sharps & Needle-Stick Injury Prevention
Safe handling of sharps and of blood and body fluid spillages, for care teams in every setting.
Ask about this course - Managing Challenging Behaviour in Addiction Services
Understanding behaviours of concern, and communicating and de-escalating, for disability, older person and addiction teams.
Ask about this course - Safeguarding in Addiction Services
Recognising signs of abuse and responding to safeguarding concerns, for care teams in every setting.
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- Incident Reporting & Quality Management in Addiction Services
Reporting incidents and managing risk in a care service, for care teams in every setting.
Ask about this course - Addiction Awareness
Understanding addiction and the people who live with it, for addiction services teams.
Ask about this course - Harm Reduction Awareness
Harm reduction awareness: reducing the risks of drug and alcohol use, for addiction services teams.
Ask about this course - Overdose Recognition & Emergency Response
Recognising an overdose and the emergency response, for addiction services teams.
Ask about this course - Trauma-Informed Addiction Support
Trauma-informed care: understanding how past trauma affects people, for disability and addiction services teams.
Ask about this course - Professional Boundaries in Addiction Support
Keeping professional boundaries in care work, for disability, home care and addiction teams.
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