Teach substance misuse awareness with this editable Care Ready Solutions training pack for adult health and social care educators and workplace trainers. Understanding alcohol and drug misuse, recognising the signs and supporting people safely and without judgement.

Five files included

• 15-slide Substance Misuse Awareness course
• 21-slide Trainer’s Edition with speaker notes, teaching points, questions and model answers
• 9-page learner workbook with activities, knowledge check, reflection and learner declaration
• Extra 42-page Teacher and Trainer Toolkit
• Separate editable certificate of completion template

All five files are editable PowerPoint (.pptx) resources, so you can add your own logo, local procedures and examples. The toolkit is a generic set of blank forms to customise for session planning, attendance, assessment, feedback and learner records; it is not 42 pages of topic-specific lessons. The certificate records completion; it does not confer accreditation.

Topics covered

What Is Substance Misuse?; Use, Misuse and Dependence; Alcohol; Drugs and Their Effects; Prescription and Over-the-Counter Medicines; Why People Misuse Substances; Signs of Substance Misuse; Overdose and Emergencies; Harm Reduction; Talking About Substance Use; Capacity, Choice and Safeguarding; Support and Treatment Services.

How to use it

Deliver it as a stand-alone session, as part of staff induction, or as a refresher in a team meeting. The Trainer’s Edition gives model responses for every question, and completed workbooks give you written evidence of learning for audits and inspections.

Suitable use

Health and social care teaching, vocational and FE courses, staff induction and awareness refreshers. Age not applicable. PowerPoint or compatible software is required. Digital teaching resources only; no delivered training or physical products.

This is awareness learning only. It does not qualify anyone to diagnose, assess risk clinically or provide therapy. Always follow your organisation’s safeguarding, crisis and escalation procedures, and signpost people to appropriate professional support.