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| Title: |
Building recovery in the workforce: developing
an inspirational, recovery-orientated drug and alcohol workforce |
| Date: |
14 February 2012 |
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Venue: |
London |
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Description: |
This one-day conference is aimed at service managers, team leaders
and other key treatment service staff to share experiences on how
to deliver an inspirational recovery-orientated workforce.
It will include workshops on developing the recovery-orientated
workforce that will deliver the aims of the UK Government's 2010
Drug Strategy. The conference will explore the evidence base for
treatment and recovery and will examine:
- How to translate evidence into practice
- How to implement new interventions
- How to ensure that key workers have the skills to support recovery
- How the Skills Hub can support services in delivering a recovery
orientated service
Source: Drugscope
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| Contact: |
For more information download the brochure at: http://www.drugscope.org.uk/Resources/Drugscope/Documents/PDF/SCConferenceBrochure.pdf
[PDF 237 KB]
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| Title: |
Family Addiction Support Service
(FASS) - Open Day |
| Date: |
17 February 2012 |
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Venue: |
Glasgow |
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Description: |
The Family Addiction Support Service will be holding an open day
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 123 West Street, Glasgow G5 8BA, with
an opportunity to meet their staff, volunteers and management committee
to learn more about their work.
It will also provide an insight into how to access their services.
The open day will be of particular interest to:
- Social Work staff
- Voluntary organisations
- Health worker Addiction Agencies
- Education Services
- Criminal Justice Staff
- Community Rehabilitations
- Glasgow Community Groups
Source: Scottish Drugs Forum
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| Contact: |
For more information please contact the Service Manager at Tel.
No: 0141 420 2050 or email: mtaylor@fassglasgow.org
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| Title: |
Welfare Benefit Changes: Information
Day Roadshow for people affected by Hepatitis or HIV |
| Date: |
21 February 2012 - 14 March 2012 |
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Venue: |
Various Scottish towns and cities |
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Description: |
ARE you, or someone you know or work with, affected by Hepatitis
or HIV - and worried about the impact of changes to welfare benefit?
Hepatitis Scotland, in conjunction with HIV Scotland and Terrence
Higgins Trust, is hosting an Information Day in various towns across
Scotland from 21 February to 14 March to:
- Explain how people living with Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and HIV
Blood Borne Viruses (BBVs) - are likely to be affected by
the changes
- Give people living with BBVs the chance to voice their views and
talk about the key issues for them in relation to the changes
These free events open to anyone with an interest in the
issue are part of a series of round-Scotland Information
Day roadshows to explain and explore the likely impact of the UK
Governments controversial proposals currently passing through
Westminster.
Roadshow dates:
These will take place at the following dates from 10:30 a.m.- 12:30
p.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
21 February: Adelphi Centre, 12 Commercial Street, Gorbals,
Glasgow G5 0PQ
24 February: Volunteer Rooms, 19 High Street, Irvine KA12
0BA
28 February: Relationships Scotland Central, 9 Callander
Road, Falkirk FK1 1XS
29 February: Albany Centre, 44 Ashley Street, Woodlands,
Glasgow G3 6DS
2 March: Central Baptist Church, 9A Ward Road, Dundee DD1
1LP
6 March: GLO Centre, 78 Muir Street, Motherwell ML1 1BN
8 March: Aberdeen Foyer, Marywell Centre, Marywell Street,
Aberdeen AB11 6JF
9 March: Highland Hospice, Bishops Road, Inverness
IUV3 5SB
13 March: Café Camino, St Marys Parish Centre,
1 Little King St, Edinburgh EH1 3JR
14 March: North West Resource Centre, College Drive, Dumfries,
DG2 0BX
The Information Day morning session will focus on explaining the
changes on people living with BBVs, whether or not they are in treatment.
Patients, families and staff working with people affected by BBVs
are welcome to attend.
The afternoon session will be a consultation event in a focus group
format for patients only. It will give them the chance to voice
their concerns and experiences, allowing the three charities to
hear more about the potential real-life impact of the changes. People
not wishing to take part in focus groups will be able to give their
opinions through one to one surveys at the venue.
Lunch will be provided free of charge.
Source: Scottish Drugs Forum
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| Contact: |
Please note: anyone interested in attending these workshops can
turn up at the venue. For further information please contact Lesley
Bon, Patient Involvment Officer, Hepatitis Scotland: email: lesley@hepatitisscotland.org.uk
tel 0300 343 0250 or visit http://www.hepatitisscotland.org.uk/
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| Title: |
Recovery Masterclass: Developing Peer Roles |
| Date: |
19 March 2012 - Glasgow; 18 April 2012 - Edinburgh;
26 April 2012 - Aberdeen |
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Venue: |
Glasgow: SDF Office, 91
Mitchell Street, G1 3LN; Edinburgh: Quaker Meeting House, 7
Victoria Terrace, EH1 2JL; Aberdeen: Aberdeen Foyer, Marywell
Street, AB11 6JF |
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Description: |
The Scottish Drugs Forum (SDF) is hosting a Recovery Masterclass
in Developing Peer Roles in a number of dates in March and April
2012.
This event is free to SDF members, £20 to
non-members, brings together three innovators in the development
of recovery in Scotland to share their experience of developing
peer support, peer advocacy and peer worker roles.
Speakers are:
- Charles Steel, Discover Recovery: Peer Support - Helping
Me Helping You
- Derek McCabe, Scottish Drugs Forum: A model for peer advocacy
in drug services
- Lesley Smith, Scottish Recovery Network: Supporting the
development of peer worker roles
The events will be held from 1.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m.
Source: Scottish Drugs Forum
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| Contact: |
For more details visit: http://www.sdf.org.uk/
or contact Lisa McKibben email: Lisa@sdf.org.uk
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| Title: |
Smoking cessation and addictions services:
working together to support the needs of people with a history of
substance misuse |
| Date: |
30 March 2012 |
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Venue: |
Edinburgh |
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Description: |
This conference is for those working in and supporting smoking
cessation and addiction services to share good practices, debate
some of the key challenges and explore possible solutions to reduce
smoking and problematic substance misuse in Scotland.
As substance use problems are often accompanied by higher levels
of smoking than in the general population, more support and encouragement
is needed to help those also being damaged by their nicotine dependency.
As the prevalence of smoking in the general population falls, smoking
cessation services are reaching out to help those who find it hardest
to quit.
Smoking cessation and addictions services need to understand the
challenges of multiple addiction and work together for the benefit
of all smokers who would like to quit.
David Liddell, Director of Scottish Drugs Forum, will chair this
event which features the following speakers:
- Professor David Balfour, Professor of Behavourial Pharmacology,
University of Dundee
- Dr. Amul Patel, Consultant Psychiatrist, NHS Fife
- Margot Ferguson, General Manager of West Lothian Drug and
Alcohol Service (WELDAS)
- Dr. Saket Priyadarshi, Lead Clinician, Glasgow Addiction
Services
- Karen Mather, Smokefree Services, Glasgow
- Cheryl Irvine, Scotland's only dedicated cannabis worker,
and employed by WELDAS
Cost: £50 (financially supported by NHS Health Scotland
and ASH Scotland's Inequalities Project)
The event will take place between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. at the Salvation
Army, 429 - 431 Gorgie Road, Edinburgh, EH11 2RT.
Source: Ash Scotland, Scottish Drugs Forum
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| Contact: |
For more details visit: http://www.ashscotland.org.uk/alliances/scottish-tobacco-control-alliance-%28stca%29/tobacco-and-substances-event
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| Title: |
10th European Congress on Heroin Addiction
and Related Clinical Problems |
| Date: |
25 - 27 May 2012 |
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Venue: |
Barcelona, Spain |
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Description: |
This two-day conference on heroin addiction and related clinical
problems organised by Europpad (European Opiate Addiction Treatment
Association) is calling for symposia to be presented during this
event of which 12 will be selected. In addition, there is also a
call for oral presentations and posters of which 20 will be chosen.
Source: Europad
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| Contact: |
For full conference details and to book visit http://www.europad.org/
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