– drugs and alcohol
What’s in this section:
- Social work and substance use: teaching the basics
- Parenting positively – Helping teenagers to cope with a parent’s problem drug or alcohol use
- Talking to kids about alcohol: A guide for parents and carers
- The cycle of change
- Cafcass SCODA risk assessment checklist
- A participatory handbook for youth drug abuse prevention programmes: A guide for development and improvement
- The truth about drugs A-Z booklet
- Drugs: Shatter the myths brochure for adolescents
- Parents, pints and pills: Booklet for young people who live with someone with a drug or alcohol problem
- Drug Abuse Screening Test for Adolescents (DAST-A)
- You are not on your own
- Help me understand
- I feel when you drink
Support for adults
Social work and substance use: teaching the basics
This guide to teaching and learning has been written for lecturers and tutors working within social work education. The guidance and activities can be used at both qualifying and post qualifying levels and across a range of modules and practice learning opportunities. It is not intended to be a prescriptive guide, simply a way to support social work educators seeking to increase or consolidate their current teaching and learning in relation to alcohol and other drugs.
Parenting positively – Helping teenagers to cope with a parent’s problem drug or alcohol use
This guide to teaching and learning has been written for lecturers and tutors working within social work education. The guidance and activities can be used at both qualifying and post qualifying levels and across a range of modules and practice learning opportunities. It is not intended to be a prescriptive guide, simply a way to support social work educators seeking to increase or consolidate their current teaching and learning in relation to alcohol and other drugs.
Talking to kids about alcohol: A guide for parents and carers
This booklet gives tips and guidance for parents and carers to approach the issue of drinking with their children, teenagers, or young adults. Talking about it early on will help their child to understand alcohol and its effects and help them to make sensible choices about drinking in the future.
Cycle for change
A practitioner can use this handout to help their service user understand the cycle of change, assess which stage they are in and help them plan how to facilitate progress.
Cafcass SCODA risk assessment checklist
Two tools used by practitioners when assessing the impact of substance misuse on a parent’s ability to meet their child’s needs.
Support for children
A participatory handbook for youth drug abuse prevention programmes: A guide for development and improvement
The main purpose of this handbook is to provide tools for both young people and adults who want to establish drug prevention programmes with the participation and active involvement of youth and the community. This handbook will also be useful to those who are already involved in existing youth drug prevention programmes and who are interested in assessing and improving their established programme.
The truth about drugs A-Z booklet
The Truth about Drugs A-Z booklet gives the lowdown on lots of legal and illegal drugs. Give it to your service user or discuss the topics with them – the discussion will enable you to assess their understanding of drugs and drug related problems.
Drugs: Shatter the myths brochure for adolescents
Easy to read brochure with many pictures introducing some of the common myths about drugs.
Parents, pints and pills: Booklet for young people who live with someone with a drug or alcohol problem
Easy to read brochure with many pictures introducing some of the common myths about drugs.
Drug Abuse Screening Test for Adolescents (DAST-A)
Used for assessing drug use and related problems in adolescents, the Drug Abuse Screening Test for Adolescents (DAST-A) is a 28-item questionnaire.
You are not on your own
A booklet to help children, young people and adult’s talk about a parent’s drinking.
Help me understand
A booklet to help children, young people and practitioners talk about an adult’s alcohol and drug treatment.
I feel when you drink
Four young people between the ages of 13 and 17 who are affected by and living with a parent who struggles with their alcohol use created this book. This book is mainly for parents who struggle with their alcohol use with the hope that this book will help parents understand how children feel when they are drinking and that it will help them realise the effect that their drinking has on their relationship.
Children’s Social Care Direct Work Resource Toolkit 