OCN NI
Level 3
QN: 601/6149/8
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OCN NI Level 3 Certificate in Tackling Substance Misuse
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by OCN NI. Classified as a Vocationally-Related Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 252 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 3
Awarding Body
OCN NI
Syllabus Units
10 Units
Guided Hours
252 hrs
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Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
Assessment, Planning and Care for Substance Misuse Practitioners
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to establish and sustain relationships with substance users.
- Understand the process of disengagement from relationships with substance users.
- Be able to conduct a triage assessment.
- Be able to conduct an assessment.
- Know how to plan comprehensive and integrated programmes of care.
- Know how to respond to immediate risks of substance use.
- Know how to offer harm reduction information advice and guidance.
- Know how to support individuals in changing substance use.
- Understand the application of health and safety within all areas of activity.
2
Brief Interventions for Substance Misuse Practitioners
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to support individuals when they have used substances.
- Be able to identify individuals who may benefit from brief interventions.
3
Dual Diagnosis for Substance Misuse Practitioners
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand mental health problems displayed by service users with dual diagnosis.
- Understand strategies for working with individuals with dual diagnosis.
- Be able to assess the effectiveness of substance mis
- use services.
- Understand the need for collaboration between services.
4
Educating Others about Substances and Their Effects
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to educate others about substances, their use and effects.
- Be able to increase people’s knowledge of services available to meet the needs of substance users.
5
Managing Individuals and Teams Working with Substance Users
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to lead the work of individual or teams of substance mis
- use practitioners.
- Be able to develop individual and teams of substance mis
- use practitioners to enhance performance.
- Understand arrangements for joint working between workers and agencies in the context of delivering effective services for substance users.
- Be able to facilitate meetings.
6
Managing Substance Misuse Services
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand management information procedures.
- Be able to assess local need for substance mis
- use services.
- Be able to develop and review strategies and plans for substances mis
- Be able to develop own knowledge and practice.
7
Principles of Tackling Substance Misuse
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand substances, their use and effects.
- Understand current relevant legislation and local and national strategies for delivery of services for substance users.
- Understand the levels of treatment provision.
- Understand the modalities of treatment.
- Understand the role of prevention as a health promotion approach.
- Understand the need to promote diversity, equality and the rights of service users.
- Understand how to promote choice, well-being and protection of substance users.
- Be able to monitor
- maintain and promote health and safety in the working environment.
8
Providing Detoxification and Prescribing Services for Substance Users
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to induct individuals into detoxification programmes.
- Be able to develop and implement plans to support substance users through detoxification programmes.
- Understand the principles and procedures for testing for substance use.
- Be able to test for substance mis
- Understand supervised consumption of drugs prescribed for the management of substance mis
9
Providing Harm Minimisation Support to Substance Users
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to increase substance users’ knowledge of substances.
- Be able to support individuals who are substance users.
- Understand the principles and practice of safer injecting.
- Understand the risks of blood borne viruses for injecting drug users and how to explain them to substance users.
- Be able to work with clients in a syringe exchange.
10
Providing Support and After Care Services for Substance Users
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the need for relapse prevention activities throughout the treatment continuum.
- Understand how to support individuals to access housing and accommodation services.
- Understand how to explore employment, training and education options with individuals who use substances.
- Understand how to support individuals to manage their financial affairs.
- Be able to develop
- implement and review personal action plans with individuals who use substances.
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 601/6149/8
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- OCN NI
- Qualification Type
- Vocationally-Related Qualification
- Operational Start
- May 2015
- Operational End
- Apr 2029