Parental Capacity and Substance Misuse

There are places available on the Parental Capacity and Substance Misuse training provided by Kaleidoscope as follows:

Please book your places via Trent Self-Service or email pwbotu@powys.gov.uk or telephone 01597 827333

31st October 2017 – NPTC, Theatr Hafren, Newtown – 9.30am – 4.30pm

Aim: This course is designed to give practitioners the opportunity to strengthen their knowledge and practice of the impact of substance misuse on parenting capacity and family functioning. Participants will consider the ways in which substance misuse impacts on parenting in the short and long term, and the potential impact of this on children. The importance of analysing and sharing information will be a key focus along with the opportunity to reflect on practical ways of improving assessment practice.

Objectives: 
Articulate the impacts of substance misuse issues on parenting and family functioning.
Identify parenting which is affected by parental substance misuse.
Describe the range of effects substance misuse in the short and long term for both parents and children, with a focus on the effects of substance use on cognitive and emotional capacity.
Discuss methods for analysing information in multi-agency parenting capacity and substance misuse assessments.