| Organisation: |
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HCC Standards & School Effectiveness Service (CSF) |
| Key Skills: |
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Providing support, advice, information and training
to teachers across all 4 Key Stages. Providing training
and information to members of the wider school community,
including school governors and parents. Working with
vulnerable or at risk pupils. Providing training for
professionals working with young people. |
| Specific Topics
Offered: |
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Developing school drug policies. Responding to drug
related incidents. Training staff in basic drug awareness.
Signs & symptoms of use / misuse. Providing lesson
plans across all 4 Key Stages. Local & national
guidance and campaigns. Developing resources. Appearance
/ effects / categorisation / law relating to drugs.
Pharmacological / historical / religious and cultural
usage of drugs. Paraphernalia / methods of use. Different
forms of use and addiction. Slang terminology. Drugs
and the effect of the media. Treatment services and
modes of referral. Benefits & risks of use. |
| Ethos: |
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I strive to provide honest, accurate and up-to-date
information to all audiences. I believe strongly in
harm reduction methods and providing young people with
the tools to be able to make informed choices. |
| Availability |
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My time to schools is paid for from the Pooled Budget
for Young People’s Substance Misuse Services,
and is therefore FREE. I am the only HCC Consultant
for drug education, and work with all 550 schools across
the county. Unfortunately this means that there is usually
a waiting list of between 3 and 6 weeks before I can
visit schools, (with the exception of emergencies, such
as responding to possible drug related incidents). Schools
which have never received any input to date are my immediate
priority. Emails are the best way to contact me. |
