Substance Abuse and Drugs Awareness

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Substance Abuse and Drugs Awareness

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Interested in understanding more about the affects of drugs? Keen to understand the social implications? This course covers the history of drugs, definitions, the effects of drugs, models of care and detoxification and drug therapies. This course would be ideal for anyone working in the health and social care arena or those interested in the government's response.

By 2010 all drug workers must have a Level Three in the subject (or be working towards one) which means it is getting increasingly difficult to gain employment without it. You will not be able to do any voluntary work without a qualification. After studying this course, students will be able to: understand possible causes of substan…

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Interested in understanding more about the affects of drugs? Keen to understand the social implications? This course covers the history of drugs, definitions, the effects of drugs, models of care and detoxification and drug therapies. This course would be ideal for anyone working in the health and social care arena or those interested in the government's response.

By 2010 all drug workers must have a Level Three in the subject (or be working towards one) which means it is getting increasingly difficult to gain employment without it. You will not be able to do any voluntary work without a qualification. After studying this course, students will be able to: understand possible causes of substance and drugs abuse, have knowledge of the different treatments available, be aware of the help that is available for drug users and their families,have a clear understanding of how to work with people with addiction problems.

At UK Open Learning we pride ourselves on our friendly and supportive tutors. Your tutor support will start as soon as you receive your course and will be valid for 12 months. All our tutors are highly qualified with extensive experience in supporting distance learning students. You contact your tutor via email and they are responsible for marking assignments answering your questions and guiding you through the course to ensure you are ready for your examinations.

This course is open entry.

We recommend you spend approximately 110 hours of your time studying for the NCFE Level 3 Substance Abuse and Drugs Awareness Award. The pace of study is completely up to you. To give an example, if you dedicate 2 hours a week to the course it would take you a year to complete but if you could spare 4 hours a week you could complete it in six months.

Unit 1 - What is a drug? Unit 2 - The history of drug use. Unit 3 - Effects of drugs. Unit 4 - Models of care. Unit 5 - Substance misuse and awareness.

This course is marked through a process of continuous assessment guided by your tutor. This means that your qualification will be awarded according to your performance on assessments rather than by taking an exam.

NCFE is recognised as an awarding body by the qualification regulators ('regulators') for England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The regulators are the Office of the Qualifications and Examinations Regulator (Ofqual) in England, the Department for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills (DCELLS) in Wales and the Council for Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA) in Northern Ireland. This course also maps to national DANOS standards. DANOS are the Drug and Alcohol industry National Occupational Standards.

Students are assessed through a series of tutor marked assignments based on their application of the course content there is no final exam.  The assignments take the form of a series of structured questions. There is no word count for these assignments, however you have to prove to your tutor that you have fully understood the questions asked.

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