Training for NHS staff

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Welcome to the First Contact Clinical Alcohol Identification and Brief Advice Training Website.

Identification and Brief Advice (IBA) is effective in helping people who drink in a harmful way to reduce their alcohol consumption.

Our IBA ‘Think Drink’ course will enable you to:

  • Develop a "prompt" tool to help you "Think Drink" for common presentations
  • Raise the issue of alcohol related harm using a simple and non-confrontational "opening"
  • Calculate "Units" confidently
  • Assess a clients readiness to change and modify your response accordingly
  • Deliver advice in a short, personalised and structured way

Our IBA training is suitable for anyone dealing with members of the public.

Training will be delivered as an "open" group session, where participants may come from one or more of these services, or at "closed" session, which will be restricted to members of your team. Courses can be delivered at range of venues including your place of work.

You can book onto an "open" session directly through this website or contact us to arrange a "closed" session.
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