Social Worker Addiction Training
Gain confidence in managing addiction cases through hands-on tools for assessment, harm reduction strategies, medication-assisted treatment coordination, trauma-informed care, and ethical practices. Tailored for social workers aiming to enhance client outcomes, safety, and family support in addiction recovery efforts.

4 to 360 hours of flexible workload
certificate valid in your country
What Will I Learn?
This course equips social workers with practical tools to evaluate opioid and polysubstance use, utilise motivational interviewing, and provide trauma-informed, harm reduction-focused care. Participants will master planning for overdose prevention, managing withdrawal risks, coordinating medication-assisted treatment (MAT), developing safety plans, and making effective referrals, while confidently addressing ethics, cultural considerations, documentation, and community resources.
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Develop Skills
- Advanced motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioural therapy tools: concise, evidence-based methods to drive addiction recovery.
- Harm reduction and overdose response skills: develop quick, practical safety plans alongside clients.
- Medication-assisted treatment coordination: facilitate care involving buprenorphine, methadone, and naltrexone.
- Swift clinical assessment: screen, record, and prioritise risks from opioid and polysubstance use.
- Ethical, trauma-informed approaches: minimise stigma and safeguard client rights effectively.
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