Drink and Drug Awareness

What you'll learn

• Drink and drug legalities; underage drinking
• Drug terminology
• The characteristics of some well known illegal drugs
• The need for children to be talked to and understand drink and drugs and the possible short and long term effects
• The effects of parental substance misuse on young children
• The importance of safeguarding children with parents who misuse
• How practitioners can assess the risk
• The role of local authorities
• County lines; what it means and the effects