(2025) Impact on children of parental alcohol and drug use - Level 3

Target audience

All agencies that have responsibility for assessing the needs of children via early help, child in need and/or child protection, and those who have a designated role for safeguarding and/or those who are named in the DDSCP multi agency partnership published arrangements document as a relevant partner.

Please make sure this course is suitable for your role, and you have completed Working Together: A Shared Responsibility before booking on this course. For training costs please go to our webpage DDSCP Terms and Conditions.

Practice Outcomes

The training is designed to recognise the impact of parental alcohol or substance use on children and babies and is for staff working across all sectors. 

Learning Outcomes 

• Recognise impact of parental alcohol or substance use on children and babies
• Explain Foetal Alcohol Syndrome and discuss the impact
• Examine the impact on parenting capacity, looking at risks and protective factors
• Respond to concerns and develop effective assessments and intervention skills
• Demonstrate a collaborative working approach with agencies to support families and children affected by alcohol and substance use

Virtual Training – essential information

• Your learning is important to us, please participate fully in the training. During the training you will be asked to work in breakout rooms and take part in other interactive activities. To promote engagement please keep your cameras on during these times to support interaction with the group.
• Please treat this virtual learning as you would face to face, leaving behind emails and other work commitments and avoid interruptions by planning your training accordingly, this is your time.
• We recommend using the MS Teams platform on a laptop or desktop computer.
• Headsets or earphones are recommended for virtual training, however if these are unavailable you must make sure you are in a private space or quiet room to maintain concentration and confidentiality.
• The MS Teams link and course materials are available to download from your training account 10 days before the event. A copy of the slides, training handout and your certificate will be available to download from your account after you have completed an evaluation. 
• Delegates attending more than 15 minutes after the start of the event may be asked to rebook on a future date and may not be eligible to receive a certificate.

Your wellbeing

The DDSCP take the safeguarding of individuals' emotional and physical wellbeing seriously.

Please practice self-care. If you need to leave the training at any point, please let us know. If you need support after the session, please stay online to talk to us or speak to a manager in your organisation.