Training overview
This course consists of two full days of learning which will provide delegates with a more in depth understanding of Adult Support and Protection legislation and best practice, including you and your agency's role.
It should complement single agency Adult Support and Protection (ASP) learning and the training is suitable for those who have already completed their single agency eLearning in ASP.
This is an excellent opportunity to learn alongside multi-agency colleagues and network.
Learning outcomes
Practitioner will:
- Have increased their awareness of the risks to children and young people associated with parental substance use and the impact on their development, their safety and wellbeing.
- Have heightened awareness of the need to listen to the experiences of children and young people from their own perspectives.
- Feel more able to identify children and young people whose experiences may be more hidden.
- Have become familiar with the Dumfries and Galloway GOPR guide and toolkit and how to use it in practice.
- Have a better awareness of a whole systems and whole family approach.
Who should attend this training
Specific Workforce
This training is suitable for all practitioners and managers working with children, young people and their families within the public, private and third sectors across Dumfries and Galloway. It is particularly for all those practitioners and managers within education and children’s services, adult services, health and/or alcohol and drugs services who are working with children, young people and families affected by problematic alcohol and/or drug use.
Location and date
Date: 27 October 2025.
Time: 9.30am to 1pm.
Location:
Room G31, The Bridge,
Glasgow Road,
Dumfries,
DG2 9AW
Register for this training
This training is capped at 36 participants.
To book your spot fill in our online form.
This training has been advertised previously with minimal if any changes. So please double check you haven't previously attended prior to booking.
We will confirm in an email whether you are successful or not gaining a spot onto this training. If you have been unsuccessful this time it is due to the training number cap. If you are unsuccessful there will be another opportunity to attend this training in the future.
Once your position is confirmed on our training, it is a mandatory requirement to let us know if you can no longer attend our multi-agency training and the reason why. This is due to the fact our multi-agency training attracts significant preparation time, and we would like to maximise attendance.
If you can no longer attend our training, you may wish to consider nominating a staff member to attend on your behalf from your department. If you do this let us know by contacting us.