Adfam’s range of CPD accredited training courses provide professionals and practitioners with the skills they need to better support families affected by substance use.
Our training is delivered online via Zoom and we have a number of new training dates scheduled, running right up until the end of 2025. Find our latest dates and courses below:
Parental Substance Use – Essential Skills
Tuesday 9th September 2025, 9.30am – 3.30pm
Tickets: £100
Info: This one-day training looks at brief and extended interventions for working with parents who use drugs and alcohol. This course delivers essential insights into the issues surrounding parental substance misuse and safeguarding along with skills for working with parents who are problematic drug and alcohol users.
Find out more and register here
New course: Understanding and supporting people affected by the stigma of substance use
Tuesday 23rd September 2025, 9.30am – 3.30pm
Tickets: £95 (Anti-Stigma Network members), £110 (non-members)
Info: A new CPD-accredited course on stigma and substance use, launched in partnership between the Anti-Stigma Network and Adfam. This one-day training is suitable for any frontline practitioner or professional whose work may bring them into contact with people who use substances, and their families. It aims to educate people to recognise the causes and consequences of stigma and offers practical ways to challenge and overcome stigma.
Find out more and register here
Resilience Building in Practitioners
Thursday 9th October 2025, 9.30am – 3.30pm
Tickets: £100
Info: Recent research suggests that frontline practitioners are experiencing symptoms of burnout at an increasing rate. Working daily with high numbers of complex caseloads is taking its toll on worker mental and physical health and work-life balance. With record numbers of staff leaving social care, it’s clear that workers need support to combat the impact of burnout symptoms.
Find out more and register here
Families, Drugs & Alcohol – Essential Skills
Thursday 6th November 2025, 9.30am – 3.30pm
Tickets: £100
Info: This one-day training looks at brief interventions for working with families affected by drug and alcohol use. This course is designed for everyone working with adult family members affected by someone else’s drug or alcohol use. No previous experience required.
Find out more and register here
New course: Understanding and supporting people affected by the stigma of substance use
Wednesday 19th November 2025, 9.30am – 3.30pm
Tickets: £95 (Anti-Stigma Network members), £110 (non-members)
Info: A new CPD-accredited course on stigma and substance use, launched in partnership between the Anti-Stigma Network and Adfam. This one-day training is suitable for any frontline practitioner or professional whose work may bring them into contact with people who use substances, and their families. It aims to educate people to recognise the causes and consequences of stigma and offers practical ways to challenge and overcome stigma.
Find out more and register here
Using CBT to support families affected by addiction
Wednesday 3rd December 2025, 9.30am – 3.30pm
Tickets: £100
Info: This one-day training looks at using cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) skills to support families affected by addiction. The course covers all the essential skills that can help families to change their unhelpful thoughts, feelings and behaviours in response to a loved one’s addiction.
Find out more and register here
New: one-hour bitesize training
In addition to our regular training, we are delighted to also introduce a series of one-hour Bitesize training sessions to learn about key topics relating to families and substance use. These sessions are perfect for those who are interested to improve their knowledge and understanding around families, drugs and alcohol, but unable to commit to a full-day.
The Cycle of Change and Families
Thursday 31st July, 1-2pm
Tickets: £35
Find out more – and register here
Hidden Harm
Wednesday 10th September, 1-2pm
Tickets: £35
Find out more – and register here
Supporting Kinship Carers
Friday 10th October, 10-11am
Tickets: £35
Find out more – and register here
Mentalization
Thursday 13th November, 1-2pm
Tickets: £35
Find out more – and register here
Risks of OST to children
Friday 12th December, 10-11am
Tickets: £35
Find out more – and register here
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