Training

Re-Solv offers comprehensive training for all professionals working with adults and young people on volatile substance abuse.

Our free, Tier 1 Online Training programme involves a comprehensive series of assignments to be worked through over a period of three to four hours, and provides a good basic awareness of VSM.

We deliver in-house Tier 2/3 professional training at a rate of £500 per day, plus expenses. This is recommended to anyone who needs practical expertise on recognising VSM and providing effective intervention, and also includes atrategies for engaging young people.

We also offer Tier 2/3 professional training Workshops at £40 per delegate for a full day.

Volatile substance abuse kills. Every year approximately 10 young people die for VSM and many others experiment with it, unaware of the risk they are taking. VSM is the most common form of drug misuse amongst 11-15 year-olds and second only to cannabis by the age of 15. It is the drug most frequently cited by Class A adult users as their ‘gateway’ into illicit substance misuse.

Training your staff to talk with young people about VSM could make a world of different to these young lives.

To make a booking or to discuss your training needs, please contact us on 01785 817885 or email youthliaison@re-solv.org.

New free resources released

Re-Solv is pleased to present a new series of free, downloadable leaflets looking at specific topics around the issue of VSA.

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How does solvent abuse differ from other drugs?

One of the most distinctive factors about solvent abuse is that the products involved have legitimate everyday uses. In the average home, there are over 30 abusable products.

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Approaching solvent abuse

Volatile substance abuse is often approached within the framework of controlled drugs. But it may be appropriate to consider a differentiated approach in educating young people.

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