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A whole family approach means systems that support everyone.
And Family Inclusive Practice is about more than just having systems in place - it's about:
- Knowledge (What's out there? / What helps?)
- Skills (Good listening / Interventions)
- Attitudes (Openness / Warmth / Compassion)
Lovely to announce @scottishfamilies.bsky.social Autumn/Winter training dates 2025/26.
Particularly pleased to debut our new course: 'Introduction to Supporting Young People Affected by Someone Else’s Alcohol and Drug Use'.
Check the details here: www.sfad.org.uk/upcoming-ses...
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'Tackling Drug Stigma is Everyone's Business'
Very pleased to see this document is being published today, put together by the Drug Stigma Action Group for Greater Glasgow and Clyde, which I had a great experience being a part of.
Download it here: www.nhsggc.scot/staff-recrui...
I have really enjoyed a series of monthly webinars hosted by our colleagues at Inverclyde Alcohol and Drug Partnership (ADP).
Next one is on the 6th August at 2pm and focuses on Advocacy.
Follow our Inverclyde team here @sfadinverclydefss.bsky.social
👉 inverclydeadp.org.uk/webinar-4-in...
We’re taking naloxone on the road this August for International Overdose Awareness Day 2025 💜.
Our team is offering free pop-up events across Scotland, bringing training and naloxone kits into communities.
To bring us to your area, complete this request form: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
Stuart, I say this with kindness, but there's a heck of a typo in there:
"Scotland is now immune to the effects of climate change"
Our friends at Hillcrest Futures in Dundee join @scottishfamilies.bsky.social in Celebrating Families Week, inviting families and services to hear about what they do on Thursday 26th June at 4 South Ward Road, 10am - 7pm.
SMART Family and Friends support group every Thursday, 5:30 - 7:30pm.
Carers Week programme for any fellow Inverclyders!
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Join @scottishfamilies.bsky.social in Celebrating Families Week from the 22nd - 27th June.
🗓️ www.sfad.org.uk/celebrating-...
I'm running a FREE learning and development session, for families and professionals, 'Caring For Someone Who Uses Alcohol or Drugs'.
👉 www.trybooking.com/uk/events/la...
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Mental Health Awareness Week has begun 💙
If you’re needing a little support, here’s who to call ☎️
Please share far and wide! #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
FREE spaces still available to the Dundee workforce!
'Bereaved Through Substance Use'
www.trybooking.com/uk/ENSF
This @scottishfamilies.bsky.social session will help you to explore this sensitive subject and to understand the unique and difficult impact that a loss can have on friends and family.
How do we marry the two points of view - the we need competent compassion in frontline staff AND that we also are not scapegoating frontline staff?
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And now some discussions about how Services themselves are 'Cinderella Services' - poor conditions, with broken toilets and lights.
Services themselves suffer from Stigma by Association, all while being blown in the changing winds of policy changes.
Interesting to hear about the concept of Competent Compassion from today's webinar with @anti-stigmanetwork.bsky.social
competentcompassion.org.uk
"If we are competent without being compassionate or compassionate without being competent, then we fail our patient either way."
@scottishfamilies.bsky.social are hosting a free Conversation Cafe to discuss what life is like for families after alcohol and drugs.
Lunch provided, and travel costs reimbursed.
🗓️Saturday 29 March 2025
⏰11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
📌The Haven, Bow Street , Stirling, FK8 1BS
www.trybooking.com/uk/EPCY
@scottishdrugsforum.bsky.social have issues an alert about a sudden increase in overdoses among people using heroin in Scotland.
Read more here: sdf.org.uk/raised-conce...
FREE spaces still available to the Dundee workforce!
'Bereaved Through Substance Use'
www.trybooking.com/uk/ENSF
This @scottishfamilies.bsky.social session will help you to explore this sensitive subject and to understand the unique and difficult impact that a loss can have on friends and family.
@scottishfamilies.bsky.social are inviting you to take part in a virtual learning and development session, 'Exploring Stigma and the Power of Kindness'.
Open to anyone in Dundee.
🗓️Friday 21st March
⏰10:30am - 1pm
📌Virtual Session, held on Zoom
Book now: www.trybooking.com/uk/ENLY
Want to join the team at Scottish Families and support family members across Scotland? We are currently looking for Family Support Workers to join our Fife and Inverclyde teams!
We would love to hear from you if you are interested 🩵
www.sfad.org.uk/about-us/wor...
Are you interested in any of our @scottishfamilies.bsky.social learning & development courses?
Check out our Learning hub: www.sfad.org.uk/learning-hub
And sign up to our mailing list today to be the first to hear about our next available courses in 2025 - www.sfad.org.uk/resources/ne...
Contact me today if you'd like a PDF copy of this tool, or access to further training.
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We often ask the poeple we provide care for about important questions about consent.
We often ask simply- Yes or No?
I think there's a better way of asking about the scale of consent - a way where we encourage people to include family and friends.
Using our 'Layers of Consent Tool'
We are bringing our FREE event, This Fierce Love, to Stranraer.
This Fierce Love is an interactive workshop where we listen to a family member's story of living with problematic alcohol and drug use, discussing and reflecting on what we have heard together.
www.trybooking.com/uk/events/la...
Help influence the future of research to make lives better for people living with addiction, their families, and supporters!
The Addiction Healthcare Goals PSP wants to know what unanswered questions should be a priority for future research to address. Have you say:
The ‘My family My rights’ online skills sessions are run on zoom and are set up to give you a better understanding of you and your family’s Rights. This is a foundation of advocacy knowledge and self-empowerment to begin to understand Rights.
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My Family, My Rights is a self-advocacy course for families who are affected by someone else's drug or alcohol use.
@scottishfamilies.bsky.social are running our next ‘My Family, My Rights’ course soon, and we're opening up our expression of interest form here: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
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Are you a drug & alcohol professional in Dundee?
We're looking for help with 2 things:
1/ Workforce Survey - forms.office.com/e/Wv7xQ8g1Cp
2/ Structured Interviews - forms.office.com/e/8FFuFjBabe
Spread the word! 📢
Lots of Dundee plates spinning this week:
💡Free learning and development sessions - sway.cloud.microsoft/gmECahb8e9gX...
🖊️Workforce Survey - forms.office.com/e/Wv7xQ8g1Cp
📢Family Member Community Survey - forms.office.com/e/kbjpDe7DTA
Dundee project: sfad.org.uk/fipdundee pic.x.com/zk05e4Pi3o
Did you know Scottish Families offer Learning & Development courses?
- Introduction to Supporting Families
- Facilitating a Support Group
- Bereavement
- Family Inclusive Practice
- CRAFT (Community Reinforcement Approach & Family Training)
Web: sfad.org.uk/learn…
Email: training@sfad.org.uk
