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How to book on to KFx Open Access courses

1: Please identify the course or courses that you are interested in. Course outlines and the level of each course is described on the website. If you want to check that this course is appropriate for you, please email or phone to discuss.

2: Check on the KFx Website to confirm course availability. The site will specify the number of places available, the number of confirmed bookings, provisional bookings, the number of people on a reserve list and a closing date for bookings.

If there are no places left on the course we can add you to a reserve list and will notify you if places become available at short notice. The current courses are listed in the Open Access Courses section.

3: Read the Costs, Terms and Conditions document to identify check that you agree with our terms.

3: If places are listed as available please contact us to provisionally book a place. We will email you back to confirm that you have a provisional course reservation.

4: Please complete a Booking form and either email it or post it to the address specified. If we do not receive this within a fortnight of confirming a provisional booking, we will assume that you do not wish to proceed, and move you off the provisional list.

5: Use a separate booking form for each course that you wish to book on. You may book up to four delegates on to a single course using one booking form. See note (4) in the terms and conditions.

6: On receipt of your booking form we will email confirmation and within two weeks of the course, send all joining instructions.

7: We will invoice you after the course: However some people will need to pay in advance. See note (5) in the terms and conditions to see who has to pay in advance. If you have already paid in advance this will be stated on the invoice; otherwise payment will be due within 28 days

8: If any of the above is unclear, please get in touch.

Training and Consultancy Menu:

Courses

Courses overview

General Courses

• Core Drugs Awareness (one or two days)
• Drugs Awareness - Enhanced Skills (Intermediate Course)
• Drugs & Dopamine: dependency, depression and diet (first steps in drugs and brain chemistry)
• Drugs and Brain Chemistry (two day)
• Drugs and Mental Wellbeing (two day)

Substance Specific Courses

• #Trending drugs: Novel Psychoactives & (Re)emergent Drugs
• POM and OTC misuse
• Alcohol
• Benzodiazepines & Other Gabanergics
• Cannabis & Other Cannabinoids
• Cocaine, crack and other stimulants
• Heroin and other Opiates
• Performance and Image Drugs
• Volatile Substances

Drugs, Premises, Housing, and Law Courses

• Overview
• Drugs Housing and Homelessness - Strategic Issues
• Drugs and Premises - The Law and Good Practice (one or two day versions)
• Working with Drug Users in Housing Settings - (specialist)
• Drugs and Housing - skills for front-line workers (generic)
• The Sharp-end: drugs for caretakers and maintenance staff

Harm Reduction

• Overview
• Nx and Safer Injecting (2/3 day course)
• Young People and Needle Exchange (2 day course)
• Harm Reduction - Theory and Practice
• Drug-Related Deaths: Anticipating, Preventing and Responding

Drugs and Wider Society

• Young People and drugs
• Drugs, refugees and asylum seekers/Diversity
• Families and Drugs

Commercial Sector

• Drugs in the workplace
• Drugs, Pubs and clubs
• Drugs and the Hotel Industry
• Drugs on Holiday

Skills-based Courses

• Training The Trainer

Open Access Courses

• Open Access Courses (KFx-run)
• Costs, Terms and Conditions
• How to Book
• Booking Form

In-House Courses

• Costs and Time Requirements
• Practicalities

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