Drugs and Alcohol Awareness for Employees
It is estimated that up to 17 million working days are lost each year because of drug and alcohol-related sickness, costing the economy an estimated £7.3 billion a year.
Surveys show that as many as one in four employees admit to making a mistake at work due to being hungover, and 83% admit to a hangover making a difference to the way they work. Economical and professional impacts aside, substance and alcohol misuse can lead to a range of social psychological and medical problems for an individual.
Developed with drug and alcohol awareness professionals, our Drug and Alcohol Awareness for Employees course is designed to help inform your employees of the risks associated with alcohol and substance misuse, offer advice for individuals and employers on the early warning signs that someone is developing a substance misuse problem and provide strategies on how to deal with it. It also provides a forum to introduce your organisation’s Drug and Alcohol Policy, and to inform employees of their responsibilities related to this in the workplace.
Course summary
Based on government, NHS and RoSPA recommendations, our Drug and Alcohol Awareness for Employees eLearning course provides a greater awareness of drug, alcohol and substance misuse and its impact on the individual and the workplace.
What are the benefits?
- Provides employees with greater awareness of the effects of drugs and alcohol.
- Identify the signs of substance misuse.
- Minimise risks relating to the effects of drugs and alcohol misuse.
- Online training course conducted at your own pace – no previous experience required.
- IOSH Approved, CPD Certified and SCORM Compliant training.
Who should take this course?
This course has been developed for all levels of staff and is appropriate for employees in any role and across all sectors.
Course duration
This course takes approximately 25 – 30 minutes to complete.
Course compliance
Our SCORM compliance means you can be confident that we deliver high-quality, effective eLearning and assessment tools that integrate into professional learning management systems.
Our courses are SCORM compliant which means they can be integrated as part of your existing LMS or used as part of our SHINE learning management system.
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Aims of the course
Drug and Alcohol Awareness Course for All Employees eLearning aims to give all trainees an understanding of the potential legal, social and financial effects that the misuse of drugs and alcohol can have both on an individual person, and also by consequence on the wider workplace.
It also aims to provide strategies to help identify the signs of substance misuse and to help minimise the risks relating to it.
Course content
- Introduction
- Drugs and their effects
- Alcohol
- Drugs and Alcohol in the workplace
- End assessment
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Course screenshots
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How is it delivered?
Trainees can access our Drug and Alcohol Awareness Course for Employees eLearning course either online or through a computer network, which they can gain access to at their convenience using an electronic device such as a desktop or laptop. To accommodate different paces of learning, trainees can save their progress and complete the course over multiple sessions.
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The Praxis42 Digital Platform SHINE is our advanced eLearning management system and helps organisations deliver effective online learning for their employees.
A cost-effective tool for compliance record-keeping, SHINE allows you to view and manage employee training records easily. Individual training certificates can be printed as proof of compliance for audits or visits from enforcing agencies.
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