The certificate is an ideal introduction to the world of addiction, offering participants the opportunity to explore and distinguish between substance misuse, abuse and addiction and identifying and assessing the merits of key theoretical developments in the field of addiction.
This part-time Certificate in Understanding Addiction is designed for those who have little or no professional experience but wish to extend their knowledge prior to undertaking more advanced educational training in counselling at degree level. It is also relevant for healthcare professionals, teachers, social workers, managers, customer services, sports coaches and others.
We run one intake for this course.
*subject to sufficient numbers