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• ​Understand the most common effects of drug misuse including the use of opiates, stimulants and anti-depressants
  


 

• ​Understand the most common effects of prescribed medication such as methadone, suboxone or benzodiazepines
  


 

 

• ​Understand the different treatment modalities available to those using substances
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

• ​Discuss the issue of relapse management and behaviour change
  
 

 

 

 

• ​Understand the legal and financial context of kinship care
  
 

 
• ​Understand the support and help available to kinship carers 
  
 

 

This module can also be adapted to suit the needs of those providing a fostering service, who are looking after children for whom social services have identified a need to be removed from parental care either, temporarily or permanently due to substance misuse, both drugs and/or alcohol.