At any given time there are approximately 1 million children who are living in homes where one or both of parents are problematic alcohol users. With this in mind Alcohol Concern and the parenting fund developed this course to provide those professionals working with problematic alcohol using parents a practical model for helping and empowering clients to develop protective parenting skills. This will help to protect, improve the quality of life and life opportunities of children parented by someone who misuses alcohol.

This training course will use a variety of experiential and direct teaching training methods, as well as case studies, vignettes, and card sort exercises to create an active learning environment. The programme for the course explores what children need, good enough parenting. The effects and the impact of problem drinking on parenting and children. Protective parenting: a realistic approach for problem drinkers. Whilst developing an approach to working with problematic drinkers which are practical and skills based.

By the end of the course participants will be able to:

• Gain an understanding of alcohol addiction, dependency, and risk to health.
• Gain insight into treatment options / modalities and local referral pathways for treatment.
• Explore and understood child protection policies and procedures in relation to alcohol dependant parents.
• Recognise what is 'good enough' parenting and the ways in which this impacts on how children's needs are met.
• Identify the ways problem drinking by parents can negatively affect parenting and the care and development of children.
• Develop skills enabling them to work more effectively with problematic drinking parents.
• Take away practical resources which enhances the work with this client group.

To ask further questions or to book a course please contact us.