Tackling Tobacco Training

We deliver our FREE training in a range of methods to suit your organisation’s needs.

e-Learning training:

• Staff and volunteers will gain valuable insights and practical tips for supporting clients to improve their lives by quitting smoking
• For every member of the organisation
• Completion certificate for all participants
• Approximately 20 minutes per module
• Four eLearning modules:
  o   Smoking and your clients: Learn how and why smoking impacts your most vulnerable clients. Discover the health and financial benefits of quitting.
  o   Nicotine Dependence and Quitting: Understand nicotine dependency, how it affects the body and affects your clients attempts to quit smoking.
  o   Brief Interventions: Learn how to talk to your clients about smoking with an evidence-based 5-step intervention.
  o   Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT): Evidence shows that NRT makes it easier to quit smoking. Learn about the different types of NRT and how to use them successfully.

Face-to-face training

• Delivered in person face-to-face
• Six-hour session
• For every member of the organisation from senior leadership through to case workers and the HR team
• 8-20 attendees
• Experienced trainer
• Covers the six elements of the Tackling Tobacco program and how to embed this within your organisation
• Hard copy resource pack for all participants
• Brief intervention scenarios for skills practice
• Completion certificate for all participants

Zoom training

• Delivered online via Zoom
• Three-hour session
• For every member of the organisation from senior leadership through to case workers and the HR team
• 5-30 attendees
• Experienced trainer
• Covers the six elements of the Tackling Tobacco program and how to embed these within your organisation
• PDF resources pack for participants
• Brief intervention skills practice via break-out rooms
• Completion certificate for all participants

Refresher training

• For organisations who have taken part in Tackling Tobacco training before but need to refresh staff knowledge and skills
• Approximately three hours
• Can be tailored to suit the needs of your organisation
• Face-to-face and Zoom options available
• Should be scheduled every one to two years or if there has been high staff turnover