Using the evaluation of the Responsible Alcohol Sales project in 2009, this training package and its materials have been reviewed and refreshed for 2011. Face-to-face refresher training is being provided by PHDS to licensed premises across the City along with new customer signage and refusals advice to support premises to promote the licensing objectives.

Alcohol identification and brief advice (IBA) resources

• Alcohol self-test (AUDIT) A4 copy of the 'gold' standard screening questionnaire with an integrated guide to popular alcoholic drinks and their unit and kcal content.
• Brief advice about alcohol risk glossy visual aid and takeaway information to support the delivery of structured brief advice.
• Posters for display A3 posters designed to reduce some of the barriers experienced by frontline staff when asking service users about their alcohol use.
• A guide to encouraging people to drink less this guide accompanies face-to-face training and aims to help staff identify who is at risk of harm from their alcohol use and provide a brief intervention.

To order hard copies of any of these resources or for further details about alcohol training available, please contact Louisa Wall (Alcohol Identification and Brief Advice Trainer) louisa.wall@mhsc.nhs.uk

Alcohol self-test (AUDIT)	Updated: 04/08/11	1MB
Brief advice about alcohol risk	Updated: 04/08/11	360kB
Posters for display	Updated: 04/08/11	628kB
A guide to encouraging people to drink less	Updated: 04/08/11	1008kB
IBA Toolkit Order Form (Coming Soon)	Updated: 08/09/11	788kB

For more information click on the PDF below to read more...

Drink Smart

Updated: 15/08/11

5.4MB

Alcohol Awareness Week 2010

To support Alcohol Awareness Week 2010, a range of resources were produced to raise awareness of Alcohol and Childhood to encompass:

• both the impact of alcohol use by young people,
• and the impact on young people of alcohol misuse in the home environment.

Top Ten Tips for Cutting Back	Updated: 13/06/11	1MB
Drink Diary (Coming Soon)	Updated: 13/06/11	1MB
Measuring Tumblers	Updated: 13/06/11	216kB
Alcohol advertising Logs	Updated: 13/06/11	276kB

Guide to Licensing Issues (2009)

Designed for community safety staff, this guide aims to increase knowledge of licensing legislation and the review process with an overall objective to improve communication with responsible authorities through a single point of contact.

For more information click on the PDF below to read more...

Guide to Licensing Issues (2009)

Updated: 13/06/11

1.8MB

Preventing and managing drunkenness (2009)

Using the key findings of a survey conducted by Liverpool John Moores University, these booster training materials for bar staff provide clear guidelines on recognising drunkenness, legal obligations to refuse service to drunk customers, and refusal skills practice.

Preventing and managing drunkness (2009)	Updated: 13/06/11	1.6MB
Refusals Pad	Updated: 13/06/11	92KB

Responsible Alcohol Service: helpful advice for staff (2009)

Designed for alcohol retail staff, this training guide focuses on under age sales and drunkenness as two of the many factors that challenge the licensing objectives. It is available to all premises licensed to sell/supply alcohol as well as Temporary Events.

Guide to Responsible Alcohol Service

Updated: 13/06/11

3.5MB

Alcohol – Know the Facts / Where to Get Help (2009)

The 2nd edition of this pocket guide includes the shortened self-test AUDIT-C, tips for safer drinking, as well as advice on where to get help in Manchester. It is available to all NHS and non-NHS settings for distribution within public display areas as well as take-away information following brief advice.

Alcohol – Know the Facts / Where to Get Help (2009)

Updated: 13/06/11

380KB

Alcohol Factfile (2009)

The third edition of this factfile aims to support all NHS and non-NHS staff to deliver alcohol identification and brief advice (IBA) and is designed as a reference to alcohol training. It contains a guide to IBA, how to use AUDIT and offer brief advice, conversational skills to support behaviour change, and a directory of alcohol services.

Alcohol Factfile (2009)

Updated: 13/06/11

1.8MB

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