Substance Misuse Intake and Engagement Fundamentals
This course equips frontline staff with the core practitioner skills required to conduct effective initial assessments and build therapeutic rapport. It provides the essential communication frameworks necessary to facilitate successful client entry into substance use treatment services.
£150
Certified Intake Professional
- Pass mark 70%
- Certificate on completion
- Verifiable public certificate ID
- English · available globally
Substance Misuse Intake and Engagement Fundamentals: the short answers
- What is Substance Misuse Intake and Engagement Fundamentals?
- This course equips frontline staff with the core practitioner skills required to conduct effective initial assessments and build therapeutic rapport. It provides the essential communication frameworks necessary to facilitate successful client entry into substance use treatment services.
- Who is Substance Misuse Intake and Engagement Fundamentals for?
- It is pitched at Foundation level for Intake Coordinators working in drugs and alcohol, and is studied online from any country.
- How long does Substance Misuse Intake and Engagement Fundamentals take?
- Around 12 hours of study, plus the assessed assignments and one applied project.
- How is the certification assessed?
- Every assignment and the final project are assessed automatically against the published criteria. The pass mark is 70%, and an item that does not pass can be resubmitted.
- What do I receive when I pass?
- Certified Intake Professional, issued as a certificate with a unique ID that employers can check in the public certificate register.
- How much does it cost?
- £150 once, with no subscription.
What you will be able to do
- Perform standardized intake screening
- Apply motivational interviewing basics
- Navigate confidentiality and ethics protocols
- Maintain accurate clinical documentation
- Manage difficult initial client disclosures
Written by Dr. Sarah Jenkins, Lead Clinical Supervisor. Every submission is assessed automatically against the published criteria for Certified Intake Professional, and the certificate is issued the moment the assessment is complete.
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