AMBIT Client Skills Workshops: Substance Use

About this training

This workshop will equip participants with practical skills in working with people (of any age) who are using substances. It will cover evidence-based practices from Motivational Interviewing (MI) and how to deliver these within a mentalizing and AMBIT framework.  

Using case examples, participants will practise as a group MI and mentalizing skills applied to a substance use context. These skills can equally be used in other settings where motivation is a key to bring about change.   

This is a practice-focussed workshop focussed on the Client quadrant of the AMBIT approach. We will invite participants to share their experiences of practise and create a wiki-manual page of learning and reflection of the workshop that is open source for all and will act a resource to maintain "Learning at Work".      

This is a live online training, with trainers present throughout. The training consists of an engaging combination of live teaching, group discussion, skills practice, and interactive online activities. 

Aims of the training

• Developing practical skills in applying mentalizing and MI;

• Develop knowledge in applying these skills to where motivation is particularly important such as a substance misuse context;

• Share AMBIT-informed practise within this area using the wiki-manual.

Who is this training for?

• AMBIT trained workers, particularly relevant for workers who may not have formal 

  professional training but who carry out face-to-face client work across a wide range of settings such as health, education, social care, youth work, criminal justice and charities.

• AMBIT training could have been provided directly by Anna Freud or local trainers. 

• Workers that would like practical skills and ideas to apply mentalizing and Motivational Interviewing (MI) to helping people substance misuse.