Scottish Government. Population Health Directorate. (2025) Drugs and alcohol workforce knowledge and skills framework. A knowledge and skills framework to support the consistent delivery of substance use services across Scotland. Edinburgh: Scottish Government.
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This framework sets out to practitioners, commissioners, managers and service providers the knowledge and skills required by the drugs and alcohol workforce to support the consistent delivery of high-quality services.
The Scottish Drug Deaths Taskforce ‘Changing Lives’, report set out that everyone who works in the substance use sector or comes into contact with people who use substances in their work should receive training on five identified themes:
- Delivering Family-Inclusive Care
- Tackling Stigma
- Providing Harm-Reduction Advice
- Taking A Human Rights-Based Approach
- Practising Trauma-Informed Care
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Treatment and maintenance > Provider / worker / staff attitude toward treatment
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Health care programme, service or facility > Substance disorder treatment unit
MP-MR Policy, planning, economics, work and social services > Organisational development / co-operation > Workforce / staff skills and training
N Communication, information and education > Recommendations > Practice / clinical guidelines
VA Geographic area > Europe > United Kingdom > Scotland
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