Our NEW two-day Tobacco Dependence Treatment: Advanced Training Course provides training for stop smoking practitioners in tailoring tobacco dependence treatment for people who smoke, particularly people in priority groups.
"Really enjoyable course. It remained interesting, engaging and interactive despite being an online course. Thank you to all involved."
The course covers the advanced competences outlined in the NCSCT competency framework for stop smoking practitioners. Built upon evidence-based behaviour change techniques and informed by best practice, this course builds on stop smoking practitioner core competences. Participants will develop their skills to support the delivery of flexible, person-centred tobacco dependence support tailored to the needs of individuals. A summary of the details of the course can be found below.
"This was the most enjoyable course I have attended, it was so informative and the course facilitators were amazing at what they do. They made us feel that we made a difference to people’s lives and the course handouts and group work was amazing."
This new course has been delivered to over seventy stop smoking practitioners. The course evaluations indicate a significant increase in practitioner confidence in the delivery of advanced tobacco treatment behaviour change techniques.
NEW! Tobacco lead and commissioner training
This course for local authority tobacco leads and commissioners will increase participants’ knowledge, skills and confidence in the organisation and commissioning of stop smoking services and aims to drive quality improvement, maximise service impact and contribute to reducing the rates of tobacco use, particularly among people in priority groups.
A summary of the course is available below. Course duration is one day, completed over two half days.
"Very informative, the sections on data and treatments were really interesting and helpful as we're redesigning our service."
If you are interested in commissioning this course for delivery for up to 20 tobacco leads and commissioners, please contact enquiries@ncsct.co.uk for more information.
NEW! Local stop smoking service manager training course
This course offers local authority stop smoking service managers with the latest evidence and best practices for the targeting and tailoring stop smoking service support to meet the specific needs of people who smoke, particularly those in priority groups
A summary of the course is available below. Course duration is one day, completed over two half days.
"Very enjoyable and thought provoking. It's really helpful to listen to the evidence especially around the use of medications. It was also great to hear what other services are offering and lots of ideas and good practice and thinking about how these could be implemented into our service."
If you are interested in commissioning this course for delivery for up to 20 service managers, please contact enquiries@ncsct.co.uk for more information.
This two-day virtual course for up to 20 delegates concentrates on the core behaviour change techniques that add the most value to quit attempts, specifically: building rapport, boosting motivation and self-efficacy, use of stop smoking medications, using carbon monoxide monitoring as a motivational tool, the 'not-a-puff' rule and eliciting client commitment.
The course covers the core competences outlined in the NCSCT Competency framework for practitioners (see below). Built upon evidence-based behaviour change techniques and informed by best practice, this course leads on to the Tobacco Dependence Treatment: Advanced Training Course where participants develop their skills to deliver flexible, person-centred tobacco dependence support tailored to the needs of individuals.
"Fantastic two-day course! Enjoyable and very informative and I would recommend it to others. I have learned loads, thank you."
If you are interested in commissioning this course for delivery for up to 20 stop smoking practitioners, please contact enquiries@ncsct.co.uk for more information.
This two-day virtual course for up to 20 delegates concentrates on identifying and overcoming barriers to quitting, and on effective behaviour change techniques, to enable participants to develop their skills and confidence in the delivery of quality evidence-based stop smoking interventions to pregnant women.
"I really enjoyed the course, loved the presenters, very approachable. I'm much more confident now. I think it has helped me with my non-pregnant clients too!"
If you are interested in commissioning this course for delivery for up to 20 stop smoking practitioners, please contact enquiries@ncsct.co.uk for more information.
This two-day virtual training course for up to 20 delegates will provide health professionals with the competences (knowledge and skills) to deliver behavioural support for tobacco dependence for people with severe mental illness (SMI). This course is designed for health professionals who will be delivering specialist tobacco dependence treatment to SMI patients in community mental health settings.
"It has been an amazing course. It helped me to enhance my knowledge around both mental health and smoking cessation. Looking forward to implementing them in my practice."
If you are interested in commissioning this course for delivery for up to 20 stop smoking practitioners, please contact enquiries@ncsct.co.uk for more information.
This two-day course is for NHS staff who will be delivering specialist tobacco dependence treatment to patients during admission to hospital. The course is designed to provide both new and experienced Tobacco Dependence Advisers (TDAs) with the knowledge and skills to deliver effective tobacco dependency treatment to support a smokefree admission and smoking cessation following discharge from hospital.
The course will provide participants training in the delivery of the newly published ‘NHS Standard Treatment Plan for Inpatient Tobacco Dependence’ and its associated care bundles.
The course will focus on effective behaviour change techniques and treatment approaches specific to the inpatient setting, including:
This two-day course is for NHS staff who will be delivering specialist tobacco dependence treatment to patients during admission to an inpatient mental health facility.
The course is designed to increase Tobacco Dependence Advisers (TDAs) knowledge, skills and confidence in the delivery of specialist tobacco dependence treatment in the inpatient mental health setting using the latest evidence best practices.
The course will focus on effective behaviour change techniques and treatment approaches specific to the inpatient setting, including: