MaCYSS Network Training Directory
View details below on the wide-range of courses and training available.
MaCYSS, an initiative of Alcohol Forum Ireland, is a youth (12-18yrs) and family alcohol and other drug (AOD) service funded by the HSE and North-Eastern Regional Drug and Alcohol Task Force.
Established in 2020, MaCYSS is still at an early stage of development and given that it is the first youth and family AOD service in the region; the need to build skills, capacity and training in the area of AOD has been identified as a priority. Everyone; from parents, teachers, youth workers, statutory services to young people themselves has a role to play in reducing the levels of alcohol and drug harm in the region. This training directory outlines the training opportunities for people and organisations to increase their skills and understanding of these issues, and of issues that are closely related including mental health promotion and suicide prevention. Many working in services and support organisations may already have extensive knowledge and experience in the area of AOD. This training directory aims to be a user friendly and accessible resource both for those who are completely new to this area of study and for those who may already have knowledge, skills or indeed a qualification relating to AOD.
Our MaCYSS network will provide online and in person training, networking and information sharing opportunities for member organisations and services to work together. Through strengthening the network and building our membership, organisations will be supported to participate as part of an overall referral, training, and best practice network to reduce and prevent youth AOD use within Monaghan and Cavan.
From our recent rapid assessment report, one of the recommendations identified as a need from the survey’s and together with reflections and input from the Youth Alcohol & Substance Interagency Group (YASIG) and Rapid Community Assessment Group (RCAG) members was development of a training framework to support network member organisations, inclusive of foundational training in AOD for Tier 1 & 2 services.
MaCYSS will implement a community action approach to this training that will further enhance local collaborative partnerships not only as a means of reducing youth AOD misuse but also as a potential way to enable local organisations be part of a collective approach to working together for youth and families impacted by AOD.
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Youth Alcohol and other Drug (YAOD) Training
Course Provider:
MaCYSS
Delivery & Location
Delivered online
Youth Alcohol and other Drug Screening Tool – ASSIST-Y
Course Provider:
MaCYSS
Delivery & Location
Delivered in person. Location flexible within Cavan and Monaghan
SAOR (Support, Ask and Assess, Offer Assistance, Refer)
Course Provider:
HSE and North-Eastern Regional Drug & Alcohol Task Force (NE-RDATF)
Delivery & Location
Self-learning introduction online – 90minutes followed by 1 day skills practice workshop
Introduction to Addiction Studies
Course Provider:
Urrus and The Ballymun Youth Action Project
Working with Alcohol Misuse
Course Provider:
Urrus and The Ballymun Youth Action Project
Supporting the Therapeutic Relationship
Course Provider:
Urrus and The Ballymun Youth Action Project
Key Working and Care Planning
Course Provider:
Urrus and The Ballymun Youth Action Project
Women and Substance Use
Course Provider:
Urrus and The Ballymun Youth Action Project
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Course Provider:
Urrus and The Ballymun Youth Action Project
Working with Groups
Course Provider:
Urrus and The Ballymun Youth Action Project
Drugs and Young People
Course Provider:
Urrus and The Ballymun Youth Action Project
Understanding Harm Reduction
Course Provider:
Urrus and The Ballymun Youth Action Project
Understanding Safer Injecting Techniques
Course Provider:
Urrus and The Ballymun Youth Action Project
Understanding Drug Use and Homelessness
Course Provider:
Urrus and The Ballymun Youth Action Project
Performance and Image Enhancing Drugs (PIED)
Course Provider:
Urrus and The Ballymun Youth Action Project
Make Every Contact Count (MECC) e-learning module
Course Provider:
HSE
Community Reinforcement Approach (CRA) or Adolescent Community Reinforcement Approach (A-CRA)
Course Provider:
Gerry Ryan and NE-RDATF
Delivery & Location
2 days (CRA) or 3 days (A-CRA) Day 3 is for those that wish to specialise in ACRA
Putting the Pieces Together
Course Provider:
NE-RDATF
Parents under Pressure (PuP)
Course Provider:
Griffith University, Queensland, Australia. Training delivered online by provider in UK or Ireland
Delivery & Location
2 initial days of training and then 5 days of ongoing implementation support across 8 – 12 months. Written case study required to become accredited PuP Practitioner.
Trauma Informed Practice workshop
Course Provider:
The Learning Curve Institute
Non-Violent Resistance (NVR)
Course Provider:
New Authority Parenting
Developing Youth Resilience
Course Provider:
Cavan and Monaghan Education and Training Board
Delivery & Location
6 weeks, 1 day a week (3 hours)
esuicideTALK
Course Provider:
National Office for Suicide Prevention (NOSP), HSE
LivingWorks Start
Course Provider:
National Office for Suicide Prevention (NOSP), HSE
LivingWorks safeTALK
Course Provider:
National Office for Suicide Prevention (NOSP), HSE
LivingWorks Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)
Course Provider:
National Office for Suicide Prevention (NOSP), HSE
Suicide Bereavement training for professionals
Course Provider:
National Office for Suicide Prevention (NOSP), HSE
Guidance for communities on supporting people bereaved through suicide
Course Provider:
National Office for Suicide Prevention (NOSP), HSE
Understanding Self Harm
Course Provider:
National Office for Suicide Prevention (NOSP), HSE
Suicide or Survive – The Supporters Programme
Course Provider:
Suicide or Survive
Diploma in Addiction Studies
Course Provider:
City Colleges or ibat Collage Dublin
Delivery & Location
10 weeks, 1 evening per week, (6.30pm - 9.30pm)
Motivational Interviewing (MI)
Course Provider:
The Learning Curve Institute
Know the Score teacher training
Course Provider:
HSE
Identification and Management of Alcohol-Related Brain Injury (Wernikes-Korsakoffs Syndrome)
Course Provider:
Alcohol Forum Ireland
Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Course Provider:
Irish Training & Educational Centre (ITEC)
Delivery & Location
6 modules (6 months to complete course)
Drug and Alcohol Awareness
Course Provider:
The Learning Curve Institute
An Introduction to Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
Course Provider:
The Learning Curve Institute
An Overview of Dual Diagnosis
Course Provider:
The Learning Curve Institute
Grief, Loss and adjustment – theory and therapeutic interventions
Course Provider:
The Learning Curve Institute
An Overview of Relapse Prevention
Course Provider:
The Learning Curve Institute
First Aid Response (FAR)
Course Provider:
Pre-Hospital Emerency Care Council (PHECC) Recognised Institutions
Youth Mental Health First Aid
Course Provider:
Mental Health First Aid Ireland
Community Addiction Studies
Course Provider:
Various providers (see details below)
Delivery & Location
One session per week (Approx. 3 hours)
Applied Social Studies
Course Provider:
Cavan Institute
Psychology and Social Science
Course Provider:
Cavan Institute
Applied Social Studies and Psychology
Course Provider:
Monaghan Institute
Community Development and Social Studies
Course Provider:
An Cosán
Community Development Practice
Course Provider:
Cavan and Monaghan Education and Training Board
Delivery & Location
One session per week Tuesday 10.00am to 1.30pm (3.5 hours)
Advanced Certificate in Applied Social Studies
Course Provider:
Monaghan Institute
Certificate in Applied Addiction Studies and Community Development
Course Provider:
An Cosán
Drug Prevention, Education and Awareness
Course Provider:
An Cosán
Delivery & Location
Standalone Module
Approaches to Treatment and Rehabilitation
Course Provider:
An Cosán
Delivery & Location
Standalone Module
Introduction to Counselling and Motivational Interviewing
Course Provider:
An Cosán
Delivery & Location
Standalone Module
Diploma in Drug and Alcohol Studies
Course Provider:
University of Limerick
Delivery & Location
2 semesters, 6 hours a week
Diploma in Community Drug and Alcohol Work
Course Provider:
Urrus in partnership with University College Dublin (UCD)
MSc Therapeutic Interventions for Alcohol & Other Drugs
Course Provider:
Atlantic Technological University (ATU)
Licensing Law and Practice
Course Provider:
Atlantic Technological University (ATU)
Children & Families Hidden Harm
Course Provider:
Atlantic Technological University (ATU)
Certificate in Addiction Studies
Course Provider:
NUI, Maynooth
Delivery & Location
100 hours part-time over one year which may include 3 - 4 Saturdays
BA Degree in Applied Addiction Studies and Community Development
Course Provider:
An Cosán
Drugs and Crime in a Global Context
Course Provider:
An Cosán
Delivery & Location
Stand-alone module
Community Drug Work and Leadership
Course Provider:
An Cosán
Delivery & Location
Stand-alone Module
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