Too many committed professionals have told us that they know an increasing number of their service users are experiencing gambling harm, but they don’t have the tools and information to engage them or know where to refer them if they did.
Chapter One is free from gambling industry funding and influence.
Citizens’ advice and support services
Student Welfare Services
Social Services
GPs
Primary care and community nurses
Mental health practitioners
Our training has been developed based on the best available international evidence on gambling-related harm, by clinicians, and by people with lived experience.
As part of the development of our training, we commissioned an assessment of the quality of the existing training available in the UK, which found almost all of the training available in the UK was funded by the gambling industry and added to the stigma associated with gambling harm. Much of the training obscured the best routes into treatment for people with addictions.
Chapter One is piloting and evaluating its training offer in Greater Manchester in 2023. From 2024 the training will be available nationally both in person and through an e-learning portal that will form part of this professionals hub.
For more information and for details of course dates in Greater Manchester please email hello@chapter-one.org
Build understanding of: ‘gambling harms and risks’ and how serious they are; the causes of addiction - the role of industry and the addictive nature of some gambling products; the lived experiences of those impacted including affected others
Know where to signpost or refer
Be able to list the causes of gambling addiction
Address stigma and prejudice, build empathy and understanding that ‘suffering gambling harms is not the fault of the individual
Build skills, confidence and knowledge so participants can identify if someone needs help and support
Know what to do and how
Know how to ask the right questions and have the conversation
Know where to go for information and support. Help people take some simple steps now
Learn about gambling harms, the causes and the serious impact they have on health and lives
Module 1: Gambling and the people you come into contact with
Module 2: We have a problem
Module 3: The Causes and Impact of Gambling Harms
Module 4: Stigma and Prejudice
Module 5: How can you help?
Module 6: How to have the conversation
Specialist information and resources to support professionals will become available on this hub in the coming weeks. If you want information now on gambling harms and the causes of gambling addiction please start here.
