Tackling Tobacco Training

We deliver our training in a range of methods to suit your organisation’s needs.

e-Learning training

• FREE eLearning program
• Staff and volunteers will gain valuable insights and practical tips for supporting clients to improve their lives by quitting smoking
• For every member of the organisation
• Completion certificate for all participants
• Approximately 20 minutes per module
• Four eLearning modules:
  • Smoking and your clients: Learn how and why smoking impacts your most vulnerable clients. Discover the health and financial benefits of quitting.
  • Nicotine Dependence and Quitting: Understand nicotine dependency, how it affects the body and affects your clients attempts to quit smoking.
  • Brief Interventions: Learn how to talk to your clients about smoking with an evidence-based 5-step intervention.
  • Nicotine Replacement Therapy: Evidence shows that NRT makes it easier to quit smoking. Learn about the different types of NRT and how to use them successfully.

Face-to-face training

• Delivered in person face-to-face
• Six-hour session
• For every member of the organisation from senior leadership through to case workers and the HR team
• 8-20 attendees
• Experienced trainer
• Covers the six elements of the Tackling Tobacco program and how to embed this within your organisations
• Hard copy resource pack for all participants
• Brief intervention scenarios for skills practice
• Completion certificate for all participants

Zoom training

• Delivered online via Zoom
• Three-hour session
• For every member of the organisation from senior leadership through to case workers and the HR team
• 5-30 attendees
• Experienced trainer
• Covers the six elements of the Tackling Tobacco program and how to embed these within your organisation
• PDF resources pack for participants
• Brief intervention skills practice via break-out rooms
• Completion certificate for all participants

Refresher training

• For organisations who have taken part in Tackling Tobacco training before but need to refresh staff knowledge and skills
• Approximately three hours
• Can be tailored to suit the needs of your organisation
• Face-to-face and Zoom options available
• Should be scheduled every one to two years or if there has been high staff turnover

Register your interest

You can register your interest in the Tackling Tobacco Training by completing the form below.