This toolkit is designed to support practitioners in their work with families where parents misuse drugs and there are concerns about the children's welfare. While focusing on drugs, it covers a wider pattern of misuse, including alcohol. It contains: summaries of key messages for practitioners tools and tips to support effective practice training and development activities a wide range of practice examples The toolkit is written for the range of professionals involved with families including drug misusing parents.

This flexible training resource is a useful tool for organisations wishing to involve young people in the recruitment of staff, volunteers and mentors. It is particularly useful for agencies providing social care services to children and young people, such as residential child care and mentoring for care leavers, but can also be adapted for use by schools and health care providers who want to develop children's participation.

Parental drug use can cause serious harm to children. Adult Drug and Alcohol Problems, Children's Needs supports practitioners in their work with families where parental drug use leads to concerns about children's welfare. The training resource contains: * summaries of the key messages for practitioners * tools and tips to support effective practice * training and development activities * practice examples from around the UK. This second edition has an increased focus on alcohol misuse and reflects recent changes to both policy and practice. The book will be useful for all individuals and agencies involved with families where parents are struggling with substance abuse, including children's social workers, substance misuse workers, primary care and school staff, criminal justice agencies, obstetric and paediatric teams, substitute carers and a range of voluntary and community services.