SCLWN- Gaming and Gambling Harm Prevention Training
June 24 @ 9:30 am - 12:00 pm
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***This event is aimed specifically at Community Link Workers who are working directly within a primary care setting in Scotland. Managers/Programme Leads for Community Link Workers are also welcome to attend.***
The Scottish Community Link Worker Network is working with award-winning charity Ygam to offer CLWs City and Guilds Gaming and Gambling Harm Prevention Training in June. The timing of this training is particularly pertinent with the recent release of the Public Health Scotland Healthcare Needs Assessment of Gambling Harm in Scotland. This document also recommends the new NICE Guidelines on this topic, which say the following:
“Health and social care professionals should consider asking people about gambling (even if they have no obvious risk factors for gambling-related harm) when asking them about smoking, alcohol consumption or use of other substances (for example, as part of a holistic assessment or health check, when registering for a service such as with a GP or in contacts with social services).”
In addition, 83% of 8-25-year-olds game at least three times a week (with 58% gaming every single day), and there was a 3-fold increase in referrals for support for gaming disorder between 2019 and 2020.
Ygam’s workshop will help CLWs to open up conversations on these topics (which can be tricky to do due to the shame and stigma associated with them), as well as providing guidance on how to support and signpost a patient who is experiencing gaming or gambling harm.
