This is week 1 of the 4-week BUILD course, run every Tuesday for four weeks, each session runs for 4 hours, from 10 am to 2 pm.

BUILD is an introductory 4-week course providing purposeful and supported training to develop the skills and knowledge of workers who have living or lived experience alcohol and other drug use and/or treatment – building individual capacity and confidence for starting your journey as a peer worker.

Across the four sessions you will be introduced to the fundamental knowledge and skills required to elevate your lived experience as a peer worker. The course is suited to students with no prior qualification or work experience, or someone who has had limited on the-job experience and would like to consolidate it through formal learning.