Presentation at the Canadian Centre for Substance Use and Addiction Issues of Substance conference.

Co-presenters include: Rumel Johal, Sam Robinson, Kim Masters and Justine Dodds.

There is a dearth of available education and training resources for practitioners working with individuals with concurrent disorders, yet these conditions are common and pervasive across all health service delivery settings. Further, there is a lack of standardized professional competencies for working with people experiencing concurrent disorders. The online BCMHSUS Concurrent Disorders Competency Framework & Toolkit (‘the Toolkit’) is a new resource that supports people who work with individuals with concurrent mental health and substance use disorders. The purpose of this first-of-its-kind toolkit is to guide learners through a self-assessment of their current knowledge and skills and support them to set learning goals for related professional development. This presentation will review the Toolkit and how it can be used by individuals and organizations to improve practice and care.