6.1 Overall Lessons 6.1.1 In assessing the content and delivery of Every Contact Counts Liverpool’s training programme, it is important to reflect on and consider its implementation in the light of the experience of other training programmes leading to the delivery of brief interventions and advice. Overall, the literature suggests that training can have a positive impact on the delivery of brief interventions. It affirms that it can improve the knowledge and confidence of the professionals delivering brief interventions and increase the frequency that they engage in brief intervention tasks. 6.1.2 Evidence from assessments of other training programmes flags up key lessons about: the content of effective training programmes; training methods; addressing known barriers to delivery of brief interventions; other training considerations. 6.1.3 This section also highlights several examples of good practice training that illustrate these important elements. The final section of this report considers to what extent wider lessons and good practice evidence are apparent in the training in Liverpool and the Every Contact Counts implications that this has for recommendations about future training possibilities. Box 3 also summarises existing evidence about the of brief interventions.
6.1 Overall Lessons 6.1.1 In assessing the content and delivery of Liverpool’s Every Contact Counts training programme, it is important to reflect on and consider its implementation in the light of the experience of other training programmes leading to the delivery of brief interventions and advice. Overall, the literature suggests that training can have a positive impact on the delivery of brief interventions. It affirms that it can improve the knowledge and confidence of the professionals delivering brief interventions and increase the frequency that they engage in brief intervention tasks. 6.1.2 Evidence from assessments of other training programmes flags up key lessons about: the content of effective training programmes; training methods; addressing known barriers to delivery of brief interventions; other training considerations. 6.1.3 This section also highlights several examples of good practice training that illustrate these important elements. The final section of this report considers to what extent wider lessons and good practice evidence are apparent in the Every Contact Counts training in Liverpool and the implications that this has for recommendations about future training possibilities. Box 3 also summarises existing evidence about the of brief interventions.