This training is for Lifeline Durban, Denis Hurley Centre, MAtCH (Maternal, Adolescent and Child Health Care) and Hillcrest AIDS Centre Trust social workers, social auxiliary workers, lay workers and nurse trainers who work with HIV, substance use disorders, sex workers, vulnerable children and adolescents, and the homeless. Attendees will gain knowledge and skills in assessing and screening for substance use disorders, brief interventions, as well as problem solving techniques. Attendees will learn how to interpret the results in order to improve HIV treatment outcomes through detection, brief interventions and referral to treatment for alcohol and drugs.