For Frontline
COPE Training (Naloxone)
We provide free Community Overdose Prevention Education (COPE) training for Victoria's NSP and MSIR workers.
The Federal Government has committed to funding free naloxone across Australia’s states and territories as part of the national roll-out of the Take Home Naloxone program. Our COPE training has been updated to support this.
The Victorian Department of Health has endorsed Penington Institute’s COPE training as the approved free online naloxone administration training to Victorian frontline NSP and MSIR workers.
To supply naloxone to clients, approved workers must complete the COPE training (or have completed it since 1 October 2018 following the inclusion of Nxyoid nasal spray content).
What’s covered?
Our COPE training involves a 90-minute online session, followed by the successful completion of a ten-question online assessment.
The session will cover:
- Recognising and responding to an opioid overdose
- Naloxone administration and aftercare
- Additional information about naloxone ordering, storage and data collection.
Upcoming free training sessions
All training sessions are held online, via Zoom.
Registration is essential – book your place now!
Please be sure to use your work email address when registering. Only registrations made with a professional email address will be accepted and admitted to the training session.
More training dates for 2025 coming soon
Can’t make any of the training dates listed above? Please get in touch at workforce@penington.org.au to ask about other upcoming sessions and on-demand COPE training opportunities.
COPE – Preventing OverdoseFor enquiries about our COPE training sessions, please feel free to get in touch via email at workforce@penington.org.au
