The Bigger Ambition –
A Recovering Community
ETE – Laraine Start & SUDRG – Tim Sampey
Kensington and Chelsea
DAAT
People who don’t take
risks generally make
about two big
mistakes a year.
People who do take
risks generally make
about two big
mistakes a year.
ETE
NEEDS
Big Society
Big Visions
Big Ambition
Partnershi
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Volunteering
&
Peer
Mentoring
SUDRG
Social
Past
Present
Future
Accredited
Learning for
clients
Big Black
Clouds
Sailing together in the Big Boat
in the government’s Big
Society! So what does that
mean for us?
The world is moving so
fast these days that the
man who says it can’t
be done is usually
overtaken by someone
doing it!
The key to valuing differences is to realise
that all people see the world, not as it is but
as they are.
The Big Society according to the Cabinet Office
“We want to give citizens, communities and local government the power
and information they need to come together, solve the problems they face
and build the Britain they want. We want society – the families, networks,
neighbourhoods and communities that form the fabric of so much of our
everyday lives – to be bigger and stronger than ever before. Only when
people and communities are given more power and take more
responsibility can we achieve fairness and opportunity for all.
Building this Big Society isn’t just the responsibility of just one or two
departments. It is the responsibility of every department of
Government, and the responsibility of every citizen too. Government on
its own cannot fix every problem. We are all in this together. We need to
draw on the skills and expertise of people across the country as we
respond to the social, political and economic challenges Britain faces.”
www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/media/407789/building-big-society.pdf
RECOVERY
ENGAGEMENT
PREPARATION
CHANGE
REINTEGRATION
ETE
ETE does not come in a guise of ‘Aftercare’. It starts at the beginning of a clients
treatment journey and is part of their care plan from the beginning.
Different aspects of ETE can be accessed at different stages of treatment.
ETE is not just for Christmas, it’s for life.
Life Long Learning
A Personal Experience of Treatment and ETE
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CV PROFILE……..
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QUALIFICATIONS = 0
CONFIDENCE = 0
SOCIAL SKILLS = 0
FRIENDS/FAMILY = 0
DIRECTION = ?
LAST WORKED 3 YEARS AGO
NO ETE In Place?
Then it’s money down the
drain
A Proud History of
Partnership
working between
ETE
SUDRG
Laraine Start
Tim Sampey
So how did it all
start?
So how did it all
start?
Reintegration
Into the
Community
ETE
SOFT
SKILLS
LIFE
SKILLS
BASIC
SKILLS
Working with people in the community
at a local level, bridging the gap.
SUDRG
SOCIAL
SKILLS
PEER
VOLUNTEERS
MENTORING
Helping people move on into
Voluntary or paid employment
What do we do now? ETE
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One to one Recovery Support Plans
Diagnostic tests /Skills CD Rom
Basic Skills, Skills for Life & Soft Skills
IAG
ITEP – maps evidencing work
Close Partnership working with all ETE providers in the
borough
Liaison with all drug and alcohol referrer’s
Review plans and SMART GOALS using maps
SUNDIAL Course
A Pathway to Drugs Work Course
Volunteer placements & Peer Mentoring
Volunteering Clinic
Assisted funding Campden Charities
Referred on average 30 clients per month
Working with between 80-100 clients at any one time
ETE
SUNDIAL COURSE
Service User Network Development in
Adult Learning Accredited by Open
College Network London Region
Blenheim CDP’s Unique Training Programme.
Free to ETE Service Users in Kensington and
Chelsea
SUNDIAL UNITS:
1. Communication
and Interpersonal
Skills
2. Boundaries and
Confidentiality
3. Anger Management
and Conflict
Resolution
4. Mentoring,
Coaching and
Supervision
5. Assertiveness and
Self Esteem
6. Understanding
Group Dynamics
and Facilitation
SUNDIAL
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Developed with service users
(SUDRG) for service users
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Accredited by OCN, Open
College Network London
Region
Developing people’s soft skills
/ codes of conduct in an
informal atmosphere, before
entering college courses or
paid work
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Free to service users in
Kensington and Chelsea
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Weekly reflective study group
6 units at Level 2, option to
study all 6 or just 1
Short, 4 month rolling course
Clients encouraged to find a
volunteering placement
alongside course
Tutoring and assessment is all
conducted in-house
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ITEP (MAPS/TRAP/WOTS) is
used as a communication tool
in lessons
Accredited Learning for
all service users
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SUNDIAL COURSE – 4 MONTH
ROLLING PROGRAMME
PEER MENTORING – IN PROCESS
A PATHWAY TO DRUGS WORK – 6
MONTH ROLLING COURSE
2009 – 2010
Where they were referred to
Skills for Life
23
Courses/Qualifications
57
Volunteering
21
Startwell
45
SUNDIAL
15
Employed
16
Overall Total
177
2008 - 2009
Total no Referred onto
Skills for Life
18
Courses/Qualifications
41
Volunteering
18
Startwell
14
SUNDIAL
19
Employed
06
Overall Total
116
2007 - 2008
Total no Referred onto
Skills for Life
33
Courses/Qualifications
33
Volunteering
7
Startwell
0
SUNDIAL
8
Employed
7
Overall Total
88
ETE Positive Outcomes: 2007-10
2007-2008
2008-2009
2009-2010
Numbers Referred
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The SUDRG is a service user
group that designed,
implemented and runs a
Tier 2
Weekend Service!
Although we work in
partnership within K&C we
are totally independent.
DAAT
(Funding/Support)
Blenheim/CDP
(Premises/
Support)
ETE
(Training)
SUDRG (The Service)
CRI (Office)
We have 85 volunteers.
90% are service users.
They range from 18-60 in
age.
There are 16 different first
languages apart from
English.
We have volunteers who are
abstinent and those who are
scripted and stable.
We do not follow any
specific model of recovery.
We have a simple ethos.
We are service users. We
are family. There are no
outlaws and you are not
alone.
What services do we offer?
Food and Drink: Movies: Internet
Access: Advice and Information on
Local Services: Yoga: Rock and Roll
Collective: Needle Exchange: 1-1
Support: Alternative Therapies: Art
Workshop: Referrals: Photography
Competitions: A safe and Social
Space: Sports Clubs: Support
Groups
We look after our volunteers
and they look after
everyone else.
We give them in-house
training; regular
supervision, their own
support group and a variety
of roles shaped to the
individual.
We also throw great parties!
We are open for 13 hours a
week.
We see a minimum of 120
contacts in that time.
This does not include the
volunteers!
Remember, never be afraid
to try anything new.
Amateurs built the Ark.
Professionals built the
Titanic.
It is a simple motto but it
works.
Group Discussions then feedback
1. Have we got the recovery programme the
wrong way round – should (Aftercare the old
term) aka ‘reintegration’ sit at the beginning
of the treatment pathway and therapeutic at
the end?
2. If you could design a reintegrated recovery
programme what would it look like?
3. If recovering communities are going to be a
big part of the treatment system what do you
think a recovering community looks like?
Government
Spending Review Cuts…..
(The dark days are not over Florence….)
Payment by Results!
Change of benefits/high
rents/ capped
Stigma - drug users most
marginalised by employers
No jobs
Poor self
confidence
Criminal records
Payment
By Results
Will the
government
Listen to us?
Drug
Use &
Mental health
& other complex
needs
Government
DWP
DOH
Big Society
stigma
disclosure
Cuts Cuts Cuts
More for less
Lack of skills
education
However
It is not all
DOOM and GLOOM
We have the Bigger Ambition!
The unique partnership formed
by ETE and SUDRG
in Kensington and Chelsea via
the DAAT, are proof that
we are a ……
Recovering Community
We have Big Ideas, Big Ambition
in our Big Society……
This is the time to influence and inform!
Kensington and Chelsea
Summary
Our clients need access to regular, intensive,
encouragement and guidance as part of their treatment journey
with people who have knowledge and experience of working with
addiction.
When they come to us, their journey back into the community has
only just begun.
Many of our clients have no qualifications, some have never worked
and need a high level of support right through into paid
employment. This can be the most tricky time for some.
We try to prepare them, to cope with the pressures and
complexities that volunteering, training / courses and the
workplace can present to them along with developing their social
skills and networks.
Trust is the highest form of
human motivation
It brings out the very best in
people.
ETE, Peer Run services, Mentoring and Volunteering
programmes must be integrated into the current treatment
system.
Therapeutic treatment is not for everyone. One glove does not
fit all.
Let’s give people in treatment more choice of what they can
access at what stage.
In Kensington and Chelsea, we believe that Tier 3 / 4 services
alone are not enough for ‘realistic’ successful outcomes.
Who is measuring these outcomes after they have left these
services?
A complete treatment system encompasses all
of the above.
Laraine Start
Learning and Development Manager
Blenheim CDP / Kensington & Chelsea DAAT
email: l.start@blenheimcdp.org.uk
Tim Sampey
Service User Coordinator
Kensington & Chelsea DAAT
email: kandcsudrg@yahoo.co.uk