Young People’s Drug and Alcohol
Specialist Treatment Service for Wiltshire
The
Service
• Part of the Integrated Youth Service (IYS) – Young
People focused service (under 19’s)
• County wide – bases in Chippenham, Trowbridge &
Salisbury
• 4 x full time treatment workers
• Voluntary engagement
• Free and confidential service
• Open access
• Treatment services
• Specialist Harm Reduction services
Treatment
Definition:
“…care planned medical, psychological, psychosocial or specialist
harm reduction interventions aimed at alleviating current harm
caused by a young person’s substance misuse…”
Health Advisory Service (1996; 2001) Substance Of Young Needs London: N.T.A.
The aim of specialist treatment interventions are:
• to deliver substance specific information
• to deliver harm reduction strategies
• needle and syringe support and safer injecting advice
• advice & support regarding poly-drug use and risk of overdose
• psychosocial interventions, i.e. “talking therapies”
• access to medical and mental health services
Treatment
Treatment involves:
“… a comprehensive assessment of needs followed by a
structured, care planned, multi-agency working approach…”
“…a range of interventions designed to identify and treat
drug-related problems or conditions relating to a person’s
physical, psychological or social well-being
“…goal orientated approaches which are regularly reviewed
with the client and comprises a number of concurrent or
sequential treatment interventions…”
S.C.O.D.A. (1999) Young People and Drugs Norwich: HMSO
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treatment service when a young person is…
injecting substances
pregnant
13 years of age or under
misusing / inhaling solvents
using class A drugs
misusing alcohol - showing signs of daily use and dependency/withdrawal
using substances to block out distressing feelings or difficult situations
no longer using experimentally or recreationally
either using alone or outside of their usual friendship group
using excessive amounts of depressant/sedative substances (risk of
overdose)
“poly-drug” use (using two or more substances at the same time)
financing their substance use and increasing risk & vulnerability through sex
working, criminal behaviour, i.e. dealing, running, etc.
causing significant other problems, i.e. physical or mental ill health, debt,
school exclusion, family problems, relationship problems, etc.
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Specialist Harm Reduction
Definition:
“…specialist harm reduction refers to a range of practical and
pragmatic evidence-based strategies and interventions
designed to reduce the harmful consequences of substance
misuse and their associated risky activities and behaviours…”
Health Advisory Service (1996; 2001) Substance Of Young Needs London: N.T.A.
and includes:
• providing information, education, advice, support and
guidance
• being free from judgements and expressing opinions
• enabling and encouraging informed choice
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Specialist Harm Reduction Services
• harm reduction interventions - advice and guidance
• support for young people (18yrs and under) in and
out of treatment
• support for parents and carers
• on-going support and advice for SUST trained staff
across Wiltshire
• on-going support and advice for non SUST trained
staff across Wiltshire
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The
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Referring into the
service
• common assessment (framework) form (CAF)
• specific agency referral form (SARF)
• substance use screening tool (SUST) – accompanying either a
CAF or a SARF
• ASSET, social care assessment, etc.
• support a self-referral (request a
referral form)
• support a parental or carer referral (request a
referral
form)
• telephone or e-mail the Motiv8 team for advice, support and
guidance on 0800-169-6136 or motiv8@wiltshire.gov.uk
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The
Team
Rob Tuttle (Senior Practitioner & Service Lead)
North (Chippenham) 01249-709400 / 07785-715223
Karla Cullen (treatment worker)
West (Trowbridge) 01225-718864 / 07798-833603
Jayne Feltham (treatment worker)
South (Salisbury) 01722-432482 / 07919-395004
Nigel Hills (treatment worker)
East (Devizes) 01225-718874 / 07767-340904
Kiki Kingsland-Humphries (treatment worker)
North (Chippenham) 01249-709400 / 07585-888213
Motiv8@wiltshire.go.uk
www.wiltshirepathways.org
www.sparksite.co.uk
Young People’s Drug and Alcohol
Specialist Treatment Service for Wiltshire
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