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DRINK AND DRUGS NEWS (DDN) is the monthly magazine for everyone working with substance use issues. Since 2004 it has become established as the authoritative voice of the sector, the place for in-depth news and features and the forum for debate. Published independently by CJ Wellings, DDN is distributed through a 10,000 printed circulation and […]

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[…] within a prison sethting to make  changes to their substanhce use –  throughout their sentence and prior  to their releaseb I’m responsible for  managing a caseloahd, completing  P eople find work in tmhe  drugs sector through  a variety of routes  and for a range of  different reasons.  DDN is partnering  with Addiction Professionals to  explore the pathways into the field,  and how to progress once you’re  there. As everyone knows, working  in the sector has its challemnges –  as has especially mbeen the case in  recent years – but it can also be  hugely rewarding. It’s not everyone  who can honestly samy that their  work is making a real difference to  people’s lives – with those peomple  being some of the momst vulnerable  in our society.  The desperately needed infusiomn  of cash following the  Carol Black  review and the drug smtrategy will  hopefully mark a gemnuine turning  point for the sector after years of  disinvestment, and with it come  new opportunities for those  wanting to enter the field or further  CAREERS WWW.DRINKANDDRUGSNEWS.COM 12  •  DRINK AND DRUGS NEWS  •  SEPTEMBER 2022 NeoLeo / iStock A CHANCE  TO CHANGE  LIVES THE KEY  TO SUCCESS develop their existing careers.   In the coming months we’ll be  exploring a wide range of roles  including pharmacismt, therapist,  psychologist, social mworker, nurse  and volunteer, but we kick off by  looking at one of the mainstamys  of the profession – the recovery/ keyworker.  Keyworkers are the primary  point of contact for the client,  […]

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[…] highlight the effects of substance misuse on families, the community and health by young people at HM Young Offenders Institute (YOI) Wetherby. The work was guided by Carole Fletcher from Manchester College, with direction from the Young People’s Substance Misuse Service (YPSMS) at Wetherby. Paul, Nathan, Danny, Alex, Mathew J, Aaron B and Aaron […]

  The Recovery Connectors group and lived experience recovery organisations (LEROs) are reshaping the way we look at recovery, say David Best, Stuart Green, Dave Higham, Tim Sampey, Tim Leighton, Jardine Simpson, Michaela Jones, Dot Smith and Ed Day. Long before the championing of recovery in the Drug strategy 2010, there were incredible efforts across […]

[…] top. There needs to be a complete intolerance of how people with addiction issues have been treated over the years.’ Despite the health focus of the Dame Carol Black review, the drug strategy had become very crime focused – a ‘silo approach’. ‘We need to work really collaboratively to make sure we’re doing the best […]

[…] brought particular experience to the argument for urgent drug law reform. As a former undercover drugs detective sergeant, he had come across corruption driven by the drugs black market ‘a great deal’ within the police force – of which the public knew little. Neil Woods, chair of LEAP UK. The only way to change […]

[…] ‘spend big bucks – on some areas’, he said. ‘We’ve got the Treasury backing this with some major investment, for which a big hats off to Dame Carol.’ Once again, however, it was crime that had ‘animated the strategy and unlocked the funding.’ Collective Voice director Oliver Standing Overall the strategy was ‘really good […]

[…] News Release’s 40th anniversary conference last week gave a fascinating – and deeply disturbing – look back to the beginning of the ‘war on drugs’. The artist Caroline Coon told how she had set up and run Release with fellow art students, because she couldn’t believe the government’s ‘stop and search’ regime that suddenly […]

[…] ‘There’s the historical idea that we have to fix one before we fix the other.’ Things seem to be changing, however. ‘I do think now, with Dame Carol Black particularly, there’s more understanding about how vital stable and secure housing is to drug and alcohol treatment. We’ve been working at the nexus of homelessness and […]

[…] this information will highlight the damage caused by drugs and push harm reduction measures higher on local health services’ agendas. Launching the action plan, public health minister Caroline Flint noted ‘massive strides’ had already been made in tackling the country’s drug problem, and emphasised that the governmentwas keen to do more. ‘Still too many […]

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[…] national service user conference in Birmingham.   So, lots of activity and not a lot of personal recovery, because, while I’ve been busy, I’ve become ill. My ‘ black dog’ (Churchill’s term for his depression – I quite like it) has recently, as it does from time to time, become much larger and is nipping […]

[…] they need. It said spending on youth addiction services in England had been cut by 41 per cent in real terms since 2013-14, a fact that Dame Carol Black acknowledged in her independent review.  There has been a 55 per cent reduction of the numbers of young people in treatment since the peak in 2008-09. […]

[…] opiate prescriptions. The next key group is the hundreds of thousands of cannabis users that do not enter treatment. Last year we showed in Liz McCulloch’s report Black sheep that cannabis presentations have risen by 55 per cent in ten years. My report Street lottery estimated that this equates to 200,000 cannabis users in […]

[…] Treatment of Addiction FEDERATION OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL PROFESSIONALS Back to our roots Why sustaining growth is a personal business Published by CJ Wellings Ltd, Southbank House, Black Prince Road, London SE1 7SJ PUBLISHERS: PARTNER ORGANISA TIONS : SUPPOR TING ORGANISA TIONS : With all this talk of recession threatening to get us down, […]

[…] Treatment of Addiction FEDERATION OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL PROFESSIONALS Life and death Harm reduction at international level goes beyond choice Published by CJ Wellings Ltd, Southbank House, Black Prince Road, London SE1 7SJ PUBLISHERS: PARTNER ORGANISA TIONS : SUPPOR TING ORGANISA TIONS : One slightly built young woman trembled on the platform at the […]

[…] smoking. About 9 per cent of children aged 11-15 smoke, with nearly 70 per cent of these buying cigarettes from newsagents or corner shops. Public Health Minister Caroline Flint said the proposals demonstrated the govern- ment’s determination to reduce preventable diseases and health inequalities. Consultation will run from 3 July to 9 October. Submit […]

[…] treatment that have been built up over decades are not lost in the coming years’. Meanwhile, the prime minister has commissioned the Department of Health’s Prof Dame Carol Black to conduct a review into whether people with drug or alcohol problems should have their sickness benefits cut if they refuse to enter treatment. Around 100,000 […]

[…] give us the strength to tackle the wider societal and structural stigma which will be critical to our success.’  When it came to women’s treatment, the Dame Carol Black review – while a welcome and valuable document – didn’t focus enough on the specific needs of women, said Hannah Shead, chief executive of Trevi, a partner […]

[…] clinical management in the field of substance misuse and associated areas to organisations across the UK.     Barriers to work Last July the government asked Dame Carol Black to conduct an independent review into the challenges of getting and staying in work for people with drug and alcohol problems, or who are obese.   […]

[…] Addiction FEDERATION OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL PROFESSIONALS What’s up doc? Being an ‘agent of change’ is not the easiest job Published by CJ Wellings Ltd, Southbank House, Black Prince Road, London SE1 7SJ PUBLISHERS: PARTNER ORGANISA TIONS : SUPPOR TING ORGANISA TIONS : The SMMGP conference – the event for Substance Misuse Management in […]

[…] University NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT) has also been spotlighted. The new initiative supports people in the county with both mental health and drug and alcohol issues. Dame Carol Black recently attended an event to mark the launch of ICoN, commenting on her hope that “other areas will now find out more about ICoN and think […]

[…] session with the young person. At the fourth offence an Acceptable Behaviour Contract (ABC) will be developed, which includes sessions with a young person’s substance misuse worker. Carol-Anne Matic, the Royal Borough’s anti-social behaviour co- ordinator said the joint initiative was part of their ‘firm stance against those who will not change their behaviour […]

[…] ‘rising sharply’, with 38 serious assaults in the four months prior to the inspection. ‘Gang issues and the availability of drugs’ – particularly synthetic cannabinoids like ‘ Black Mamba’ – were a ‘significant factor in much of the violence,’ it states, while the substances had also ‘been the cause of regular hospital admissions’. Altcourse […]

[…] Addiction FEDERATION OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL PROFESSIONALS One way, or another Let’s make sure we spend on treatment that works Published by CJ Wellings Ltd, Southbank House, Black Prince Road, London SE1 7SJ PUBLISHERS: PARTNER ORGANISA TIONS : SUPPOR TING ORGANISA TIONS : Of course it makes sense to spend money on what works, […]

[…] your area or contact a helpline in confidence. The National Advice Ser vice run by Rethink (020 8974 6814) can also offer information and support to you. Caroline Hawkings Mental Health Policy and Campaigns Officer, Turning Point MIND resource Dear Danny Mind offers information through our website, www.mind.org.uk and booklets, and may be able […]

[…] users or ketamine users. The world changes and you need to keep abreast of that – are you doing as well with men as with women, are black people getting a fair shake, is the North East performing as well as London? If you’re not asking yourself those questions then you’re not really able […]

[…] help parents to ‘regulate, self-soothe and recognise that they’re traumatised by their experiences’, she said.  Services also needed to be explicit about their mission, FDAP chief executive Carole Sharma told the conference, and ensure that those values were shared by the entire workforce.  Recovery Any service was a learning environment for both practitioners and […]

[…] ‘Heroin addiction is a very real and very serious health concern which has widespread social and economic impact across communities,’ said chair of the RCN’s Cambridgeshire branch, Carol Evans. ‘It is vital that as nurses, carers and clinicians we recognise that one approach does not necessarily work for all and as such we have […]

[…] a real difference to people’s lives – with those people being some of the most vulnerable in our society. The desperately needed infusion of cash following the Carol Black review and the drug strategy will hopefully mark a genuine turning point for the sector after years of disinvestment, and with it come new opportunities for […]

[…] work reforms play out locally, London service users wanted to know. DDNreports At last week’s NTA London Regional Users’ Forum meeting,there was a presentation from Jobcentre Plus. Carol Adams’ aim was to ‘mythbust’ the new ‘welfare to work’ reforms, she said – in particular the treatment allowance that will be payable to people seeking […]

[…] guidelines to ‘unpack eligibility criteria, quality standards, outcome monitoring and resettlement/aftercare provision,’ it says, adding that preserving residential provision must form part of any response to the Carol Black review.  Phoenix Futures chief executive Karen Biggs ‘Residential treatment has been, and continues to be, an effective policy response to a wide range of social issues,’ […]

[…] work reforms play out locally, London service users wanted to know. DDNreports At last week’s NTA London Regional Users’ Forum meeting,there was a presentation from Jobcentre Plus. Carol Adams’ aim was to ‘mythbust’ the new ‘welfare to work’ reforms, she said – in particular the treatment allowance that will be payable to people seeking […]

[…] he said. Outreach work had suffered and there were only five NHS detoxification units in operation now – a stark reduction in the last 20 years. The Carol Black review, while welcomed, ‘didn’t specifically look at alcohol, which for me pretty much showed where people’s priorities were,’ said Doherty. The alcohol strategy promised for 2019 […]

[…] a simple question: did you get a good deal? Visitors can view, post and rate prices in a format that offers price transparency in an otherwise opaque black market. All submissions are anonymous, localisation is set to the city level, and the feedback is shared via a simple price rating scale. This gives users […]

[…] to grow and expand, in spite of our cautious approach. This culminated in a Recovery College event on 23 April, where we were delighted to welcome Dame Carol Black to address more than 100 delegates. She spoke of the central role that she sees lived experience playing in the treatment and recovery system of the […]

[…] the Treatment of Addiction FEDERATION OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL PROFESSIONALS Lives first – always Public health’s no follower of fashion Published by CJ Wellings Ltd, Southbank House, Black Prince Road, London SE1 7SJ PUBLISHERS: PARTNER ORGANISA TIONS : SUPPOR TING ORGANISA TIONS : The language of recovery can be exciting. It enthuses, it galvanises, […]

[…] and alcohol worker for four years now, and want to move into management. Could you suggest what sort of training and qualifications I should look at doing? Caroline, Sheffield Email your suggested answers to the editor by Tuesday 18 April for inclusion in the 24 April issue of DDN. New questions are welcome from […]

[…] there is a will to connect and form productive alliances to tackle stigma. And more than that, there is an urgency in the wake of the Dame Carol Black report to seize the moment, and to emphasise that the treatment policy framework desperately needs to encompass alcohol as much as drugs (p16). We’ll be taking […]

[…] window of opportunity to take some radical steps forwards, with a new government committed to invest and the impending release of the second part of the Dame Carol Black review. We need to take a public health approach to treatment and rehabilitate people caught up in the criminal justice system – instead of referring people […]

[…] instructor Karen, and auricular acupuncturists Acudetox Plus; everyone who contributed to the conference programme consultation; our volunteers: Lee Collingham, Beryl Poole, Jules Hunt, Si Parry, Sue Tutton, Carole Sharma, Tidjane Gbane and members of the Coventry and Birmingham recovery communities – Rich Maunders, Emily Goodyear, Kam Sidhu, Carole Darch, Indy Thandy, Mark Quinn, Robin […]

[…] targeting newer users), whilst others have been rationed (such as inpatient detoxification for people with complex and multiple problems heroin assisted treatment and residential rehabilitation.)’ Professor Dame Carol Black So, what happens when people who are already struggling to stay alive lose the fragile links to the support they have? Lose the opportunity to be […]

[…] of Addiction FEDERATION OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL PROFESSIONALS Off the scale The Prof Nutt row is obscuring the real issues Published by CJ Wellings Ltd, Southbank House, Black Prince Road, London SE1 7SJ PUBLISHERS: PARTNER ORGANISA TIONS : SUPPOR TING ORGANISA TIONS : The row over sacking Professor David Nutt has become intensely personal, […]

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[…] trustworthiness, safety, empowerment, choice and collaboration in treatment – key underpinning tenets of trauma-informed care. Our study chimes with the findings of the second part of the Carol Black review, and the need for services to reorientate their approaches to enable people to engage. Finally, it’s important to say that the type of study we […]

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[…] Statistics Report, informed by the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS), doesn’t collect data on ethnic identity. The emergence of specialist treatment services for people who are Black, Asian, or from another minority ethnic group, such as Kikit and the Shanti Project indicates that mainstream services need to do more to meet the needs […]

[…] stakeholders who work in substance use services. A steering group is overseeing the project, consisting of members from the four UK nation government departments and chaired by Carole Sharma, chief executive of the Federation of Drug and Alcohol Professionals (FDAP). ‘Stakeholders will welcome the review of the NOS for the substance misuse sector as […]

From a young age, Carol took it upon herself to make sure her loved ones were OK – at her own expense. She recalls the events that drove her to depression, and how 40 years later she found herself in a now-or-never situation. But then, with anything else major happening to us or me, […]

[…] the BQF panel as part of their entry. Phoenix staff received their awards from businesswoman and star of The Apprentice Baroness Karren Brady CBE at a recent black-tie event. ‘The most incredible part of winning these two awards for leadership and customer satisfaction is that every single staff member and volunteer can feel proud […]

[…] a football fan, but with a game as big as the Euro 2020 final, I’m all over it. I was excited about the game, proud to be black British, especially considering the make-up of the squad, how well our team had done, and the unity I saw leading up to the match. Then we […]