Substance misuse
Drug
Use Among Vulnerable Young People - developing local profiles (June
2007)
This toolkit provides guidance and advice for practitioners and managers,
helping them to identify and deal with drug use in their area.
The government is taking robust action to significantly reduce the numbers of young people affected by substance misuse. The Department for Children, Schools and Families, the Home Office and the Department of Health have agreed a joint approach to the development of universal, targeted and specialist services to prevent the harm caused by drugs and to ensure that all children and young people are able to reach their potential.
The approach has three objectives:
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Reforming delivery and strengthening accountability
Closer links between the National Drug Strategy and the Every Child Matters: Change for Children programme locally, regionally and nationally
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Ensuring provision is built around the needs of vulnerable children
and young people
More focus on prevention and early intervention with those most at risk, with drug misuse considered as part of assessments, care planning and intervention by all agencies providing services for children, including schools
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Building service and workforce capacity
Developing a range of universal, targeted and specialist provision to meet local needs and ensure delivery of workforce training to support it
The joint approach is being implemented nationally. All local authorities in England and their partners are expected to make significant progress towards meeting its objectives from April 2005.
Documents
Every
Child Matters: Change for Children - Young People and Drugs
Drug
Strategy
Government
Response to Hidden Harm: the Report of an Inquiry by the Advisory Council on
the Misuse of Drugs
This page was last updated on 15 June 2007
