Transcript Borders Tactical Response

Borders Tactical Response
PC Gillian Oliver; Drug Awareness Officer
Susan Walker; ADP Development Officer
Role of Alcohol & Drug Partnership’s?
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Provides strategic direction to reduce
impact of problematic drug and alcohol
use
Multi-agency representation
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Accountable to Scottish Government and
Borders Strategic Board via CHCP
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Develop and implement evidence based
drug & alcohol strategies
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Ring-fenced funding to ADP
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Ensure any investment is focussed on
achieving agreed outcomes
Role of Safer Communities Team
Co-located Team
 Strategic Assessment 2012
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Alcohol & Drug Misuse
 Gender Based Violence
 Antisocial Behaviour
 Injury Prevention (Home/Road)
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Governance Structures
Pathfinder Board
Safer Communities
Team
Partnership
Tasking & Coordinating Group
Working Groups:
ADTAC
Task Groups:
Managing Drug Related Litter
ADTAC
Police
 Safer Communities Team
 SBC Licensing
Department
 Drug & Alcohol Services
 Trading Standards
 ADP Support Team
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Role & Remit
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Strengthen links between wide range of
agencies to coordinate and deliver early
intervention and prevention activities
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Monitoring new drugs and emerging trends
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Ensure frontline services have information on
drugs and alcohol to encourage signposting
Festive Campaign 2011
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First awareness campaign of new drugs
(Posters)
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On-licensed premises targeted
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Public Health Objective
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CBOs visits to Licensed Premises
Poster
Don’t mix with
alcohol
Just because legal
– doesn’t mean
safe
Support Services
available
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QR Codes: Tips on
how to party safer
56 hits to website
within 14 days
Screen shot of Crew site
Training for Specialist Services
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2 x one day New Drugs & Emerging Trends
Training
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Effectively respond to, treat and engage with
people using these emerging substances
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Prior to training 94% of participants rated their
knowledge poor/fair
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After training 97% of participants rated their
knowledge good/excellent
Training for Trainers
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4 trainers from statutory and voluntary sector
Identify organisations and teams to cascade
new drugs training
30 Inputs including:
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SAS
Fire Service
Registered Social Landlords
Residential Children's Unit
Emergency Department
Red Cross
Mental Health
Teachers
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Police Prevention Funding
Success in sourcing additional funding
Seminar
 Road shows/Community awareness
events
 Media campaign to advertise events
 Resources
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Drug Trend Forum
Monitor trends, scales and patterns of
new drugs
 Confidentiality
 Two way communication
 Members responsibility to disseminate
information appropriately
 Quick access to information at the hit of
a button
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Monitoring new drugs and trends
SAS
ED
BGH
Police
Pharmacists
Mental
Health
SCEA/Crew
DTMG
YP
Services
Public
Health
Drug/
Alcohol
Services
Service
Users
Prisons
BECS
Fire Service
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Trading
Standards
Where next…….?
“Coming together is a beginning,
Staying together is progress,
but working together is success”
Henry Ford
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Questions
PC Gillian Oliver: 01835 825058
[email protected]
Susan Walker: 01896 825566
[email protected]