Transcript Co-ordinating action on drug issues A Service User Perspective

Co-ordinating action on drug issues
A Service User
Perspective
More than a Methadone prescription.?
A one-day conference on ‘wraparound’
drug services
The Teacher Building Thursday
November 2007
Co-ordinating action on drug issues
SDF UI Model
 Overall aim of improving
services
 Recruitment of stable service
users through treatment and
care services
 Individuals recruited who are
interested in helping improve
service quality
 Trained in survey/interview
techniques
Co-ordinating action on drug issues
SDF UI Model
 Agree on subject areas to
explore – dictated by group
members interests/current
policy priorities
 Undertake surveys
 Present findings
 Seek service changes
following survey findings
Co-ordinating action on drug issues
SDF UI Projects
 Glasgow
 Edinburgh
 Highland
 Lanarkshire
 Perth and Kinross
Co-ordinating action on drug issues
National UI
Research
 National UI Meeting
 Area of Work Decided
Co-ordinating action on drug issues
Aim
 To explore non medical supports
that service users receive which
help them to sustain their recovery
with a view to helping them move
on with their lives beyond
substance misuse
Objective
 To identify and evaluate the
supports that service users receive
to help them maintain and sustain
their recovery, particular emphasis
was placed on housing,
employability, advice and
information and personal
development
Co-ordinating action on drug issues
Methodology
 Structured questionnaires
 200 Interviews across Glasgow
Edinburgh, Highland and Perth and
Kinross
Co-ordinating action on drug issues
The Story So Far…..
 85 Completed Interviews
 30 Female
 55 Male
 60 Service Users currently on a
substitute prescription
Co-ordinating action on drug issues
Non Medical Supports
Received
 Drug and Alcohol Advice and
Information
 Counselling
 Confidence and Self Esteem
Building
 Peer Support
 Relapse Prevention Techniques
Co-ordinating action on drug issues
Non Medical Supports
Required
 Help with Housing Benefit and
Council Tax Arrears
 Money/Finance Advice and
Information
 Accessing Volunteer Work
 Accessing Education/Training
 Accessing Furniture Projects
Co-ordinating action on drug issues
Summary
 National User Involvement led
research across the whole of
Scotland
 Emerging Themes
Co-ordinating action on drug issues
Final Report March 2008
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