Transcript Mutual Aid Toolkit Megan Jones Senior Programme Manager

The Mutual Aid Toolkit
Megan Jones and Tony Mercer
Megan Jones
Senior Programme Manager
Alcohol & Drugs Team
Recovery from Addiction Conference
University Of Chester
2nd & 3rd November 2015
National Drug Strategy (2010)
Two overarching aims:
• Reduce illicit and other harmful drug use; and
• Increase the numbers recovering from their
dependence.
“Active promotion and support of local mutual
aid networks such as Alcoholics and Narcotics
Anonymous will be essential.”
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Active promotion and support of mutual aid
• PHE ambition: improve recovery rates from
alcohol and drug dependency
• Commitment to increase effective links between
treatment and mutual aid organisations
• Promote awareness of positive benefits of
mutual aid for those in treatment
• Facilitate service users to access groups of their
choice
• PHE strategic action plan for improving access
to mutual aid produced August 2013
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Why promote it?
• Evidence : MA likely to improve an individual’s
chance of recovery
 Extra effect when combined with structured
treatment
 Continuing support structure reduces rates of
post-treatment relapse
• NICE recommendation: staff should routinely
provide people with information about MA groups
and facilitate access and engagement
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MARG
• Mutual Aid Reference Group - established October 2013
• Bi-monthly meetings – ongoing
• Membership: mutual aid organisations, treatment
providers, commissioners, Public Health England
• Expert advice and guidance on the challenges
of building relationships between mutual aid and
treatment
• Develop and oversee implementation of action
plan
• Contribute to the development of products and
resources
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Objectives
1. Support & improve local understanding of the
availability, gaps and barriers to MA
2. Encourage more people in treatment to access MA
and monitor uptake
3. Support commissioners and service managers to
develop effective local networks
4. Support implementation
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Mutual Aid Toolkit: Old Tools
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MA Toolkit: New Tools in 2015
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The Final Tool: Mutual Aid Framework
Sets out the essential steps to take in
improving the local provision of mutual aid and
its connectivity with structured treatment.
Contains some very practical suggestions for
implementation:
• case file audits to measure whether mutual
aid is discussed in key work sessions
• mutual aid steering group
• mutual aid event
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Resources
Recovery Resources page of the NTA legacy website
www.nta.nhs.uk
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Implementation
• Monitoring & evaluation
• Myths
• Workforce
• Other barriers
• What worked well
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Monitoring & evaluation
• NDTMS
• Number of meetings
• Fellowship surveys
• Building relationships
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Myths
• Religious cult
• Medication/clean-time
• Sexual predators
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Workforce
• Knowledge & understanding
• Attending open meetings
• Job security
• Co-dependency
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Other barriers
• Geography
• Supply & demand
• Re-tendering
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What worked well?
• Local steering groups
• Service specifications
• Staff workshops
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Bio-psycho-social model
Positive social networks
Shares from fellowship members
Health inequalities
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