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