
Projects, events and publications Adfam \| The Alliance \| eATA Projects Adfam Adfam is carrying out the workforce development strand of the Drug Sector Partnership’s work. We are working with Carole Sharma, workforce development consultant, to help build a framework that effectively supports the continued development of a competent and trained family support workforce in the drug and alcohol sector. The first stage of the project has involved mapping the role profiles and qualifications of family support practitioners working in the drug and alcohol sector, as well as the National Occupational Standards (NOS) which inform them. A questionnaire was run for stakeholders to get information on family support organisations and consultations with stakeholder were run in London and Leeds. Using the knowledge gained from these processes, role profiles were drafted for family support work and made available on Adfam’s website. The second stage has involved considering how best to use the new role profiles to help support the sector. We are engaged in talks with the Open University on the developing of a qualification and corresponding accreditation scheme for family support practitioners - as soon as more is known it will be shared. We want all the hard work being done by practitioners to be supported and recognised. If you have any questions on the project please email Oliver Standing at o.standing@adfam.org.uk or call on 020 7553 7656. Adfam update June 2011 Over the past year Adfam has carried out the workforce development strand of the Partnership’s work. We have looked at ways to support the practitioners around the country working hard to improve the lives of families affected by drug and alcohol use. After research and consultation with the sector in 2010 Adfam has developed role profiles (PDF). They are based on National Occupational Standards and have been designed for use by any organisations (statutory, private or voluntary sector) whose staff, (paid or voluntary) work with affected families. We have also produced a guidance briefing (PDF) which provides some background information on the role profiles and how they can be used. We encourage all interested organisations to use the role profiles in their recruitment, supervision and management processes and look forward to hearing any comments, thoughts and feedback on them. You can read more about Adfam’s workforce development project. Adfam also offer a range of training to help meet the workforce development needs of your staff. If you are interested in the training please see Adfam’s training page. The Alliance: Service users and personalisation: The Alliance is leading on service user aspects of the Partnership’s work. The Alliance has consulted on and put forward a proposed set of values, expectations and responsibilities for working with users on the personalisation agenda. In February 2010, 18 half-day consultation events were held across England, nine with service users and nine with other stakeholders. The afternoon session of the Drink and Drug News /Alliance conference held on 4th February was used as a further forum for consultation. More than four hundred people were involved in the consultation events. We looked at attendees’ understanding and perceptions of the personalisation agenda and their hopes and fears about how personalisation will be rolled out. An independent researcher will be producing a report with recommendations on personalisation within drug and alcohol treatment. Recommendations will be fed back to those bodies responsible for overseeing the roll-out of personalisation for drug service users. The findings will inform the Alliance’s future strands of work within the Drug Sector Partnership. Survey from Ken Stringer, Chief Executive, The Alliance - September 2011 As an organisation we're receiving very mixed reports from service users. Some are describing a situation where they are being very assertively asked or even told to consider abstinence as their next goal in treatment. Others are describing refusal of detox or reduction. The one common factor between many of the cases is the service provider or commissioner taking an authoritarian stance - dictating rather than agreeing treatment options with service users. The Alliance believes that the content of treatment provided for substance use is a matter for individual agreement between service users and their clinicians. We understand that service users have a right to access the full range of treatments that can help them improve their quality of life and manage their substance use. The Alliance believes that recovery is a matter of personal choice and that individuals have the right to define what their own recovery looks like, and to access the services that will enable them to achieve this. To help us better understand this, we're trying to get a quick snapshot of people's current experience of drug treatment - particularly in terms of substitute prescribing. We want to use this information to help us provide more effective support to service users in treatment. We would very much appreciate it if people could take some time (there are only a very few questions) and help us by filling this in. Survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ZH8QTQM eATA: Improving Treatment: eATA’s position within the partnership is to represent treatment providers and ensure drug and alcohol treatment remains high on government’s agenda. What is the project intending to achieve? 1. Through a benchmarking exercise establish where we substance misuse treatment is now and what needs to be done. 2. To gauge the preparedness of the sector for change and establish priorities. 3. To provide support, advice and practical help to the sector for dealing with change 4. To act as a two-way conduit of communication between Government and the sector to create a dynamic dialogue for smooth transitions and transformation. 5. To disseminate information to unblock the barriers to an effective journey through treatment for clients Project outputs eATA has held three regional events and an event for Chief Executives as part of the drug sector partnership. Both were very well attended with attendees able to voice their concerns and opinions about the future of drug and alcohol treatment. We also provided a presentation on the Care Quality Commission and raised further awareness of our accreditation scheme and how it complements the new registration requirements from the CQC. We invited our partners to speak at all our events to inform our members about the partnership and also share the work they are doing with members. We have also been carrying out a survey of members including questions on the value of the Partnership project. We will be producing a report at the end of March, the results of which will be shared our partners. The combination of the survey and our events has helped inform our project for the coming year more details to follow.
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Adfam

Adfam is carrying out the workforce development strand of the Drug Sector Partnership’s work. We are working with Carole Sharma, workforce development consultant, to help build a framework that effectively supports the continued development of a competent and trained family support workforce in the drug and alcohol sector.

The first stage of the project has involved mapping the role profiles and qualifications of family support practitioners working in the drug and alcohol sector, as well as the National Occupational Standards (NOS) which inform them. A questionnaire was run for stakeholders to get information on family support organisations and consultations with stakeholder were run in London and Leeds. Using the knowledge gained from these processes, role profiles were drafted for family support work and made available on Adfam’s website.

The second stage has involved considering how best to use the new role profiles to help support the sector. We are engaged in talks with the Open University on the developing of a qualification and corresponding accreditation scheme for family support practitioners - as soon as more is known it will be shared.

We want all the hard work being done by practitioners to be supported and recognised. If you have any questions on the project please email Oliver Standing at o.standing@adfam.org.uk or call on 020 7553 7656.

Adfam update June 2011

Over the past year Adfam has carried out the workforce development strand of the Partnership’s work. We have looked at ways to support the practitioners around the country working hard to improve the lives of families affected by drug and alcohol use.

After research and consultation with the sector in 2010 Adfam has developed role profiles (PDF). They are based on National Occupational Standards and have been designed for use by any organisations (statutory, private or voluntary sector) whose staff, (paid or voluntary) work with affected families.

We have also produced a guidance briefing (PDF) which provides some background information on the role profiles and how they can be used. We encourage all interested organisations to use the role profiles in their recruitment, supervision and management processes and look forward to hearing any comments, thoughts and feedback on them.

You can read more about Adfam’s workforce development project.

Adfam also offer a range of training to help meet the workforce development needs of your staff. If you are interested in the training please see Adfam’s training page.

The Alliance: Service users and personalisation:

The Alliance is leading on service user aspects of the Partnership’s work. The Alliance has consulted on and put forward a proposed set of values, expectations and responsibilities for working with users on the personalisation agenda.

In February 2010, 18 half-day consultation events were held across England, nine with service users and nine with other stakeholders. The afternoon session of the Drink and Drug News /Alliance conference held on 4th February was used as a further forum for consultation.

More than four hundred people were involved in the consultation events. We looked at attendees’ understanding and perceptions of the personalisation agenda and their hopes and fears about how personalisation will be rolled out. An independent researcher will be producing a report with recommendations on personalisation within drug and alcohol treatment. Recommendations will be fed back to those bodies responsible for overseeing the roll-out of personalisation for drug service users. The findings will inform the Alliance’s future strands of work within the Drug Sector Partnership.

Survey from Ken Stringer, Chief Executive, The Alliance - September 2011

As an organisation we're receiving very mixed reports from service users. Some are describing a situation where they are being very assertively asked or even told to consider abstinence as their next goal in treatment. Others are describing refusal of detox or reduction. The one common factor between many of the cases is the service provider or commissioner taking an authoritarian stance - dictating rather than agreeing treatment options with service users.

The Alliance believes that the content of treatment provided for substance use is a matter for individual agreement between service users and their clinicians. We understand that service users have a right to access the full range of treatments that can help them improve their quality of life and manage their substance use. The Alliance believes that recovery is a matter of personal choice and that individuals have the right to define what their own recovery looks like, and to access the services that will enable them to achieve this.

To help us better understand this, we're trying to get a quick snapshot of people's current experience of drug treatment - particularly in terms of substitute prescribing. We want to use this information to help us provide more effective support to service users in treatment. We would very much appreciate it if people could take some time (there are only a very few questions) and help us by filling this in.

Survey:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ZH8QTQM

eATA: Improving Treatment:

eATA’s position within the partnership is to represent treatment providers and ensure drug and alcohol treatment remains high on government’s agenda.

What is the project intending to achieve?

1. Through a benchmarking exercise establish where we substance misuse treatment is now and what needs to be done.
2. To gauge the preparedness of the sector for change and establish priorities.
3. To provide support, advice and practical help to the sector for dealing with change
4. To act as a two-way conduit of communication between Government and the sector to create a dynamic dialogue for smooth transitions and transformation.
5. To disseminate information to unblock the barriers to an effective journey through treatment for clients

Project outputs

eATA has held three regional events and an event for Chief Executives as part of the drug sector partnership. Both were very well attended with attendees able to voice their concerns and opinions about the future of drug and alcohol treatment. We also provided a presentation on the Care Quality Commission and raised further awareness of our accreditation scheme and how it complements the new registration requirements from the CQC. We invited our partners to speak at all our events to inform our members about the partnership and also share the work they are doing with members.

We have also been carrying out a survey of members including questions on the value of the Partnership project. We will be producing a report at the end of March, the results of which will be shared our partners.

The combination of the survey and our events has helped inform our project for the coming year more details to follow.