The Poole Drug and Alcohol Action Team (DAAT) is a cross-agency organisation that commissions substance misuse services in Poole. It comprises of Poole Borough Council, NHS Bournemouth & Poole (the DAAT chair), Dorset Probation, Dorset Police, Job Centre Plus and Poole Service Users Forum. These agencies form the DAAT Executive which oversees the work undertaken by DAAT staff, who report to them regularly. The DAAT staff are currently based within Poole Borough Council Adult Social Care Commissioning and Improvement.

We work closely with treatment providers in Poole to ensure that service users are able to access the treatment they need via the new SMART (Substance Misuse Assessment & Referral Team). We monitor performance to ensure that service providers supply the best quality service. This performance is reported to the DAAT Executive and also to the National Treatment Agency who monitor the performance and standards of substance misuse services in England.

Each year we undertake a Needs Assessment to find out how best to develop services for the people of Poole. This then is used to write a Treatment Plan for the following year. Last year this resulted in a new Carers' Service and a single point of entry to Poole substance misuse services.