Poole Drug Action Team - Working for an even better community

TREATMENT

POOLE ADDICTIONS COMMUNITY TEAM (PACT)

For specialist advise for treatment and substance misuse. This local service provides a wide range of services for the people of Poole whose lives are affected by substance misuse.

Referrals to PACT can be made either by GP referral, referral from other professionals or by self-referral direct to the team. (If a prescribing service is required PACT will require a letter from a GP). This multi-agency approach ensures that service users have the best range of treatment services available.

PACT staff include:
• Nursing Staff
• Pharmacy/GP liaison -
• Social Workers
• Outreach Worker –
• Needle Exchange/Floating Support
• Arrest referral Worker
• Prison Liaison worker
• Families Support worker

SERVICE	PROVISION	AIMS
Surgeries	• Advice, Guidance and Comprehensive Assessment	• To provide easily accessible entry to specialist service • To provide rapid response to clients, carers and professionals
Clinics:	• Group sessions • One to One	• Local service in informal setting Service provision appropriate to need
Drop-ins	• Women Only • Non-opiate/ prescribed/over the counter use • Non structured low threshold	• To provide a safe environment for minority groups to access services • To offer specific interventions to meet the needs of the client • To promote harm minimisation
Floating Support	• One to one sessions • Help and advice for those not in treatment	• To prevent deterioration of users health and/or social circumstances • To help motivate and re-engage users into treatment
Pregnancy Liaison	• High level of support and appropriate intervention	• To promote harm minimisation • To engage clients and , where appropriate, their families in specialist services
Hepatitis B Immunisation	• Client immunisation programme	• To promote harm minimisation
Harm minimisation clinic and needle exchange	• Low threshold service	• To promote harm minimisation • To provide liaison with other services/service providers
Access to in-patient, residential or day care treatment	• Detoxification/residential rehabilitation	• To provide appropriate treatment to meet the individual need of clients
Alternative/complimentary therapies	• Auricular acupuncture/ Reiki/ Yoga etc	• To provide treatment for stimulant users and those requiring complimentary treatments
Arrest Referral Scheme and Prison Liaison work	• Fast access to a range of treatment options/aftercare	• To meet the needs of those in the criminal Justice system
Outreach work	• Support in the Community	• To provide support and access to treatment in the community
Aftercare	• Throughcare and aftercare	• To provide support and access to services for those completing treatment
Supported Housing	• Access to ‘Dry’ accommodation subject to meeting criteria	• Units of supported housing accommodation available for clients with housing needs

The Borough of Poole has welcomed the opportunity to work in partnership with service providers to identify local needs and work towards solutions to effect the delivery of the National Drugs Strategy at a local level. A Drug Action Team Co-ordinator and Joint Commissioning Officer have been appointed to support the Drug Action Team and to develop and commission services to meet the needs of local people. By working with partner organisations a nember of new developments are being implemented:

Work is taking place with the Primary Care Trust and GP's to introduce a system of shared care. Pharmacists are working with the DAT to provide supervised consumption and general health advice. A programme of Hepititis B vaccinations is being introduced through the specialist service.

A Families Support worker is available to provide support to children under 10 years old, who have a parent, carer or sibling that misuse substances.

Supported Accommodation is now available to PACT clients. Access is available to throughcare and aftercare provision

The DAT is committed to continue to work to meet the needs of the people of Poole through the provision of a wide range of treatment and supporting services. Work is taking place with the Bournemouth and Dorset DAT's to introduce 'Models of Care' across the County. Work is taking place to engage clients from GLB and other underserved communities.

Information on local service provision is available in a number of ethnic minority languages and is available at local libraries.

Poole Addictions Community Teams

Civic Centre Annexe
Civic Centre
Poole
BH15 2RT

Tel: 01202 633875
Fax 01202 633634

Practice Manager

Tel: 01202 633826

Poole DAT

Tel: 01202 633635