[Sunderland YJS (2025)]
Outlines Sunderlan’s approach to substance misuse, involving a drug & alcohol link worker in targeted youth services. [From the Youth Justice Board’s Resource Hub].
Keywords: young people, substance misuse
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The lived experience of drug testing and Incentivised Substance Free Living wings
The lived experience of drug testing and Incentivised Substance Free Living wings
Support for Veterans
Support for Veterans
[North West Probation (2024)]
Kathy Biggar Trophy submission: a 6 session group work programme for veterans on probation – focusing on issues such as substance misuse, trauma, reintegration, and employment skills.
Keywords: veterans, peer support
Lancashire Release Booklet
Lancashire Release Booklet
[North West Probation (2024)]
Kathy Biggar Trophy submission: the Lancashire Release Booklet is a booklet – published in four languages – distributed to prisons releasing people back into the area, and includes details of all the available services in the area, for prisoners to use in planning for, and after, their release.
Keywords: health, substance misuse, resettlement
Family Drug and Alcohol Courts
Family Drug and Alcohol Courts
[Centre for Justice Innovation (2021)]
Briefing providing an overview of the family drug and alcohol courts model and current implementation.
Keywords: substance misuse
Children’s Safeguarding Lead
Children’s Safeguarding Lead
[North West Probation (2024)]
Kathy Biggar Trophy submission: the St Helen’s and Moseley Multi Agency Safeguarding Hubs (MASH) bring together all the main organisations concerned with safeguarding children in the area, including substance misuse and housing services, the police vulnerable persons unit, social services, and probation – St Helen’s PDU have appointed a full-time probation officer, supported by an administrator, as a single point of contact (SPOC) for the PDU with both hubs.
Keywords: safeguarding, young people
Understanding and Preventing Drug-related Deaths, and Encouraging Treatment Uptake, after Release
Understanding and Preventing Drug-related Deaths, and Encouraging Treatment Uptake, after Release
[Prison Service Journal (2022)]
Article on preventing post release drug related deaths, and encouraging engagement in treatment.
Keywords: substance misuse
Effective practice guide – substance misuse
Effective practice guide – substance misuse
[HMI Probation (2021)]
Report based on a joint thematic review, on ensuring effective support for with people with substance misuse issues in community settings.
Keywords: substance misuse
The lived experience of opioid users in prison
The lived experience of opioid users in prison
[Russell Webster (2023)]
Summary of research into the experiences of heroin users in prison.
Keywords: substance misuse
Substance misuse – evidence base (youth justice)
Substance misuse – evidence base (youth justice)
[HMI Probation (2023)]
Summary of evidence base in relation to substance misuse, as it relates to youth justice settings. [From HMI Probation’s Research & Analysis collection].
Keywords: young people, substance misuse