Work plan 4.1
Reduce harm from substance use
Objective(s)
Pilot the Planet Youth, Icelandic Prevention Model.
Delivery Team
- Susan Birse
- Vicki Clark (Lead)
- Lindsay Broomfield
- Andrew Kyle
Activities
- Complete the ten steps.
Governance
- Highland Alcohol and Drugs Partnership.
- Integrated Children’s Service Planning Board.
Performance Measures/Outcomes
- Key milestones of ten steps achieved.
Objective(s)
Increase knowledge, skills and confidence to deliver Alcohol Brief Interventions (ABIs) in health social care, and community settings including targeted interventions.
Delivery Team
- Siobhan Leen
- Andrew Kyle
Activities
- Continue to deliver blended ABI training.
- Deliver ABI T4T.
- Monitor and evaluate ABI training.
- Support ABI recording.
- Review the ABI Locally Enhanced Service Agreement.
Governance
- Population Health Programme Board.
Performance Measures/Outcomes
- No of courses delivered and participants trained.
- No of trainers trained to support delivery of training.
- Evaluation/feedback of course increased.
- Number of ABIs recorded.
Objective(s)
Prevention measures within Highland Alcohol and Drugs Partnership Strategy.
Delivery Team
- Cathy Steer (Lead)
- Susan Birse
- Vicki Clark
- Lindsay Broomfield
- Andrew Kyle
Activities
- Complete actions within the strategy including Planet Youth; ABI delivery and the Toolkit.
Governance
- Highland Alcohol and Drug Partnership.
Performance Measures/Outcomes
- TBC
Objective(s)
Improve pregnancy experiences and outcomes of women, their babies and wider families who experience difficulties with drugs and alcohol in North Highland.
Delivery Team
- Cat Clark
- Hazel Inglis
Activities
- Advice and support liaison service for midwives.
- Promotion of evidence-based, trauma-informed, non-stigmatising care in local care pathways.
- Staff training to increase the knowledge, skills and confidence of midwives regarding the impact of drugs and alcohol use in pregnancy, whilst breastfeeding and during the postnatal period.
- Development of resources for staff and service users to support the provision of up-to-date, evidence-based information, for example conversation tools and information leaflets.
- Antenatal Alcohol Brief Intervention (ABI) training for midwives.
- Mapping available services across North Highland.
Governance
- Quarterly reports to the Highland Alcohol and Drugs Partnership (HADP).
- Externally, ABI’s reported quarterly to the Scottish Government.
Performance Measures/Outcomes
- Staff surveys.
- Training attendance and feedback.
- Number of ABI’s carried out.