Advisory Group on Homelessness and Substance Misuse. (2010) Effective services for substance misuse & homelessness in Scotland: The recommendations of the Advisory Group on Homelessness and Substance Misuse. Glasgow: Scottish Drug Forum.
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The Group makes 12 recommendations for actions covering the two key themes of strategic and organisational responses, and service design and delivery.
It calls for:
* A joint strategic response at national level to be developed
* A joint strategic response at a local level to be developed (responsibility sitting with Alcohol and Drug Partnerships (ADPs)
* Recognition of the importance of investing to save over the long term
* A joint operational response at local level to be developed
* More flexible approaches in rural and island areas
* Service development and commissioning to be based on evidence of good practice
* An individual’s priorities to be the starting point for the design and delivery of services and support
* Ongoing evaluation of services in this field to be managed through the ADP planning and monitoring processes
* Targeted service user participation and involvement to be supported
* Training across homelessness, housing, alcohol and drug fields to be supported in statutory and commissioned services
* The stigmatisation of these populations to be addressed at a local and national level.
VA Geographic area > Europe > United Kingdom > Scotland
MA-ML Social science, culture and community > Social condition > Homelessness
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Health care programme, service or facility
MA-ML Social science, culture and community > Social condition > Homelessness > Homeless services
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