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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.


Item Type
Report
Publication Type
International, Report
Drug Type
All substances
Intervention Type
General / Comprehensive, Treatment method, Harm reduction, Rehabilitation/Recovery
Date
10 February 2010
Pages
11 p.
Publisher
Scottish Drug Forum
Corporate Creators
Advisory Group on Homelessness and Substance Misuse
Place of Publication
Glasgow
ISBN
978-1-903483-07-7
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Accession Number
HRB (Electronic Only)
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