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National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse: Whole family support - families and recovery

National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse: Whole family support - families and recovery. Whole family support - families and recovery. Emma Pawson Families and Young People Manager. National Policy Context. Families already key element of new Drugs Strategy and recovery agenda

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National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse: Whole family support - families and recovery

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  1. National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse: Whole family support - families and recovery Whole family support - families and recovery Emma Pawson Families and Young People Manager

  2. National Policy Context • Families already key element of new Drugs Strategy and recovery agenda • The Munro Review calls upon adult services to respond to the needs of the whole family

  3. Parental Substance Misuse • Drugs: 34% clients in drug treatment are living with a child; a further 18% have children not currently living with them • Alcohol: Up to 3 million children live with a dependent drinker • Safeguarding: Alcohol is a factor in 50% child protection cases; drugs and alcohol a factor in three out of four serious case reviews. The adult is often not in treatment. • Offending: 162,000 children have a parent in prison • Poor outcomes: Parental drug misuse doesn’t automatically mean poor parenting, but their children often have poor outcomes • Looked After Children:A sixth of under 18s in treatment are Looked After Children (unpublished data from 1st Quarter of 2011-12)

  4. Bottling it Up: The Next Generation • 2.6 millionchildrenin the UK are living with a parent who drinks at hazardous levels. • Around 33,000 adults who are in treatment for alcohol problems also have parental responsibilities. • Between 2010 and 2011, 12,248 people used Turning Point's alcohol treatment services and nearly half (5,326) were parents, of whom more than a third (1,925) were mothers. • The average alcohol consumption of parents was 30 units per day - 24 for mothers and 33 for fathers. • Turning Point, December 2011

  5. Treatment Completions Parent: 303 day episode on average for planned, 221 day planned. Not parent: 268 day episode on average for planned, 237 day unplanned

  6. Treatment strengthens local safeguarding and family support work • Families with multiple needs require multi agency support to keep children safe and to maximise their life chances • But, multi agency response can only be realised with support of Health and Well-being Boards, DCS, DPH and LCSB • Recovery-focused drug treatment delivered in collaboration with children’s and adult social care reduces safeguarding risks and helps addicted parents stabilise, recover and look after their children

  7. Recovery is the goal • Whole family approach • Build families strengths and resilience to help them thrive in independence and a healthy and safe environment • Have parental status in mind at all times- from early assessment – family assessment tools and care plans , risk assessments • Multi agency response – reduce duplication • Joint work with FIPs • Joint work and pathways with social care • Work with family centres, health visitors, sure start etc • Flexible treatment responses to family needs e.g. parental care plans

  8. Recovery parental treatment options – recovery groups , parenting groups, whole family recovery panels Recovery advocates – peer mentors Change stigma and culture Enhance skills and confidence of workers Family recovery champions Workforce

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