Alcohol and Other Drugs

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Purpose of the group

The purpose of the group is:

“To support social work and social care responses to people who use alcohol and drugs”.

To achieve this purpose four key areas comprise the group’s focus:

1. To influence strategy at national and local levels in the following areas:

a) Drug and alcohol policy

b) Education of social workers

c) Social work/service led organisations, e.g. Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) and Association of Directors for Children’s Services (ADCS)

​2. To ensure individuals and organisations involved in the areas named above take responsibility for their contribution to improving social work education and practice in relation to alcohol and drug interventions

3. To provide information and resources for social workers

4. To facilitate networking opportunities and information exchange.
 

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Steering group committee

Chair:

  • Sarah Galvani, Assistant Director, Tilda Goldberg Centre for Social Work and Social Care, University of Bedfordshire
     

Committee members:

  • Alex Davis, Suresearch
  • Daisy Bogg Independent Social Worker, AMHP,PhD Student and Managing Consultant, Daisy Bogg Consultancy Ltd
  • Dave Bowditch, Social Care Consultant
  • Denise Tanner, Lecturer in Social Work, University of Birmingham
  • Faye Gayle, Social Worker Haringey Council
  • Fiona Musselwhite
  • Helen Sheppard
  • Melanie Mills
  • Nushra Mansuri
  • Richard McVey
  • Simon Morgan
  • Trevor McCarthy
  • Wulf Livingston, Senior Lecturer in Social Work, Glyndwr University

Advisors:

  • Steve Taylor
  • Rhoda Emlyn-Jones OBE, Social Services Lead Manager, Substance Misuse , Cardiff County Council/ Advisor/ Consultant to Welsh Government Integrated Family Support Services.

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Contacts:

For further information about the work of the SIG email Sarah Galvani or Wulf Livingston

To be added to the mailing list for events and resources please email Sarah Richards

Pocket guides on problematic substance use launched by BASW

BASW’s Special Interest Group (SIG) on Alcohol and Other Drugs has produced five pocket guides to put basic information, hints, tips and reminders literally into the hands of frontline practitioners.

13th December 2012

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BASW Special Interest Group in Alcohol and other Drugs Child Protection and Substance Use

The Durham Centre, Belmont Industrial Estate, Durham, DH1 1TN

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