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Mapping the Maze: Services for women experiencing multiple disadvantage in England and Wales

Women’s and men’s experiences of multiple disadvantage are significantly different. Women facing homelessness, substance misuse and contact with the criminal justice system are more likely to have...

Calling Time: Addressing ageism and age discrimination in alcohol policy, practice and research

This report reveals evidence of age discrimination in alcohol policy, practice and research. The findings are based on a survey of professionals, interviews and focus groups with older adults with...

Overwhelming problems damaging children’s well-being: Spotlight on the impact of parents’ alcohol abuse on children

The Children’s Society estimates there are 700,000 young people aged 10–17 with a parent who abuses alcohol, according to analysis undertaken as part of the Good Childhood Report 2017. This is...

Public Involvement in Alcohol Research

In late 2016, Alcohol Research UK initiated a programme of work exploring public involvement in alcohol research. Over the following months, we ran a series of national events with service providers...

Under the spotlight: reviewing police and crime plans for multiple and complex needs, and transition to adulthood

Since the election of the first Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) in November 2012, PCCs have emerged as influential leaders at a local and national level. Faced with the difficult challenge of...

“Like sugar for adults”: The effect of non-dependent parental drinking on children & families

This mixed methods study analysed data generated from a public inquiry, four focus groups, and an online survey representative of the UK population. The survey included linked answers from 997...

State of the Sector 2017: Beyond the Tipping Point

This report was commissioned as part of the work of the Recovery Partnership, by Department of Health as one of a series of “State of the Sector” reports on the drug and alcohol treatment sector in...

Routine Enquiry about Adverse Childhood Experiences Implementation pack pilot evaluation (final report)

Authors: Zara Quigg, Selina Wallis, Nadia Butler A wealth of research has highlighted strong associations between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), including child sexual abuse and exploitation (...

From prison to work

Authors: Graham Durcan, Jonathan Allan and Ian S. Hamilton 72,000 people were released from prison in the UK last year, and roughly 90% will have some form of mental health or substance abuse need...

Leading change: the role of local authorities in supporting women with multiple needs

There are women with multiple needs in contact with, or on the edges of, the criminal justice system in every local authority area. A number of local, regional and national authorities and...

Desperate for a Fix

Heroin and crack cocaine, along with the recent explosion in New Psychoactive Substances, are not only blighting communities but drive as much as 50 per cent of all acquisitive crime, and 70 per cent...

Spotlight on Substance Misuse

Through the Second Generation Project, Revolving Doors Agency works with Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) across the country to help them to develop better service responses for people in the...

Who do u think I am?

A black girl growing up in poverty in Northern Ireland at the height of the Troubles, Annie Yellowe Palma faced almost every kind of disadvantage and discrimination. Now a social worker, she tells...

“Are they shouting because of me?”

Introduction from the Children’s Commissioner, Anne Longfield “They hate the problem, they love the parent” - support worker Much of the research into the impact on children of living in households...

The physical health of people with mental health conditions and/or addiction

This report follows on from an earlier literature review The physical health of people with a serious mental illness and/or addiction: An evidence review (Te Pou o te Whakaaro Nui, 2014). The 2014...

A ‘Whole Council’ Approach to Gambling

The purpose of this guide is to help embed public health and the wider determinants of health into the gambling review policy process being undertaken by local authorities. To that end, it is aimed...

Age 2 to 18: Systems to protect children from severe disadvantage

Author: Ita Walsh I embarked on the groundwork for this report following WAVE’s 2014/15 global research project, funded by the LankellyChase Foundation, to identify (a) whole life course transitions...

Estimating the prevalence of the ‘toxic trio’

This report contains new quantitative analysis by the Children’s Commissioner’s Office (CCO) on the potential numbers of children in England living in households where the ‘toxic trio’ of factors...

Addressing the impact of nondependent parental substance misuse upon children

Authors: McGovern, R., Gilvarry, E., Addison, M., Alderson, H., Carr, L., Geijer-Simpson, E., Hrisos, N. Lingam, R., Minos, D. Smart, D. and Kaner, E. Statement of purpose This review examines the...

Prevention before cure: Securing the long-term sustainability of the NHS

Advances in diagnosis and treatment have meant that as a society we are all living longer. Yet despite average life expectancy increasing for both men and for women, the number of years we spend...

Working together: Helping to support and transform the lives of people affected by drug and alcohol problems

Drinking and drug problems remain, sadly, all too common. While alcohol consumption is falling, too many adults still regularly consume more than they should. It means alcohol misuse is the biggest...

The Children’s Inquiry

Authors: Liz McCulloch, Hardeep Matharu and Paul North As the most widely used illicit drug in the UK, cannabis arguably generates the most debate among the public, politicians and the media. But,...

Jumping through hoops: How are coordinated responses to multiple disadvantage meeting the needs of women?

In 2017, Agenda and AVA published Mapping the Maze, which provided a broad picture of the support that homelessness, substance misuse, mental health and criminal justice services are providing to...

Opioid Substitute Treatment (OST) and risks to children: Good Practice Guide

This guide is developed from two reports produced by Adfam in 2014 and 2015 on Medications in drug treatment: tackling the risks to children. It is designed for any practitioner who comes into...

Information and advice for the families of people living with Hepatitis C

Adfam is the national organisation that works to improve life for families affected by drugs and alcohol. This resource provides helpful information for the families of people living with hepatitis C...

Alcohol, drugs and tobacco: commissioning support pack

Annual guidance on smoking, drinking and drug misuse for commissioners of tobacco control, drug and alcohol services for adults and young people.

Evaluation of the County Lines Pilot Project

Author: Jo Hudek The County Lines Demonstration Pilot Project was funded by the Home Office to test out what might enable vulnerable children to move away from involvement in county lines drug...

National Evaluation of the Troubled Families Programme

In January 2013, Ecorys was commissioned by Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) to lead a consortium providing an independent evaluation of the Phase One Troubled Families...

Adfam discussion paper: Troubled Families Update

The Troubled Families Programme (TFP) was launched in April 2012 as a response to the riots in England in the summer of 2011. It sought to ‘turn around’ the lives of 120,000 ‘troubled families’ in...

Making Places Work for Women: Gender and Systems Change

The most marginalised women in our communities rarely face just one form of disadvantage. Their lives are complex; they experience gendered inequalities and discrimination, usually underpinned by...

Providing a lifeline: effective scrutiny of local strategies to prevent or reduce suicide

Any suicide is a tragedy – not only does it represent a life lost, it has a profound impact on the lives of family and friends who themselves may subsequently need support from statutory health and...

Nitty Drugs & Broken Trust

While a small group in number, the young people in secure settings in England are some of our most vulnerable, and deserve the highest levels of care we can offer. NHS England, looking to understand...

Trafficking and Exploitation Strategy

Human trafficking and exploitation are complex and hidden crimes, as well as abuses of human rights and dignity. Trading adults and children as commodities and exploiting them for profit or personal...

Briefing report on the roundtable on children who go missing and are criminally exploited by gangs

Children and young people who go missing from home or care are at serious risk of being targeted for involvement in gangs, trafficking, criminalisation, sexual exploitation and violence. Recognising...

Smoking, drinking and drug use among hard to reach children and young people; an evidence synthesis report

This rapid review was produced by the Risk Factors Intelligence’s Evidence Synthesis Team for the Public Health England (PHE) Population Health Survey Board. The report examined the prevalence of...

Young People & Gambling 2018

The latest annual survey by the Gambling Commission to explore gambling behaviour among young people in Great Britain found that 14% of 11-16 year olds had spent their own money on a gambling...

Alcohol Framework 2018: Preventing Harm

Updating the 2009 Framework for Action Scotland’s 2009 alcohol strategy, the Framework for Action, is well established. Many of our original actions have been completed, with others continuing and...

Healthy, Happy, Safe?

The British Humanist Assiociation( BHA), like so many other groups and individuals, has long been committed to comprehensive, age-appropriate personal, social, health and economic education (PSHE)...

Young People’s Statistics from the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS): 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017

The statistics in this report present information collected through the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS) about young people under the age of 18 who received specialist substance...

Women Affected by Domestic Violence or Abuse and Someone Else’s Substance Use

This consultation was carried out as the first stage of a project funded by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport’s ‘Tampon Tax’, enabling Adfam to build on earlier work addressing the dual...

Women and girls at risk: Evidence across the life-course

The purpose of this review is to inform a new cross-sector strategic alliance focused on women and girls with complex needs. It reviews the evidence base for the underlying hypotheses of the...

Rights, Respect and Recovery

In the ten years since the publication of Scotland’s previous alcohol and drugs strategies we have seen a lot of positive change. I am proud of the successes achieved over this period, driven by...

Understanding Adolescent Neglect: Troubled Teens: Executive Summary

The Children’s Society has recently begun a comprehensive research programme to explore adolescent neglect. This summary outlines the context for the programme and focuses on the first study on...

The secret middle class abuse

Nicola Barry tells the story of how her mother’s alcoholism blighted her childhood. She believes that her middle class background insulated her family from the scrutiny of social services and that...

The Road Ahead, Substance Use and Child protection: Is a lot of knowledge a dangerous thing?

Presentation by Rhoda Emlyn-Jones OBE, Social Services Manager, Cardiff City Council and Integrated Family Support Service advisor to Welsh Assembly Government at the Child Protection and Substance...

The impact of adverse experiences in the home on the health of children and young people, and inequalities in prevalence and effects

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are situations which lead to an elevated risk of children and young people experiencing damaging impacts on health, or other social outcomes, across the life...

Staying Safe Survey 2009

The main aim of this research is to measure and track parents’ and children’s awareness, attitudes and reported behaviour across the various safety issues covered within the Staying Safe Action Plan...

Burning Injustice: Reducing tobacco-driven harm and inequality

The APPG on Smoking and Health launched this Inquiry to review current action on tobacco control by central Government, local authorities and the National Health Service in a period of tight public...

County Lines Scoping Report, May 2018

Author: Jo Hudek In September 2017, as part of a wider County Lines Demonstration Project led by St Giles Trust with Missing People, the Home Office commissioned national scoping research and...

Attachment-based Practice with Children, Adults and Families

‘We weren’t set up to deal with this’: how councils have responded to county lines

Drug dealing networks' exploitation of young people has exploded into public consciousness – but what are local authorities doing about it, and where do social workers fit in? Community Care has...

Safeguarding the unborn baby where there is parental substance misuse

Presentation by Suzy Kitching at the Child Protection and Substance Use BASW event on the 30th April 2013

Recovery in the Context of Child Protection

Presentation at the BASW event on the 30th April 2013

Roles of Alcohol in Intimate Partner Abuse

There is a consistent link between violence and alcohol consumption. Alcohol was reported to be involved in just over 900,000 violent incidents in 2011/12, and has been noted in between 40 and 50% of...

Parent-Infant Psychotherapy Attacement based Therapy

Presentation from the IFSW European Conference in Edinburgh 7th - 9th September 2015.

Medications in Drug Treatment: Tackling the risks to children - one year on

This ‘One Year On’ report expands upon the findings and recommendations of Adfam’s Medications in Drug Treatment: Tackling the risks to children, published in 2014, and further contributes to the...

Integrated Safeguarding Boards challenges and opportunities

Presentation from BASW's Special Interest Group in Alcohol and Other Drugs, which took place on the 16th September 2015

Chemsex: more than just sex and drugs

This resource provides helpful information for the families, friends and LGBT partners of people engaged in chemsex. Supporting a loved one whose chemsex involvement you are concerned about can be...

All babies count: Spotlight on drugs and alcohol

This is the first in a series of Spotlight papers which build on the findings of the NSPCC report – All Babies Count: Prevention and protection for vulnerable babies which highlighted the pressing...

All babies count: prevention and protection for vulnerable babies

Over recent years, there has been an explosion of new research and understanding about the significance of pregnancy and infancy in laying the foundations for child development. This new knowledge...

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