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The following are Projects and Services offered by the WGCADA centres
at Bridgend, Neath, Port Talbot and Swansea. Please click for more
information.
BAS Service
The Bridgend Assessment Service is a partnership between Bro Morgannwg Trust, Bridgend County Borough Council and WGCADA. The aim of the service is to improve access to specialist services such as prescribing, counselling, detoxification and rehabilitation.
The BAS provides a service for adults (aged 18 to 65) living within Bridgend County Borough who are experiencing problems with alcohol or drug use.
DIP/CJIT
With Neath, Port Talbot and Bridgend. This is a new initiative by the Home Office and the Welsh Assembly Government. The purpose of this service is to break the cycle of Drug misuse and offending. A Tier 2 13 week intervention with limited prescribing to address substance misuse and reduce the risks of re-offending.
DRR
The DRR Centre is a Joint Partnership between WGCADA and the South Wales Probation Service to deliver the Drug Rehabilitation Requirement ordered by the Courts. An intensive intervention with clinical input offering 3 levels of commitment low (1hr) medium (8hrs) and high (15hrs) weekly.
These orders must be complied with to avoid breach proceedings.
Anger
Management
Information about the WGCADA Anger Management course.
Arrest
Referral
Focused on the point of entry to the criminal justice system,
the scheme aims to target problem alcohol and/or drug using arrestees
and refer them to appropriate treatment. The main objective of
the scheme is to help alcohol and/or drug users break their cycle
of substance misuse and crime as early as possible.
CARAT
workers
Focussed at the point of entry to the Prison System but also
available throughout the sentence term for individual prisoners
who wish to address drug and alcohol related problems. The scheme
provides an initial assessment that leads to a Care Plan that
helps Prisoners access all interventions and treatment programmes
available to them in the Prison system.
Community
Support
The scheme aims to support those individuals whose substance
misuse is chaotic and/or health is too poor for them to access
services independently.
Domestic
Violence
The aim of this post is to reduce drug related crime, particularly
where domestic violence or the fear of such violence results from
drug misuse.
DOMINO
The Domino Project was established at WGCADA in 1997, and provides
any recovering or chemically dependent individuals the opportunity
to become part of a worthwhile and productive learning experience.
Elderly
and Disabled worker
WGCADA's Elderly and Disabled worker is based in Neath Port Talbot.
It is funded by the Welsh Assembly Government Alcohol and Drug
Treatment Fund and is the only post of its kind in the area.
Family
Therapy
Clients are offered one-to-one counselling and/or support, enabling
them to make effective positive decisions about their lives, whilst
retaining a balanced degree of care towards their family or friend.
Needle
Exchange
Needle Exchange was started in 1987 and it is in place to help
to prevent the spread of blood borne infections from sharing needles
and paraphernalia. We also offer safer injecting advice and health
awareness.
Outreach
worker
The scheme is funded to provide advice, information and support
to users of any age, gender and ethnicity in their local communities.
The scheme is offered to anyone who has or is in contact with
substance misuse problems.
Probation
and Prison services
WGCADA has along term partnership agreement with the National
Probation Service of England and Wales and provides a range of
assessment and treatment interventions for offenders. interventions for offenders, as part of their community rehabilitation orders.
SMART
The purpose of SMART is to simplify referral pathways into treatment
/ support agencies, to ensure that potential clients are placed
with the appropriate agency to best meet their needs and to improve
communication between referrer and agencies.
SPARC
The Swansea Prison Addiction Rehabilitation Centre, a Prison Partnership Twelve Step Programme between WGCADA, HMP Swansea and the Probation Service delivering the newly accredited Prison Parntership 12 Step Drug Rehabilitation Programme, in conjunction with HMP Dartmoor, HMP Lancaster Castle and HMP Earlstoke.
The Pad
“The Pad” is a separate young people’s drug and alcohol service that offers free, confidential advice, information and support to young people under the age of 21.
Tenancy
Support
A partnership scheme between WGCADA and the City and County of
Swansea to provide intensive 'floating' support for people who
have alcohol or drug misuse issues.
Young
Persons worker
This is a separate young peoples drug and alcohol service, offering
free confidential advice and information and support to young
people under the age of 21, who want drugs or alcohol information
or who are expressing problems as a result of using drugs / alcohol.
YOT
This service is possible via funding from the Youth Justice Board. WGCADA works in Partnership with Neath Port Talbot and Bridgend YOT to deliver a confidential advice and support service for young people with substance misuse issues on orders with the YOT.
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