Culturally Sensitive Substance Misuse Service

This centre will provide a range of culturally sensitive services and interventions for adults at risk or in need of substance misuse treatment and recovery services in the borough.

This new provision will be delivered to compliment those currently commissioned through existing core substance misuse treatment and recovery services currently delivered via Change Grow Live, providing an alternative access and intervention offer. Services will be delivered in a culturally sensitive manner, prioritising faith and culture within BAME and other marginalised communities as part of the Mayors Priority Projects.

This centre will aim to provide the following core services:

Addressing stigma and promoting services:

Deliver and facilitate awareness-raising about the service and alternative treatment options in the borough to attract more users into treatment.

Deliver training as part of a borough wide schedule to share good practice within the borough and work in partnership with other treatment providers.

Recovery and Treatment Interventions:

Flexible access including evening and weekend services.

Screening and assessments including screening using Audit C

Harm reduction advice and information, including Naloxone, to both injecting users and their significant other/s

Drop-in advice and information services

Brief Interventions and advice around alcohol and if appropriate referral on to the alcohol service

Groupwork programmes and 1:1 keywork sessions

Access to Blood Borne Virus (BBV) screening and vaccination via BBV nurses.

Facilitate access to inpatient and residential services.

Women only space

Abstinence based recovery approaches.

Sustained recovery:

Peer mentors, service user groups and co-production

Culturally sensitive fellowship meetings

Services to concerned family members, friends, and significant others

Life skills kitchen

It is important to highlight, that whilst the centre will serve a culturally sensitive approach towards the needs of BAME substance users, it will also offer a safe space for families, carers, and significant others to receive support.