Market Engagement of Harm Reduction and Prevention Services

The provider will need to provide a flexible trauma informed approach to ensure that residents are able to access substance misuse services appropriate to their needs. It is key that within the offer specialist elements are delivered and that there is a targeted offer to those with complex needs and most at risk of harm. The new services will also need to recognise and support mental health needs of its service users. The current contracted services are well embedded in a wider network of substance misuse service provision with longstanding collaborative and integrated relationships. It will be essential that partners and existing user groups are involved in co-producing services in line with H&F’s own expectations of a strengths-based approach to health and social care. The following core elements will need to be included as part of the service offer: • recovery focussed drug and alcohol open access services. • access to detox and rehab placements • recovery focussed drug and alcohol open access services. • access to detox and rehab placements • harm reduction services including blood borne virus provision and needle exchange. • prescribing, community detox, psychosocial interventions. • criminal justice workers for courts and police stations and Integrated Offender management support • Education Training and Employment service • targeted workers to support joint work with Children and Family Services and the Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) partnership. • outreach/in-reach – street outreach with partners and in-reach to hostels. • Novel psychoactive substances pathways and support including specialist support for men who have sex with men (MSM) • resident access to an innovation fund. • Hospital substance misuse liaison • Support for GP Shared Care Service • Groupwork • A targeted smoking pathway – This will include smoking cessation services for those at higher health risks: women smoking during pregnancy, adults with complex dual diagnosis issues. In addition, supporting prison healthcare services in delivering targeted interventions for the prison population

The service will provide an integrated holistic wellbeing offer of advice and support for young people specialising in issues of substance use, sexual health and relationships. The service will also provide, where necessary, access to clinical sexual health services for young people via an external clinical provider as well as specialist substance misuse treatment from within this service. Core elements of the service will include: • a tier 2 offer via short term focussed key working • a tier 3 offer via committed goal-oriented care plans reportable to NDTMS • access to clinical sexual health services via external clinical providers, as well as specialist substance misuse treatment from within this service. • wider training support to linked professionals • engagement activities with YP and linked professionals • stop smoking support • virtual on-line safety and risk awareness support for young people • a peer mentoring programme