Suitable for:

Offenders who misuse drugs

Offer:

WDP Waltham Forest offers a Drug Interventions Programme (DIP) service with the aim to engage and support as many drug using offenders as possible into identified treatment. The Waltham Forest DIP team will support clients by identifying their needs and referring to the most appropriate treatment and support service. The team also works with clients whether they are in prison or in the community.
Services available include:

• Comprehensive assessment with a key worker
• Alcohol Treatment Requirement assessment
• Drug Rehabilitation Requirement assessment
• Meet at gates and visiting clients in prison
• Coordination of transfer from prison to community
• Support at court
• Escorting
• Rapid prescribing appointments
• Referral to counselling
• Initial brief interventions where the client has a one-off meeting with a keyworker in a criminal justice setting to discuss their alcohol use and learn about
• safer drinking strategies
• Referral to complementary therapies and structured treatment
• Referral for support with housing and benefits
• Support for clients in applying for detoxification and rehabilitation services, including residential rehabilitation
• Citizens Advice Bureau surgery
• Specialist support from trained practitioners for people with the ‘dual diagnosis’ of mental health and substance use problems, through our Linked In project