Youth alcohol & drug day program

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The primary purpose of the Youth Alcohol and Drug Day Program is to support young people that are currently linked or involved in treatment with youth alcohol and drug treatment service/s and to compliment these services in order to provide a pathway for the client to post treatment.

Target group

The target group for the Youth Alcohol and Drug Day Program is any young person aged 14-21 years who may be either linked or involved in treatment with the alcohol and drug treatment sector.

12-14 year olds who are not involved in formal education and therefore do not have access to its support services may access the day program where appropriate.

Referrals to the program will be from Youth Alcohol and Drug Outreach Teams/Workers, Youth Residential Withdrawal, Youth Residential Rehabilitation and other Youth Alcohol and Drug treatment services.

Where appropriate, referral to the day program can be from other health and welfare services in addition to the Alcohol and Drug Treatment sector.
If clients are not engaged in Alcohol and Drug Treatment it is the responsibility of the program to make appropriate referrals for the young person to the Alcohol and Drug treatment sector

Key service requirements:

• Provide short-term life-skills, vocational/employment and recreational based programs to support young people that are currently engaged with a youth alcohol and drug treatment service/s in order to provide a client pathway to post treatment.
  
  
• Provide support and assistance to access services which enhance the client’s capacity for sustained non-drug abusive community living, through relapse prevention, life skills acquisition, counselling, personal care activities and relapse prevention and/or any other services appropriate to their health and welfare needs.
  
  
• Negotiate, in consultation with the relevant A&D clinician, an Individual Treatment Plan with the client.
  
  
• Refer client's carers and families affected by drug use to appropriate support services.

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