| Schools Drugs Advisor |
Schools Drugs Advisor
Geographical Area: Wolverhampton
Age Range Min: 4
Age Range Max: 16
Gender Specific: no
| Culturally Specific: no
Method of Access: All schools including some Nursery classes. There is specific targeting of schools with 20%+ fsm (free school meals) as part of the Healthy Schools initiative. through their school or PRU
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| Description |
The Schools Drugs Advisor is able to offer training for teachers on all issues relating to drugs education and awareness together with support in policy development, drug related curriculum delivery, incident management & Protective Behaviours procedures.
Part of the role of the advisor is to bid for funding for projects where it has been identified there is a gap in drugs education. The advisor also runs the Drug Education Support Group for teachers and professionals working with young people. This group includes member from: the Subs team (young persons substance misuse service), PRU's, YMCA Triangle Project, CDI (Community Drug initiative) for BME groups and Social Services Residential settings). If areas of issue are identified and cannot be resolved within the group, then the Advisor will bid for funding.
Although most of the work carried out by the Drugs advisor affects young people up to the age of 16, work is also undertaken in 6th forms and PRU's. |
| Objectives |
| Healthy Schools targets and Home Office aims and objectives (via the DAT) + aims of Outputs (Key performance indicators). Each project will however have its own set of aims and objectives. |
| Staff Profile |
| 1 Drugs worker as part of a Healthy Schools Team. |
| Linked Organisations |
| Links with other professionals through the Drug Education Support Group |
