Drug Aware is an intervention providing schools with resources and support by involving “whole school communities”, which includes young people, parents/carers, teachers and other school staff, as well as partners such as drug services and the police.

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Implementing an integrated response to Drug
and Alcohol Issues
• Who is our client group/s?
• How do we know what the need is?
• Do we know what works?
• Setting outcomes
• Measuring impact
• Monitor and review
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Who is our client group/s?
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How do we know it is an issue?
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Why address drugs and alcohol in schools?
DfE Drug Advice for Schools 2014
“education is one of the most effective ways of preventing drug and
alcohol misuse. It should:
-provide accurate information on drugs and alcohol through drug
education
-should be part of a well-planned programme of PSHE education
-tackle problem behaviour in schools
-Give staff should have access to high quality training and support.”
OFSTED explicitly look for how school support young people to
address risk in SMSC inspections

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Why address drugs and alcohol in schools?
DfE Drug Advice for Schools 2014
“Some young people are more at risk of developing substance misuse problems than
others…
Such groups of young people at risk require a more targeted approach to help prevent
drug or alcohol misuse.”
“Exclusion should not be the automatic response to a drug incidents and permanent
exclusion should only be used in serious cases. Schools can have a key role in
identifying pupils at risk of drug misuse. The process of identifying needs should aim to
distinguish between pupils who require general information and education, those who
could benefit from targeted prevention, and those who require a detailed needs
assessment and more intensive support”.

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What are Priority Issues…
…Different perspectives – same goals?
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Cost Benefits of Early Intervention
Financial Savings on:
Exclusions per child per year £15,000
Treatment: per young person average intervention £40,000
£1 spent = £5 saved
Social Savings:
Increased attendance
Improved attainment
Reduced criminalisation
Reduction in assistance and staffing
More resilient young people
Improved outcomes for young people
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Part 2
Putting it into practice
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Particpation
and
Engagement
Establish
Need
Respond
to need
Measure
impact
Policy
Education
Support
for VYP
Partnerships
Community
Establishing a Dynamic Process
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The multi component approach
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• School Drug Policy development
• Planned and evaluated drug education programme
• [Better] use of baseline data
• CPD
• Community involvement
• Improved partnership working
• Better safeguarding and early identification/early
help processes
• Alternatives to exclusion for DA incidents
• Accreditation and verification
DrugAware Programme Supports…
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DrugAware Evidence
QualitativeQuantitative
Moderated
DataVibe Survey
Referrals
Training interval
measures
DataVibe Survey
Documentry
Photographic
Observation
Cross Reference
Discussion
Against criteria

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Adults Children and Young People
Drug and Alcohol / PH Commissioning
Young
Carers
YP In known
settings
Parents and families NEETS
Hidden Harm
Services
Assessment
pathway / tools
Mainstream
and target
education
Hidden Harm
Services
YPDAS
Retaining
inclusion
Awareness
raising
Policy EthosPartnership and Participation
Culture
change
More Resilient
young people
Better Referrals
Better
outcomes
Overall commissioning structure
Drug and Alcohol
Treatment
Drug
Education and
Prevention
Early Help
Treatment
Early Identification
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• Effective Partnership umbrella
• Builds communities of practice
• Ensures complete approach
• Is measurable and monitored
• Is very cost effective
• Is embedded in existing resources
• Can be externally or internally verified
• Provides clear data for further commissioning/
JSNAs etc
World Class Commissioning
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• Quality Assurance (can be applied in multiple environments)
• Online environment: allows addition of remote planning and
validation
• Moderation visits – existing PH / health promotion/education/PSHE
specialists
• Training within central training team and healthy schools
• DataVibe online baseline, planning and evaluation surveys for
curriculum provided – also includes data for furture commissioning
• Nominated school drug worker within existing service
• Provides options for plugging into safeguarding – eNgage Toolkit
• Can be remotely monitored by CDP (commissioners)
Commissioner Friendly Resources
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Testimonial
Jamie Pennycott, Southend-on-Sea Drug and Alcohol Commissioning Team (DACT)
We were attracted by the “off-the-shelf” nature of the
DrugAware scheme, which provided not just a full suite of
quality development and educational resources and excellent
training, but also a clear set of practice standards which schools
would work towards.
Alongside these, tools such as the anonymised online student
survey provide schools with the ability to effectively audit the
likely needs among their students while also providing us as
commissioners with a much greater insight into the local young
people’s substance misuse profile than we have had previously.
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From our perspective, the cost of investing in DrugAware is
significantly less than the cost of an average adult’s specialist
treatment journey, so if the scheme is effective in diverting at
least one person from future substance misuse then it more than
pays for itself.
we chose not to recoup the cost from schools but even then it would not be
prohibitive to them at less than £200 per school)
The initial findings (using the proxy indicators such as increased
referral for early intervention and increased resilience skills in
young people) are very promising and we have re-commissioned
the scheme at only 20% of the initial license for a further 2 years,
receiving regular updates to ensure we remain current through
our own web portal as part of the commission.
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I would highly recommend any
commissioning body or implementing
measures in schools (or individual
organisations or groupings) to use this
programme.
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DrugAware Programme:Engagement
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2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
on board prim
on board sec
on board SEN
on board PRU
Reaccreditation Rate (of those engaged)
• Primary 96%
• Secondary 85%
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Independent Recognition for DrugAware
Handout
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Findings and Data from the
DrugAware Programme
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Overall Comparison
‘DrugAware’ Schools (whole school programme) 31.11%
Other Schools (curriculum only) 28.22%
DrugAware Findings
The DATA – how it is collected with DataVibe Survey
• Overall ‘desirable answers’ identified for whole key stage
• Single Y5 or Y9 groups baseline programme
• Use data as
• A. Benchmark to design learning for whole key stage
• B. Identify key learning for next cycle Y5/9
• Follow up on identified learning for Y5/9 (expect roughly third of
outcomes (33%) to be covered after programme in any year division
• Follow up focuses on learning components for the test year
• Remaining learning outcomes spread across Key Stage as appropriate

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Primary Phase
Secondary Phase
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Caffeine
use every
day
Intention to
smoke - not
at all
satisfaction
with
programme
never been
drunk
heard of
drug
services
confidence
to refuse
alcohol
confidence
to refuse
drugs
before
after
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10
20
30
40
50
60
70
Alcohol use Want to quit
smoking
Cannabis "I
used to /
stopped"
heard of
drug
services
satisfaction
with
programme
confidence
to refuse
alcohol
confidence
to refuse
drugs
before
after
Snapshot of some key indicators*

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Improved early identification / help

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Educational ‘soft skills’ Data
Consider situation risky 46% < 62%
Sample responses: follow up
• set the house on fire
• The smoke could go into the children's lungs, and cause cancer.
• second hand smoking-cancer
Consider situation risky 32% < 45%
• Sample responses: Follow up
• because you might get a needle in you
• get pricked by a siyringe
Primary data: Year 6
Consider situation risky 45% < 55%
• Sample responses: Follow Up
• could drink alcohol
• They might not know what the drink is or what is in it.
Consider situation risky 19% < 26%
Sample responses: Follow Up
• she is spraying a lot of deodrent and there are no windows
open she could breath it in
• She might inhale the solvent.

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Increase in mention of risks
STD/STI
unprotected sex
do things they regret.
drunk - not give consent [rape]
Perception of Risk
Definitely 14 – 17%
Possibly 36 – 42%
Perception of Risk
Definitely 34 – 41%
Possibly 26 – 28%
Increase in mention of risks
Mugging or robbing
Attacked /beaten /shanked
Accidents
Secondary data: Year 9
Increase in mention of risks
Rape / sexual assault
Be a target / distracted
Vulnerable
Perception of Risk
Definitely 31 – 39%
Possibly 24 – 28%

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Success breeds success..
Using DrugAware
to develop
Communities of Practice
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Review and Onward Development
– Ngage Toolkit / eNgage Online/ with referral
integration
– Development of Tutor Time secondary materials
– PSHE Association Accreditation
– Development of targeted programmes and material
with partners
– DrugAware Associate Programme
– Partnership operational planning meetings
– Shared verification/monitoring with partners
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• Full corporate to small group/individual DrugAware
Programme Packages (incl all resources and licenses for
online tools)
– Materials for each component including classroom resources,
presentations, comms, engagement etc
– License for DataVibe drug surveys for all participating schools
– Parent interventions
– Web portal news and updates
– Personalised webportal for corporate contracts
– Training materials / T.T.T.
– A plaque on accreditation and certificates or plaque artwork for
corporate packages
– All branded materials and quality mark artwork for publicity
leaflets and promotional materials
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DrugAware Findings: Primary
1. Not at all likely to smoke in the future
2. Will get no respect for smoking from mates
3. What do you think of the information and advice you get on alcohol?: (Resp – Good enough)
4. What do you think of the information and advice you get on drugs?: (Resp – Good enough)
5. Identify sources of support: School nurse
Primary data: Year 6
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Followup
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1. Identify sources of support: YP drug
2. Identify sources of support: School counselor
3. Number who would ‘not touch and tell adult’ if they found something that could be a drug
4. Confidence to handle situation / refuse offer of smoking (resp “ very confident”)
5. Confidence to handle situation / refuse offer of alcohol (resp “ very confident”)
6. Confidence to handle situation / refuse offer of drugs (resp “ very confident”)
Primary data: Year 6
DrugAware Findings: Primary
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10
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30
40
50
60
70
1 2 3 4 5 6
Base
Followup
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