have only been available to contact former clients by phone during conventional Monday to Friday working hours, and Orkney Islands Council’s telephone system shows outgoing calls as “no number” to recipients, who are often then wary of answering. Nevertheless, 2013, a body of 75 post-CPO questionnaires has been amassed, creating a useful bank of information from which the following statistics have been drawn; For Clients who have been required to perform Unpaid Work Only; From 41 completed questionnaires; Did the information you were given at the start of your Unpaid Work tell you what you needed to know? Yes – 41 No - 0 (100%) Do you think the Unpaid Work was worthwhile? Yes – 40 No – 1 (97.5%) Did you get good support from the Community Payback Supervisors? Yes – 40 No – 1 (97.5%) Do you that the work that you did benefited the community? Yes – 40 No – 1 (97.5%) Many of the clients contacted also provided comments on the work that they had done, including examples such as “I was so proud when they opened the rooms we had decorated by cutting a ribbon”, “I carried on volunteering at the charity where I worked since I finished my hours”, and “It felt good knowing that folk going there could go and have a sit down and look at the view – they couldn’t if we hadn’t made the benches”. For Clients subject to Social Worker “Offender Supervision” Requirements; From 34 completed questionnaires; Were you given enough information about supervision at the start of the Order? Yes – 33 No – 1 (97%) Were you treated with respect? Yes – 34 No – 0 (100%) How would you describe the relationship with your Criminal Justice Social Worker(s)? (Scored between 5, Very Good, and 0, Poor)
naloxone programme for people at risk of opiate overdose, including those on release from prison. local needle exchange service are offered the Take Home Naloxone kit (where applicable) Ensure that 100% of individuals / family members on a replacement opiate therapy are offered THN. Offer kits to 100% of people released from prison with a history of opiate use. and prescriber of THN. All local GP’s are aware that THN can be prescribed to those at risk of opiate overdose. Consider local ICP to ensure that all GP’s prescribing opiate replacement therapies also offer THN as a matter of course. Offer Take Home Naloxone training and awareness session to relevant individuals/groups e.g. Housing & Homelessness, Street Pastors etc. Naloxone Trainers and distributers. Two THN kits distributed in 2016/17. Total of 11 kits distributed locally since the programme was rolled out. Low prevalence rates of opiate users locally therefore low numbers of kits distributed. Intake form at Needle Exchange Service revised to ensure that individuals are offered THN if opiate users. Additional THN training awareness sessions provided to Housing Staff, Women’s Refuge and Street Pastors but not kits supplied to date. Liaison with Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to improve communication to ensure those most at risk of overdose are offered THN upon returning to Orkney however this has proved very difficult as prisoners are
Ensuring a proactive and planned approach to responding to the needs of prisoners affected by problem drug and alcohol use and their associated through care arrangements, including women Produce local, accurate data sources regarding prisoner whereabouts. Produce local protocol/information pack so that prisoners returning to Orkney are aware of the local services provided. Undertake local Data gathering exercise regarding prisoner whereabouts. Liaise with SPS and local community justice authority regarding information being provided to individuals about the services on offer in Orkney. A meeting was arranged in September 2016 to meet with Robert Strachan of Scottish Prison Service on his recent trip to Orkney however this didn’t materialise due to adverse weather. A follow up was arranged and it was agreed that a message would be sent to all prisons to make them aware of the services in Orkney and the contacts for prison release in the interim until the local protocol / information pack is produced. A new Community Justice Partnership now in place in Orkney and ADP is a member of this group. Improving identification of, and preventative activities focused on, new Create evidence base of local knowledge on the use and trends of NPS in Orkney. Work with local Police and A&E to communicate local trends and information regarding NPS provide NPS Total of 272 people trained locally from training commencement in 2013.
psychoactive substances (NPS). In partnership with the Police and local service providers offer information and deliver training to at least 40 people per year. NPS prevention and harm reduction incorporated in two awareness raising events locally. training and awareness sessions across the county including to specific groups such as school teachers (including those on the remote outer islands). Bespoke training developed from the Crew 2000 training delivered to a total of 64 people over 2016. Slightly less than 2015 where 92 people were trained, this was a result from the reduced capacity in staff availability to deliver training. NPS community survey launched on 2nd November will remained open until 4th December 2015. A full report was published providing local baseline data. A revised training programme to be offered in 2017/18 incorporating a general drugs awareness following evidence of need from evaluation forms. Raising public awareness via local events and social media particularly around the New NPS Act (2016). Since the new Psychoactive Substances Act (2016) there has been a marked reduction in the local prevalence rates for NPS including Police seizures and admittances to A&E. ADP Co-ordinator attended ‘Chemsex’ event via video conference to inform of developing trends. Ypeople Y-talk is a counselling service, funded by Orkney Alcohol and Drugs Partnership (OADP), which helps support children and young people as well as students attending Orkney College. It provides support for issues such as anxiety, stress, depression, relationships, alcohol and drugs, feeling down, self-harm, not coping, feeling alone, bullying, eating disorders, anger, loss, low self-esteem or confidence or anything else that might be causing distress.