The first edition of the Leicestershire DAAT and Rutland DAAT Drug & Alcohol Newsletter is now available to download online and includes information on activities currently being conducted by the DAAT and initiatives from our Treatment Providers and Partner organisations.
Workforce
Invitation to Tender:
The LLR Training Consortium are currently inviting expressions of interest to tender, from agencies/individuals who are interested in delivering a range of training courses, to professionals in the drug treatment sector.
The process is being led by the LLR Training Consortium.
The local LLR Workforce Development Partnership have concentrated their efforts in providing a local and regional infrastructure to support attainment of the National Treatment Agency (NTA) 2008 targets for Workforce Development.
Working with the support of the Regional NTA at GOEM the following programmes are now active:
- NVQ 3 (Health and Social Care) and A1 assessor training. The training programme commenced in February 2007.
- A national management training award, from the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) at Level 3 will be available locally from June 07.
- Continuing Professional Development (CPD) pathways for professional groups working in the substance misuse field have undergone a qualification and skills scoping exercise. LLR now offers a number of training opportunities that fit into these pathways.
- LLR has supported the formation of a local training consortium to deliver on a number of training programmes. The consortia will be providing commissioned training from October 2007 with a particular focus on training needs arising from the Models of Care Project.
- Leicester University provide both a Foundation Degree and Certificate, Diploma and Masters Degree in Drug and Alcohol Counselling. See links for details.
- GPs can find further information and access the RCGP Part 1 course in Substance Misuse and CPD opportunities.
- You can find out further details about the activities and programmes above by clicking on the links provided on this page, or by contacting the DAAT Offices on (0116) 2744210 or by emailing info@drugs.org.uk
National Workforce Strategy
Details can be obtained from the National Treatment Agencies (NTA) web site at www.nta.nhs.uk
The specific workforce development pages are at: www.nta.nhs.uk/areas/workforce/default.aspx
Local Strategy
Underpinning the delivery of a high quality local treatment system is an effective and trained workforce, the Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland DAATs (LLR DAATs) oversee a local Workforce Development Group which, during 2006-07, have concentrated their efforts in providing a local and regional infrastructure to support the attainment of the NTA national targets for workforce development.
To see the LLR local Workforce Development Strategy
click here
For details of LLR Workforce Development Group meetings, please contact the DAAT Offices on 0116 2744210, or email
info@drugs.org.uk
East Midlands Regional Workforce Strategy
To obtain further information concerning the work of the East Midlands Regional Group,
click here
You can also download the copies of the Regional Workforce Development newsletter from this source.
LLR supports the Health and Social Care NVQ Level 3 award. The training is undertaken by a College of Further Education and Addaction in Derby.
The competences required for Health and Social Care within the substance misuse field are derived from the Drug and Alcohol National Occupational Standards framework or DANOS. For further details of DANOS and occupational standards in general go to:
www.skillsforhealth.org.uk.
For further details of the ILM and its national accredited awards go to:
For further details click below:
LLR in conjunction with Leicester Medical School offers the Royal College of General Practitioner (RCGP) Part I course in Drug Misuse. You can access further information about this course and others by going to
www.le.ac.uk/msce/ProfessionalDevelopment/index.html and selecting the appropriate box on the right hand side of your screen.
Please note the RCGP Part 1 requires delegates to complete E- Learning Modules. The RCGP Substance Misuse Part 1 E-Learning Modules have been moved to a new system at Doctors.net.
The new link to access the e-modules is
www.doctors.net.uk/rcgpeducationThe Communinity Alcohol and Drug Services in conjunction with Leicester Medical School also runs a successful MSc in Drug and Alcohol Counselling.
'Lets Build' is a training programme run by commissioned by Nottinghamshire County DAAT. There are limited places available to individuals from across Leicestershire to attend these training programmes. Please click on the following links for further details:
The treatment of drug users in shared care arrangements is well rehearsed within LLR. This treatment modality is mediated by an agreed protocol. Treatment expertise and risk is shared between primary care and a specialised drug service. This usually involves some arrangement for specialist drug workers having close and regular contact with drug users and their GP. Use the links provided to find out more information and background to Shared Care activity in LLR.
LLR Shared Care Monitoring Group
· Dates of future meetings are available in the Meetings and Events section
Training opportunities for Primary Care (links with Workforce Development in training)
· Click here for the RCGP Part 1 brochure
· National info about NES (Nationally Enhanced Services) and LES (Locally Enhanced Services)
· CPD opportunities
· Important links
Clinical Governance Forum
Regional Developments in Primary Care
The East Midlands National Treatment Agency have recently set up a Primary Care Leads group, which meets on a quarterly basis at the Government Office East Midlands in Nottingham. The purpose of these meetings is to:
- increase the capacity of good quality primary care drug treatment
- facilitate information exchange
- share good practice, and analyse the impact of future policy and developments in the field
- build a picture of primary care drug treatment services in the East Midlands region
If individuals are interested in attending these meetings, please contact the East Midlands NTA Regional Office on 0115 971 2738.
