{"id":8173,"date":"2020-11-25T11:02:10","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T10:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/GirfecFalkirk\/?page_id=8173"},"modified":"2026-03-10T14:11:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T14:11:09","slug":"substance-use-support","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/fvpp\/forth-valley-public-protection\/substance-use-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Substance Use Support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Forth Valley Alcohol &amp; Drug Partnerships (ADPs) have adopted a tiered approach to understanding and responding to substance related problems in Forth Valley. The approach includes all illegal drugs; alcohol; tobacco; solvents &amp; gases, over-the-counter medicines and those prescribed that are commonly not used as directed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>SERVICE DIRECTORY<\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8195\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/fvpp\/forth-valley-public-protection\/substance-use-support\/adp-service-directory\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/fvpp\/uploads\/sites\/9924\/2020\/11\/14154546\/ADp-Service-Directory.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"341,478\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Jude Breslin&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1606319069&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ADp Service Directory\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/fvpp\/uploads\/sites\/9924\/2020\/11\/14154546\/ADp-Service-Directory-214x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/fvpp\/uploads\/sites\/9924\/2020\/11\/14154546\/ADp-Service-Directory.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-8195 size-medium alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/fvpp\/uploads\/sites\/9924\/2020\/11\/14154546\/ADp-Service-Directory-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"Forth Valley ADP Service Directory\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/fvpp\/uploads\/sites\/9924\/2020\/11\/14154546\/ADp-Service-Directory-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/fvpp\/uploads\/sites\/9924\/2020\/11\/14154546\/ADp-Service-Directory.jpg 341w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/fvpp\/uploads\/sites\/9924\/2021\/09\/14154716\/FV-ADP-Directory-2020-1.pdf\">Forth Valley ADPs Treatment &amp; Recovery Service Directory<\/a> contains information and contact details for substance use support. As a practitioner you may be working with people who are either affected personally by substance use or impacted by the use of others.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The services in the directory will be happy to receive referrals from all Social Care Team members.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Substance Use Workforce Development and Training can be found on\u00a0the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/fvpp\/learning-development\/public-protection-learning-and-development\/substance-use-workforce-development\/\">Learning &amp; Development Public Protection Page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Forth Valley Alcohol and Drug Partnerships and Child Protection Committees 2019 have provided guidance on <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/fvpp\/uploads\/sites\/9924\/2020\/09\/14154501\/Getting-Our-Priorities-Right-2019.pdf\">Getting Our Priorities Right for Children and Families affected by Parental Alcohol and Drug Use (2019)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN &amp; FAMILIES<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfad.org.uk\/support-services\/local-support-services\/forth-valley-family-support-service\">Forth Valley Family Support Service<\/a> run Family groups in each council area. More information can be found on the website or page 50 of the directory.<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/transformfv.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Time4Us.pdf\">Time for Us<\/a> support to children and families where children have been impacted by substances.<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnardos.org.uk\/get-support\/services\/falkirk-substance-service\">Barnardo\u2019s Forth Valley Substance Service<\/a> provides support to young people aged between 12 &#8211; 18 years (or 25 if care experienced).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>SUPPORT FOR ADULTS (PAGE NUMBER FOR MORE INFORMATION IN DIRECTORY)<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8211; Harm Reduction: Community Pharmacies (p.48), NHS Blood Borne Virus Team (p.52), Transform FV (p.54), Change, Grow, Live (p.62), Hospital Addiction Team (p.78)<br \/>\n&#8211; Community Pharmacy Injecting Equipment Provision (p.48)<br \/>\n&#8211; Naloxone supply (p.48)<br \/>\n&#8211; Medicine Assisted Treatment (Opiate substitute therapy) through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.changegrowlive.org\/\">Change, Grow, Live<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; Citizen&#8217;s Advice Bureau &#8211; Support within substance services Addiction Advice Service Tel: 07817 024365. (p.90)<\/p>\n<p><strong>RECOVERY SUPPORT<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8211; Forth Valley Recovery Community (p.11)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forth Valley Alcohol &amp; Drug Partnerships (ADPs) have adopted a tiered approach to understanding and responding to substance related problems in Forth Valley. The approach includes all illegal drugs; alcohol; tobacco; solvents &amp; gases, over-the-counter medicines and those prescribed that are commonly not used as directed. 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