Croydon Youth Service Drug and Alcohol Policy
The Youth Matters Green Paper was published by the DfES in July
2005. It presents the Youth Service with a number of key
challenges. Among these is that all young people be provided with
better advice and guidance to enable them to make more informed
choices about their lives. Another challenge is to ensure that young
people with serious problems have improved access to personalised
support. The Drug and Alcohol Policy is intended to support youth
workers in their increasingly important dual role as providers of
accurate and balanced information and advice for young people and as a
first port of call for those who are worried that they may be getting
into serious difficulties.
The Youth Service is one of many agencies which will soon
be delivering preventative programmes and direct support
services for young people at risk. In order to ensure that the Service
is in a strong position to bid successfully for this work, staff have
to feel secure about the curriculum, management and legal framework
within which they operate. This policy document provides that framework
and I therefore heartily recommend it to you.
The Croydon Youth Service Drug and Alcohol Policy has been
developed in partnership with the Croydon Drug and Alcohol Action Team
(DAAT) and with the full support of a number of other organisations
including the Metropolitan Police, DNA and Drop in.
Ian Marshall
Head of Youth Service
If you would like to request a hardcopy of the booklet, please contact the Youth Office
Contact Details
- Contact name
- Youth Services
- Department
- Children, Young People and Learners
- Telephone
- 020 8760 5598
- youth.service@croydon.gov.uk
