Our Community Based Drugs Initiative is countywide and works with individuals, families and communities in who are either directly or indirectly affected by substance misuse. We provide a range of community based support services including education, prevention and harm reduction interventions which can be offered throughout the individual’s continuum of care.
This work is completed by our qualified team of support workers through:
- Drugs Outreach
- Assessment & Referral
- Access to Treatment & Rehabilitation Facilities
- Drug Information and Awareness Programmes
- Harm Reduction information
- Family/Concerned Persons Support
- Health Promotion
Our outreach programme provides brief interventions which support client motivation, behavioural change and engagement with relevant services, advocating on behalf of service users to ensure appropriate service provision. To reduce drug and alcohol related harm for those using or at risk of harm through provision of information and development of service user capacities.
These services can be accessed in various FDYS locations throughout the County including Enniscorthy, Gorey, New Ross and Wexford Town.
Core Activities for Drugs Outreach Service & CBDI Project Workers Include:
- brief interventions which support client motivation, behavioural change and engagement with relevant services, advocating on behalf of service users to ensure appropriate service provision.
- To provide needs based key working and case management to service users who require it.
- To support a needle syringe programme in partnership with the HSE or other providers.
- To reduce drug and alcohol related harm for those using or at risk of harm through provision of information and development of service user capacities.
- To provide community based drug related Education and Prevention Programmes