We offer a comprehensive and exciting intervention programme to children and young people between the ages of 11 to 25.
Resilience Support
Our Resilience Workers provide 1:1 support to children and young people who wish to know more about substances, or who have started to use drugs and/or alcohol themselves. A holistic care plan is developed to address the individual’s use as well as other areas of their life they require support with. Appointments are arranged wherever the child or young person feels safe and comfortable in the community, for example at Youth Justice System, schools, youth zones etc.
Children and Families (Hidden Harm) Support
Our Hidden Harm workers provide 1:1 support around exposure to substance misuse from their parents/carers/family. The aim is to educate children and young people in an age-appropriate way, about their loved one’s struggles with substance misuse and help them build their resilience. Much like our resilience pathway, we work with children and young people in a space that is comfortable to them, and this may also include virtual interventions, where appropriate.
Family and Carers Support
Our Family and Carers’ worker provides group-based support for any family members or carers who are affected by a loved one’s substance misuse. We also offer the “Strengthening Families Together” programme to parenting groups.
Training and workshops
We also deliver a number of training sessions and workshops to children and young people in schools, the Youth Justice System and youth zones.
Training on relevant trends, drugs, alcohol and vaping awareness, and harm reduction are also available to partners and professionals in Newham.
We recently streamed our workshop for professionals online via Eventbrite on the 4th of December.
The workshop covered drugs and alcohol awareness and harm reduction focussing on trends followed by children and young people.
For more information, visit our training page or call us on 0800 652 3879.
How to refer
For all Substance Misuse/Resilience referrals please complete the online referral form.
For Hidden Harm referrals, please contact [email protected]
For Family and Carer’s referrals, please contact [email protected]
We are recruiting!
We have a number of exciting recruitment opportunities at our Newham service. Please check our recruitment page for more details and to apply.