Annual Review 2016
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Inchicore Bluebell Community Addiction Team Inchicore Annual Review 2016 Bluebell Community Addiction Team 2 Inchicore Bluebell Community Addiction Team | Annual Review 2016 Inchicore Bluebell Community Addiction Team | Annual Review 2016 Review Annual Team | Addiction Community Bluebell Inchicore Table of Contents 1. Project Director’s Review 4 2. Vision, Mission Statement, Values 5 3. Organisation Structure 6 4. Community Involvement in 2016 7 5. Our Team 8 6. Project Report 9 7. Addiction Service Report 14 8. Childcare Service Report 17 9. Funding in 2016 20 3 Project Director’s Report 2016 started where 2015 left off as another They try to educate busy year for the organisation. We continued the the offender in how to campaigning work of last year around the enduring realise the aftermath of need to support socially excluded families and the offence and subsequent implications for the children who are struggling with the impact of victim or community. It also gives a chance for the addiction and poverty. It has now become very victim to understand the offenders position when apparent; the knock-on effects of which austerity the offence took place. Restorative justice can be and social exclusion has had in our communities. an alternative to, or used in conjunction with, other This has now impacted over three generations criminal justice responses. of families within the Inchicore and Bluebell Community and we continue to advocate strongly Following this training we instigated a new on there behalf. Early this year, in partnership innovative Restorative Practice Group which was with other services in the area, we assisted in the led by our Community Prison Links Addiction development of a Childcare Professionals Network, Practitioner. The group of 11 former prisoners Inchicore Bluebell Community Addiction Team | Annual Review 2016 Review Annual Team | Addiction Community Bluebell Inchicore to highlight and campaign for greater investment to was an instant success and the results were very support socially excluded families and it expressed encouraging with no recidivism by this group after concerns to elected representatives from the the first 6months. We are keen to develop this area. This group has also partnered well with programme in partnership with Probation and Aoife Hannan who manages the new Dublin City Irish Prison Service and we have already accepted Council strategic initiative of the Kilmainham and prisoners on pre-release. Inchicore Network. This initiative is looking at the We are very excited by this new development and much-needed Economic, Social, Environmental and hope to write up an action research report on the Cultural regeneration and investment into Dublin 8. outcomes. This spirit of partnership has also brought As we moved in to the last quarter of the year we new alliances with other local services and the entered negotiations on the transfer of undertaking organisation. We were delighted to form a new of the Connect Stabilisation Programme. This working partnership with the local Community Programme was formally housed in TURAS but as Mental Health Team. Our new partnership co- their service delivery core focus had moved away designed an innovative Dual Diagnosis Cannabis to target 18-25yr old group, it was felt the Connect Group working with clients predominately in their Programme was more suited to fitting in with late teens and early twenties with mental health IBCAT’s low threshold approach. We will in 2017 issues and associated drug use. The first pilot be carrying out a full review of the programme programme was an overall success. We hope to and reinvigorate a much needed Task Force wide role out more programmes in the future as we resource. continue to nurture our working relationship with local mental health services. Our ambition through Finally to finish the year we immersed the this partnership, is to provide a new dual diagnosis organisation in Continuous Quality Improvement treatment option in a shared care model, to a Strategies by inviting Governance Ireland to audit cohort of clients who have been poorly served in us , we provided Task Force wide training on Board the past. Governance, and also measured ourselves against the HIQA Standard of Better Safer Health Care. This year also saw the organisation align itself We are one of the first organisations Nationally to to a restorative practice culture and hopefully undertake this type of operational measurement to spread this culture into our communities. Our against Better, Safer Health Care and we came out whole staff team have been trained in Levels 1 with a service delivery improvement plan to work and 2 of Restorative Practice(RP) and Restorative on in 2017. Justice Models. Restorative Practice Practitioner approaches can be used at any point on the I am extremely proud to be leading such a highly continuum of addiction supports, from prevention skilled team that are dedicated and work very hard and early intervention, right through to victim- in providing a high standard of care to the clients, offender mediation. their children and families. The team are all looking RP is an approach that works on restoring forward to 2017. relationships where there has been conflict or harm. It is an attempt to incorporate either offender “Ní neart go cur chéile” awareness of the harm they have caused, or assist offender efforts to pay back the community for Stuart Fraser that behaviour. Restorative Justice is a process Project Director whereby all parties with a stake in a specific committed offence attempt to resolve collectively. 4 Inchicore Bluebell Community Addiction Team | Annual Review 2016 Review Annual Team | Addiction Community Bluebell Inchicore Our Vision Our vision is that all those living with addiction in Inchicore and Bluebell will have access to a holistic addiction service locally. Mission Statement Our mission is to provide a quality service to those living with addiction from the Inchicore and Bluebell areas and to promote local responses to these issues. Our Values IBCAT is a values driven organisation. We are committed to change, quality, honesty, innovation and integrity. These strong values are at the heart of all we do, because we believe in people’s capacity to change. We believe in making an impact that not only improves the health of the individual, but has a lasting positive impact on the wellbeing of their families, friends and the communities in which they live. People who use our services are not just peo- ple with drug and alcohol problems, they are partners, fathers, mothers, sisters, grandmothers, children, brothers, friends, work colleagues and carers. Our Target Group 1. Those who struggle with a wide variety of substance misuse issues 2. Parents coping with substance misuse and their children 3. Family members 4. Inter agency / Community work. Our Strategic Goals 1. To provide a safe environment where people affected by substance misuse can explore in a non-judgemental way the issues that are impacting on their lives. 2. To promote opportunities for individuals to move out of the cycle of addiction. 3. To develop opportunities for children and young people to reach their full potential. 4. To identify gaps in service provision and initiate local and national responses. 5. To promote a better understanding of how the substance misuse problem impacts locally and increase the community awareness of drug and alcohol issues. 6. To develop the structures, roles and responsibilities in accordance with the strategic plan. 5 Organisation Structure MANAGEMENT BOARD PROJECT DIRECTOR Inchicore Bluebell Community Addiction Team | Annual Review 2016 Review Annual Team | Addiction Community Bluebell Inchicore FINANCE/ ADDICTION TEAM CHILDCARE ADMINISTRATOR CO-ORDINATOR CO-ORDINATOR (PART-TIME) TRAINING PROGRAMME CHILDCARE 5 Community 2 Comm. Child Employment Positions Care Practitioners 2 TUS Participants CONNECT PROGRAMME 1 Senior Addiction Practitioner INCHICORE ADDICTION BLUEBELL ADDICTION 1.5 Comm. Addiction Practitioner 2 Comm. Addiction 1 Senior Addiction Practitioner Practitioner 1 Prison Links Addiction Practitioner 1 Sessional Counsellor 1 Sessional Counsellor 1 Sessional Holistic 1 Sessional Holistic Therapist Therapist 1 Part-Time Admin Support 6 Inchicore Bluebell Community Addiction Team | Annual Review 2016 Review Annual Team | Addiction Community Bluebell Inchicore Our Community Involvement in 2016 We continued to be the voice of those struggling with substance misuse and their families throughout 2016. We represented the Inchicore Bluebell Community Addiction Team in the following areas; Turas Kilmainham and Inchicore Can2 Network Canal Connect Communities Local Drugs Task Force Inchicore Family Bluebell Welfare Bluebell Steering Initiative Community Group Addiction Team Canal Londubh Partnership Childcare Family Network Support Network 7 Our Team Inchicore Bluebell Community Addiction Team | Annual Review 2016 Review Annual Team | Addiction Community Bluebell Inchicore Project Director Administration & Household Team Stuart Fraser Eleanor Burke - Finance and Administration (Part-time) Addiction Team Jenny Banks - Fundraising and Communications Greg Christodoulu - Operations Manager (Part-time) Marie Dunne - Addiction Practitioner/Family Support (Bluebell) Sessional Staff Grainne Lynch - Addiction Practitioner Kathy Grace (Counselling) Tom Long - Senior Progression & Aftercare Worker Mick Murran (Counselling) Michael Walsh - Addiction Practitioner (Bluebell) Andrew O’Shaughnessy (Counselling)