Update: What's Happening With UFO?

Over the last couple of months UFO have been reviewing what they do and how they do it. A working group made up of UFO members and DST staff was convened. In light of certain financial and operational factors it was decided that some restructuring of UFO would be beneficial. The first of these changes involves making the main meetings a bi-monthly affair. They will be still be held at the Unitarian Chapel but will now run from 11:00 until 13:00. The first hour will be themed, involving service users, service providers, guest speakers, work shops, Q&A sessions and any other approriate content we can think of (suggestions welcome). The second hour will consist of time for any other business, peer support, networking and lunch.
A ‘working group’ has been set up consisting of the steering group members and 17 people from the main group. A fair and open selection and voting process was followed to ensure anyone interested in joining was considered. The group will split into small teams of 4 or 5 and work on specific tasks, such as: UFO website, newsletter, radio show, reviews of services, presentations and anything else we deem important, appropriate and of interest to service users. This group will be held bi-monthly on the first Tuesday of each month.

Paul Moores
Service User Coordinator

Abbreviations

A
AWPT Avon and Wiltshire Partnership NHS Mental Health Trust

B
BASE Barnardos Against Sexual Exploitation
BANES Bath and North East Somerset
BBV Blood Borne Virus
BCC Bristol City Council
BDP Bristol Drugs Project
BEIS Bristol Early Intervention Service
BME Black & Minority Ethnic Groups

C
CAMHS Children, Adolescent Mental Health Service (Tier 3 – UBHT)
CARATs Counselling, Assessment, Referral, Advice, Throughcare service
CBA Community based agency
CCA Community Care Assessment
CISS Christo Inventory for Substance Misuse Services (an outcome monitoring tool)
CJDW Criminal Justice Drugs Workers
CJIT Criminal Justice Intervention Team
CPD Continuing Professional Development
CPS Crown Prosecution Service
Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership (CDRP) family Safer Bristol is the CDRP for Bristol. We are grouped with the 14 other partnerships with which we share the most similar characteristics. This is our CDRP family, and is used as a means of comparing performance
CRO Community Rehabilitation Order
C&YPS Children and Young People’s Services
C&H Community at Heart
C4C Change 4 Children

D
DANOS Drug & Alcohol National Occupational Standards
DAT Drug Action Team
DfES Department of Education and Skills
DH Department of Health (sometimes also abbreviated to DoH)
DIP Drug Intervention Programme
DLW Drug Liaison Worker
DMT Drug Management Team (Probation) (now renamed DTTO/DRR)
DRD Drug Related Deaths
DRR Drug Rehabilitation Requirement
DST Drug Strategy Team
DSUC Drug Service User Coordinator
DTTO Drug Treatment Testing Order
Dual Diagnosis People with substance misuse and psychiatric problems.
DYPP Drug and Young People’s Project (Tier 3 – Linked to Social Services)

E
ETE Employment Training & Employment Service (Releasing the Potential Workforce)
Every Child Matters -The government green paper issued in 2004 outlining the programme of change to improve outcomes for all children and young people

F

G
GOSW Government Office for the South West.
GPs General Practitioners

H
H.O Home Office
HBV Hepatitis B Virus
HEPC Hepatitis C
HFA High Focus Area
HIV/AIDS HIV/Auto Immune Deficiency Syndrome
HMP Her Majesty’s Prison Service

I
IIMS or IIMS-CTS Integrated Information Management System- this is the secure computer system that all agencies will be linked to in the future.
Integrated Care Pathway Maps the path a client will follow in their treatment and coordinates their care

J
JCG Joint Commissioning Group. This group makes the overall decisions on commissioning of adult drug treatment

K
KPI Key Performance Indicators

L
LA: Local Authority
LAC Looked after children
LEA Local Education Authority

M
MALTs Multi Agency Locality Teams
MOC Models of Care

N
National Healthy Schools Standard A standard against which schools are accredited; it is part of the Government’s drive to reduce health inequalities, promote social inclusion and raise educational standards.
NCIS National Criminal Intelligence Service
NDTMS National drug treatment monitoring system
NR Neighbourhood Renewal
Neighbourhood Renewal Areas Areas identified as being amongst the most deprived in the country, which are part of a Government initiative to reduce the gap between them and the rest of the country. Bristol has 10 areas: St Paul’s, St Werburghs, Easton, Lawrence Hill, Filwood, Hartcliffe & Withywood, Lockleaze, Lawrence Weston, Southmead and Hillfields
NHS National Health Service
NOMS National Offender Management Scheme (formerly probation)
NTA National Treatment Agency.
NVQ National Vocational Qualification

O
O2 Option 2

P
PALS: Patient Advisory Liaison Service
PCT Primary Care Trust
PDU Problem Drug User
PID Problem Injecting Drug Users
PIG Practitioners Interest Group
Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) A uniformed patrolling service employed by the Police, who have powers to tackle nuisance such as vehicle licensing offences, littering and dog mess.
Positive Futures A programme focused on increasing vulnerable young people’s social inclusion through sport
POU Prolific Offenders Unit (also sometimes abbreviated to PPOS)
Primary Care Trust (PCT) The local agency, which deploys local NHS resources.
PSA Public Service Agreement
PSO Probation Settlement Officer

Q
Quality of Life Survey A survey completed annually by Bristol City Council, which assesses various measures including peoples’ feeling of safety.

R
Repeat victim Someone who has experienced the same crime more than once within a twelve-month period.
ROB Restrictions on Bail
S
SBP Safer Bristol Partnership
SLA Service level agreement
South West Integrations Project (Swing) Regional criminal justice partnership delivering improvements in accommodation for ex-offenders.
START Bristol START assessment- this is the name for the new common assessment tool, Standard Triage Assessment & Referral for Treatment.
Supporting People Delivers quality and strategically planned housing related services to vulnerable people enabling them to achieve greater independence
SUST Substance Misuse Screening Tool

T
Tiers of Service – Tier 1 Tier 1 describes any services, which may work with people who are drug users, but this is not their core business and other people use these services as well. For example: GP, Housing Offices, Dentist, A&E, Optician
Tier 2: Tier 2 describes open access drug treatment services, usually provided through a community-based agency such as BDP, KWADS, CAAAD etc. Open access services are those, which the client does not have to make an appointment for, so are usually available on a drop-in basis. This includes advice & information about drugs & drug treatment, needle exchange, brief interventions or telephone helpline. Also includes the BEIS (YP)
Tier 3: Tier 3 describes structured treatment follows an assessment of need and is appointment based. Tier 3 services include structured counselling, shared care, structured day care or specialist community prescribing (as provided by BSDS). YP Tier 3 services include the YOT, CAMHS and DYPP.
Tier 4: Tier 4 describes any inpatient drug treatment, which includes inpatient detoxification or residential rehabilitation.
TTG Treatment Task Group

U
UBHT United Bristol Health Trust

V
VOSCUR Bristol based umbrella organisation for the voluntary sector.

W/ X

Y/Z
YP Young Person
YPDG Young People’s Delivery Group
YPMG Young People’s Managers Group
YPS Young People’s Services
YOT Youth Offending Team
Youth Inclusion Programmes (YIP) These projects focus on the 50 young people aged between the ages of 13 and 16, in a defined neighbourhood, who are most disaffected, and at greatest risk of offending.
Youth inclusion and Support Panels (YISP’s) Multi-agency planning groups that seek to prevent offending and anti-social behaviour by offering voluntary support services to high-risk 5-13 year olds and their families

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