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There are a range of methods used to involve young people, parents and carers in developing services, ranging from focus groups, questionnaires, agenda days and secret ballots.  The main issues highlighted are:

1. The development of more strategic systems for decision making and commissioning including the aligning of young people's substance misuse commissioning with adult commissioning and also with key areas of work in Children's services such as Teenage Pregnancy and Anti Social Behaviour.

2. Improve access to treatment and harm reduction services by increasing referrals from sources such as the Youth Offending Team, Accident and Emergency Services

We expect to see significant increases in numbers of referrals to D'n'A over the next 2 years.

PROPS For the year 07/08 PROPS provided 1394 individual sessions and 236 people attended support groups. Volunteers working at PROPS have provided a total of 4,076 hours of work. PROPS also work closely with Children's Services in completing CAFs with families and this good practice has been acknowledged nationally. This provides a good base from which other agencies in adult services can develop their knowledge, confidence and involvement in the CAF process. 

• Young people who access treatment services will not receive a fully integrated and care coordinated response.
• Young people will not move into adult treatment when necessary and in a planned and supported way and will therefore not be retained in adult treatment.
• If we do not listen to young people's views on the treatment they receive we will not be able to improve the quality of the service we provide.
• If we do not improve our commissioning processes and work strategically with all partners we will not provide good value for money

Access to Treatment

Every Child Matters focuses attention on drug use amongst vulnerable groups. There is clear evidence of a significantly increased propensity towards drug use in these groups, which include: