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Treatment and rehabilitation services for drug users

Information on the range of services in your area provided by statutory and non-statutory health and social services is available from:

Drug and Alcohol Action Teams (DAAT) officials should have a good understanding of the range of services in their area. Contact details for the DAAT Co-ordinators and Development Officers in each area are available on the ISD drug misuse in Scotland website:
http:// www.drugmisuse.isdscotland.org/dat/dat.htm
DAT Association National Officer: Justine Walker.
Tel: 01592 415 867 E-mail: Justine@datassociation.fsnet.co.uk
National Alcohol Liaison Officer for the Scottish Association of Alcohol Action Teams: Barbara O'Donnell
Tel: 0141 572 6280 E-mail: barbaraodonnell@alcohol-focus-scotland.org.uk
Scottish Drugs Forum (SDF) maintains a searchable database of drug services across Scotland. This is available as a directory from SDF or can be accessed under the 'Where to get help' section on the SDF website: http://www.sdf.org.uk /

Specialist 'employability' services

Service	Lead Agency
New Futures Fund	Scottish Enterprise Highlands and Islands Enterprise
A list of projects is available at: http://www.scottish-enterprise.com/newfuturesfund/index.asp
Progress2work Progress2work-Link UP	Employment Service
Progress2work: www.access-funds.co.uk/archive/2003/june/progress2work.htm Progress2work-Link UP: www.access-funds.co.uk/archive/2003/june/progress2work.LinkUP.htm.
Beattie Inclusiveness Pilots	Careers Service
A list of projects is available at: http:// www.scotland.gov.uk/library5/lifelong/bic/-00.asp

Service	Lead Agency
New Opportunities Fund 'Better Off'
Scotland Information Team: 0141 242 7800
Scotland Against Drugs
Information about SAD initiatives to engage employers can be found at: Http://www.sad.org.uk /
Social Inclusion Partnership Projects		Local partnerships
A list of all the Social Inclusion Partnerships is available at: Http://www.scotland.gov.uk/socialjustice /

Mainstream education, training and employment services

Service	Lead Agency
Jobcentre Plus
Information about Jobcentre Plus can be found at: http:// www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk
New Deal	Employment Service
You can find your local job centre through the ' Where is the New Deal?' section of: http:// www.newdeal.gov.uk
Training for Work, Skillseekers, Modern Apprenticeships	Local Enterprise Companies Careers Service
Local Enterprise Companies contact details are available from: Http://www.scottish-enterprise.com /
Further and Higher Education	Local colleges and universities
Details of Further and Higher Education institutions are in the links section of: Http://www.sfeu.ac.uk http://www.sfefc.ac.uk /
Community Education	Local authorities
Local Authority community learning strategies are available at: http:// www.communitylearning.org/training/la.asp

Service	Lead Agency
European Social Fund
Http://www.objective3.org Http://www.esf.gov.uk Tel: 0141 582 0401Tel: 0141 582 0401
EQUAL	European Commission
Information about EQUAL can be found at: Http://www.equal.ecotec.co.uk/
Scottish Business in the Community (SBC)
Information about SBC can be found at: Http://www.sbcscot.com
Careers Scotland
Information about CS can be found at: http://www.careers-scotland.org.uk

The Scottish Government