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Effective Interventions Unit - Working with young people: A profile of projects funded by the Partnership Drugs Initiative

Description	This report provides interim findings from an evaluation of 17 projects funded in 2001 by the Partnership Drugs Initiative (PDI) to work with young people.
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Website Publication Date	April 28, 2004

Effective Interventions Unit
Working with young people:
A profile of projects funded by the Partnership Drugs Initiative

April 2004
Scottish Executive Drug Misuse Research Programme

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Contents

Executive Summary
Chapter 1: Introduction
	Methods
	Analysis of records
	Analysis of databases
	Semi-structured interviews
Chapter 2: Project Profiles
Chapter 3: The Philosophy and Focus of the Projects
	Project Philosophy
	Project Focus
Chapter 4: The Recruitment of Clients and the Management of Caseloads
	Inward Referrals
	Reaching and Retaining Clients
	Coping with Demand
Chapter 5: Case Management
	Goal Setting and Assessment
	Case Closure
	Confidentiality
Chapter 6: Relationships with Other Agencies
	Integration of Project and Host Agency
	Relations with External Agencies
	Relationship with Funding Body
Chapter 7: Project Management and Staffing
	Management and Teamwork
	Staffing and Recruitment
	Project Premises
	Evaluation
Chapter 8: Conclusion
Acknowledgements
References
Appendix A
Inverclyde: The Indie Project
East Dunbartonshire: Recreate Project
Edinburgh: Aberlour Outreach Support Project
East Ayrshire Carers' Centre: Substance Misuse Family
Greater Easterhouse Youth Involvement Project
West Lothian Youth Action Project
West Dunbartonshire: Alternatives
Aberdeen Families First Initiative
Aberdeenshire: Barnardo's Youth Drug Initiative
Angus: Web Project
Borders Reiver
Dundee Link Project
Highland Mentoring Scheme
Perth and Kinross: Connect Project
Fife: Time 4 U project
Forth Valley: HOPE Detached Youth Work Project
North Ayrshire: Who Cares? Scotland Substance Misuse Project

James McIntosh
Neil McKeganey
Gordon Hay
Gill Highet
Maria Gannon
Jane MacDougall
Susan MacAskill*
Graeme Wilson*
Martine Stead*
Gerard Hastings*
John Curtice**
Kerstin Hinds**

Centre for Drug Misuse Research University of Glasgow
*Centre for Social Marketing University of Strathclyde
**National Centre for Social Research

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