Specialist Prevention Service
The Specialist Prevention Service is all about promoting change for children, young people, and families. We undertake direct work with young people with multiple and complex needs.
The team is organized in sections with roles to prevent young people becoming looked after, to provide flexible packages of support to young people with complex needs, and to deliver treatment services to young people with substance use and alcohol issues.
For more information about the work of the sections of Specialist Prevention, please follow the links.
- Community resources
Providing individual solutions for children in need.
- Tackling substance use with young people
Substance use
- Responding to the needs of children of problem drug and alcohol users
Workers within the Substance Use Team also offer a service to children and young people whose parents or carers use drugs or alcohol problematically. Many children experience little impact from their parent's or carer's use of drugs or alcohol, but there are a significant number whose lives are severely adversely affected and who benefit from focussed support.
- Adolescent support
Promoting resilience in children and families
- Young carers - support and advice
Who is a young carer? Do you look after or help a parent? Is this because they are ill, disabled or have problems with drugs, alcohol or their mental health?
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Name: Specialist Prevention Service
Email: specialistprevention@dorsetcc.gov.uk
Tel: 01305 228200
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