Drug Interventions Programme

Drug Interventions Record (DIR)

This page provides information and reference materials to accompany the introduction of the revised suite of Drug Interventions Record (DIR) forms.

2007 DIR Background Guidance
This is a reference document for criminal justice drugs workers in the community and CARAT and Clinical workers in prisons, who will be using the revised Drug Interventions Record (DIR)and associated forms (Initial Contact form, Required Assessment form, Activity form) as the key tool for continuity of care and monitoring and research in relation to the Drug Interventions Programme (CJITs and CARATs); and the Substance Misuse Triage Assessment form (prisons only). It includes the background to the purpose of the forms, together with an overview of the changes that have been made since the original DIR was introduced in 2005.

2007 Field-by-Field Guidance
Completion guidelines & business rules for the Drug Interventions Record suite of forms.

DAT, CSP & Prison Codes
This document provides the codes for DATs, CSP and Prisons, which are needed to complete the forms.

2007 DIR Forms

The new DIR forms are coloured orange and blue to distinguish them from those in use up to 31 March 2007. Separate Initial Contact and Activity Forms are used by CJITs and CARATs; RA - Assessment Forms are used by CJITs only; the Drug Interventions Record (DIR) and Continuity of Care Update Form (CCU) are used by both CJITs and CARATs. A reference guide, showing when to use which form, can be downloaded here.

Initial deliveries of the new forms (apart from the CCU) have been delivered. Additional supplies will be available to order from 10 April via regional database teams (for non-intensive DATs and CARATs), and from Prolog (for intensive DATs).

Continuity of Care Update Form
The Continuity of Care Update Form (CCU) is a non-mandatory document, the purpose of which is to update personal client information if it has changed significantly from the information recorded on their DIR. This form was created following requests for a standardised form. It is designed to replace existing regional forms which serve the same purpose if required, although DATs, CSPs and CARATs are under no obligation to adopt this form. Unlike the rest of the forms it will not be printed and distributed centrally, so drug workers who wish to use it can download it from here and reproduce it locally.

Drug Interventions Record Form Mapping (Community only)

This document deals with issues of mapping old DIR data into the new system. There is a separate form for activities.

Activity Form Mapping (Community only)
This document deals with issues of mapping old activity data into the new system. There is a separate form for DIR data.

DIR Review Transition Bulletins

Transition Bulletins are a series of communications about the transition from the old to the new DIR forms. Each bulletin is targeted to the appropriate audience depending on the subject matter and is circulated by e-mail via the relevant network. All bulletins issued to date are available to view on this site.

(1) Transition Bulletin 01/07
This bulletin, for community drug workers, explains how the new forms have been distributed and what to do with the old ones.

(2) Transition Bulletin 02/07
This bulletin, for DIRWeb users and Regional Data Managers, provides information about the migration from DIRWeb v1.0 to DIRWeb v2.0.

(3) Transition Bulletin 03/07
This bulletin, for prison drug workers, explains how the new forms have been distributed and what to do with the old ones.

(4) Transition Bulletin 04/07
This bulletin, for non-DIRWeb users, provides information about the submission of data for case management system owners

(5) Transition Bulletin 05/07
This bulletin, for Government Offices, Regional Database Managers, DATs and CSPs, outlines the process for ordering DIR forms.

(6) Transition Bulletin 06/07
This bulletin is aimed at Protocol/XML users and addresses several questions about the new DIR.

(7) Transition Bulletin 07/07
This bulletin is aimed at DIRweb users and Regional data managers and addresses several questions about the new DIR.

(8) Transition Bulletin 08/07
This bulletin is aimed at DIRweb users and updates users about various issues with DIRweb version 2.0 and 1.0.

(9) Transition Bulletin 09/07
This bulletin is aimed at DIRweb users and updates users about various issues with DIRweb version 2.0 and 1.0.

(10) Transition Bulletin 10/07
This bulletin is aimed at DIRweb users and updates users about various issues with DIRweb version 2.0 and 1.0.

Frequently Asked Questions

These are the latest FAQs arising from the training of community workers in the new forms and processes.

These are the latest FAQs arising from the training of prison workers.

Example forms

These forms should be ordered as previously advised. Please contact your Government Office if you are unsure of these processes. The forms attached below are specimens and should not be printed and used.

Drug Interventions Record (DIR)
This form is for use by the community and prisons. Unlike the coloured version of the form, the continuity of care and monitoring and research sections are on different pages, rather than side by side.

Initial Contact Form – CJITs
This form is for use by the community only.

Initial Contact Form - CARATs
This form is for use by prisons only.

Activity Form – CJITs
This form is for use by the community only.

Activity Form - CARATs
This form is for use by prisons only.

RA – Assessment Form
This form is for use by the community only.

Continuity of Care Update Form
This form is optional and can be used by both community and prisons workers.

Large-print forms

Each of the new DIR forms has also been designed in a large-print black and white format. Copies of these forms are not available for order and should be downloaded from this site and reproduced locally.