Drug Interventions Programme
Throughcare & Aftercare
This section includes a variety of guidance, information and support to help DATs implement throughcare and aftercare.
'Aftercare' is the term for what happens after offenders are released from:
- served custodial sentences
- completed community sentences
- completed treatment
It is accepted that drug treatment plays only one part in supporting rehabilitation and re-integration.
Key factors in the rehabilitation of ex-drug misusers into society include provisions such as:
- housing and homelessness
- mental health
- unlocking potential
- families
- peer-led support
'Throughcare' is the term used to describe arrangements for managing the continuity of care provided to drug misusers from the point of arrest through to sentence and beyond.
Please see the following areas for further guidance and publications:
