Drug Interventions Programme
Roles of partners
Delivery at a local level is through Drug Action Teams (DATs), using integrated teams (known as Criminal Justice Integrated Teams, or CJITs) with a case management approach to offer access to treatment and support.
Key partners to the Home Office are the police, prison, probation services and courts, along with the Department of Health, the National Treatment Agency and treatment providers, as well as those who offer rehabilitative support such as with housing, training and family issues. The programme as a whole is driven by a central policy team in the Offender-based Interventions Unit (ObIU). This sits within the Drugs, Alcohol and Partnerships Directorate of the Home Office.
To ensure that central direction is both ambitious and realistic, the DIP central policy team is made up of a blend of experienced civil servants and practitioners experienced in the frontline of criminal justice services and treatment provision.
ObIU also manages the Home Office’s Prolific and other Priority Offender (PPO) Programme and DIP and PPO schemes are closely aligned across England and Wales. Through effective alignment with such offender management initiatives, DIP can help grip the most problematic offenders, thereby reducing re-offending. This can help local partnerships to deliver against a range of national targets and, when the two are running effectively alongside each other, they can be crucial building blocks for broader offender management approaches, such as Integrated Offender Management (IOM).
Find out more about DIP and PPOs here.
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There is also close integration of DIP with the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) - made up of prison and probation services, which manages offenders during community or custodial sentences imposed by the courts.
The Probation Service is responsible for managing offenders with Drug Rehabilitation Requirements (DRRs), one of the conditions that can be applied to community sentences.
Find out more about DIP and DRRs here
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Treatment and aftercare is provided by a huge range of local and national organisations.
