Stella Project Policy Bank

To compliment the Innovative Responses report the Stella Project has created a policy bank of strategies, reports and other resources which address the dual issues of substance use and domestic violence. New information will be added as and when it becomes available. If you would like a document to feature here please email info@avaproject.org.uk

 

Introduction documents

 

GOL domestic violence survey (2007) (PDF, 159kb)

Stella Project mapping briefings to domestic violence co-ordinators (Jan 2008) (PDF, 51kb)

Stella Project mapping briefings to DAAT Leads (Jan 2008) (PDF, 51kb)

Joint domestic violence and substance misuse action plans

Barking and Dagenham Action Plan (08-11) (PDF, 16kb)

Newham domestic violence and substance misuse action plan (08-11) (draft) (PDF, 115kb)

Reducing Barriers to Support for Women Fleeing violence - A toolkit for supporting women with varying levels of mental wellness and substance use (PDF, 1,569kb)

Monitoring minimum standards / SLAs

Greenwich domestic violence and substance misuse project - Minimum Standard Practices (May 08) (PDF, 43kb)

Hounslow - Working in partnership to address domestic violence and substance misuse (Feb 08) (PDF, 54kb)

 

Alcohol Strategies featuring actions around domestic violence

Barking and Dagenham's Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy and Implementation Plan - Stronger Measures (08-11) (draft) (PDF, 706kb)

Brent Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy (08-11) pg 18 (PDF, 1.22mb)

Camden Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy (07-10) (PDF, 1.52mb)

Ealing Alcohol Strategy (08-10) (PDF, 232kb)

Enfield's Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy - Taking Responsible Measures (06-08) pg 8 (PDF, 81.9kb)

Greenwich Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy (06-08) pg 12 &19 (PDF, 81kb)

Islington Draft Action Plan (PDF, 44kb)

Lewisham Alcohol Strategy (06-08) (PDF, kb)

Lewisham Alcohol Strategy Action Plan (09-12) (PDF, 90kb)

Safer Southwark Partnership Alcohol Strategy (10-12) (PDF, 801kb) 

Wandsworth Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy (08-11) (PDF, 44kb)

Drug Treatment Plans featuring actions around domestic violence

Brent DAAT substance misuse plan (08-09) (PDF, kb)

Hounslow Drug and Alcohol Action Team treatment plan, part one (08-09) (PDF, kb)

Hounslow Adult Drug Treatment plan, part three (08-09) (PDF, kb)

Islington PCT Adult Drug Treatment plan, part three - Planning grids (07-08) (PDF, kb)

Kensington & Chelsea Adult Drug Treatment Plan (09-10) (PDF, 47kb)

Assessment tools

Wales Integrated In-depth Substance Misuse Assessment Tool (WIISMAT) and Guidance for Use
This assessment tool includes several questions designed to improve disclosure of domestic violence (see Q1.4-1.6 and 7.3-7.6).

Other strategies that address the dual issues

Brighton & Hove Intelligent Commissioning Pilot: Domestic Violence Needs Assessment (2011) (PDF, 2.1MB)

Bexley Community Safety Strategy (05-08) (PDF, 430kb)

Haringey domestic violence action plan (05-08) (PDF, 402kb)

Tower Hamlets Homelessness Strategy Action Plan (08-13) (PDF, 166kb)

 

Resources, reports and briefings

 

Stella Project

Separate Issues, Shared Solutions (2002) (PDF, 159kb)

Domestic violence and substance use: overlapping issues in separate services? (2005) (PDF, 716kb)

Domestic Violence, Drugs and Alcohol: good practice guidelines (2nd edition 2007)

Stella Project guidance for working with domestic violence perpetrators in substance misuse treatment (2008) (PDF, 1.25mb)

Other agencies

Camden domestic violence and substance misuse report (2004) (PDF, 353kb)

Barking and Dagenham scoping report (2005) (PDF, 788kb)

Tower Hamlets Making the Links Report (2005) (PDF, 389kb)

Nottinghamshire's good practice guidelines (2005) (PDF, 91kb)

DASL domestic violence and substance misuse report (2005) (PDF, 150kb)

Camden's Refining the Routes: Policies and good practice guidelines (2007) (PDF, 254kb)

Lewisham's evaluation of the alcohol and domestic violence project (2007) (PDF, 99kb)

Easington alcohol and domestic violence project report (2007) (PDF, 466kb)

Tayside domestic violence and substance misuse research (2008) (PDF, 536kb)

 

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