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How recovery orientated are you? Supporting staff and service to promote recovery
Marion Logan, Operations Manager, STRADA, University of Glasgow and Jackie Johnston, Service Manager, Signpost Recovery
Abstract
There has been much talk in recent months about the focus of our drug strategy in both Scotland and other parts of the U.K. A drug strategy that has a more clearly defined intention for both service users and those commissioning and providing the service. In Scotland this has produced a strategy that has placed the recovery process at its heart. In the rest of the UK the focus has been less explicitly stated.
However, it is evident from recent conferences and debates in the media and within services that there is a momentum for change in how we deliver treatment and support services. Our challenge is to ensure that such a shift really benefits and is focused on those who are seeking to change This behaviour,and is supported by a enthusiastic, competent workforce.This presentation/workshop will focus on how we are doing this through a variety of training and development methods and the response we have had.
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Biography
Marion Logan first started working in the drug and alcohol field as a volunteer. After undertaking further study she worked as a project worker within a community based drug and alcohol project. Her interest in training and education led to a period working within a Regional Training Unit developing and delivering short and graduate training programmes.
In recent years she has become more involved in designing and developing services and contributing to the development & implementation of national policy. Following a secondment to the Scottish Government to develop the monitoring and implementation framework for the National Quality Standards for Substance Misuse Services she was appointed as Operations Manager at STRADA in November 2007. STRADA is Scotland's leading workforce development organisation for those working with people affected by drug and alcohol use
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