Aimed at managers and providers of youth services in both the voluntaryand statutory sectors, it is designed to complement the Department forEducation and Skills' 2004 publication, Drugs: Guidance for Schools.
Dr Jenny McWhirter, head of Drugscope's education and prevention team'said: "This document will equip youth workers to face these challengingissues with confidence while retaining important contact with the youngpeople they work with."
The guidance, funded by a grant from the Department of Health and theDfES, covers issues such as drug policy and education in youth worksettings; managing drugs issues in outreach work; and management of drugincidents.
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