Due to go live on 1 July, the team will pull together drug workers with a young people's remit from agencies such as the youth offending team, health, social services and healthy schools co-ordinators, along with a Connexions personal adviser specialising in drugs.
Becky Tyler, team manager at The Source, said: "We have a lot of drug workers in the borough who are working in isolation, and therefore duplicating work that's being done elsewhere.
"Their jobs or remit won't change, but in some cases their line management will."
Drug education for young people is one of the key commitments that Reading Borough Council signed up to in the Reading Commitment, a community safety pact with Thames Valley Police and the local health authority.
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