
Service Users
Charter
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Service users should be given, on 1st contact w=
ith
a service, a full and comprehensive assessment of their needs and be made a=
ware
of their rights and responsibilities whilst in treatment =
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Treatment should be approached from a ‘pa=
rtnership’
approach. Users should be act=
ively
involved in their own treatment by way of constructing their own ‘care
plan’ WITH their worker. Decisions about treatment
should be reached TOGETHER
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Service users should be treated with the same
respect as workers, and enabled to state THEIR
wishes and opinions at every stage of their treatment
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Service users should be informed and educated a=
bout
all potential treatment optio=
ns available
to them, referral routes and realistic waiting times
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Service users who wish NOT to abstain from stre=
et
drugs, should be offered education on harm minimisation at every stage of t=
heir
treatment and encouraged to s=
et
attainable, realistic, short term goals within their care plans (for exampl=
e,
changing their injection sites
more regularly is an attainable goal that produces benefits for the<=
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ealth
Service)
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Urine samples to detect ‘street drugsR=
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should be conducted in respectful, non humiliating way, taking into account=
the
service users personal issues, results should never be used punitively=
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No punitive sanctions should be used for missed=
appointments, ‘dirty tests’=
;, or other disruptions to treatment. If dismissal from a service is abs=
olutely
necessary due to violence etc, a referral another suitable service should
be made and every effort made=
to
secure a seamless transfer into that service
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‘Drug user specific’ advocates shou=
ld
be available for all service users to access if THEY feel necessary. If the local Advocacy service is not
‘drug user or substitute prescribing specific,’ the contact num=
ber
of a suitable Advocacy service should be made available to the service user,
ideally displayed on a poster within the service with full contact details
available. In Oxfordshire, se=
e OUT
contacts below
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Service users should be given the opportunity t=
o be
fully and actively involved in the running of the services they access. This could take many forms and each
service should display their plans of how this is carried out. Users could be involved in Management Committees and interview
processes of new service staff for example and any changes to the service,
widely consulted upon before changes are implemented
OUT
is available to advocate on your behalf regarding any problems you may have=
regarding
any part of your treatment within the whole treatment system, throughout East Berkshire.&nb=
sp;
Please call the numbers below to access an independent advocate:
Call
OUT on: 07986816955 or 01865 20911=
1,
please try to call as soon as you possibly can, so work can begin immediate=
ly
to address your issues. =
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