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Drug Treatment Services

Littlegate Harm Reduction Service
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The Mobile Unit
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The Women's Service
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SMART Community Drug & Alcohol Service
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SCAS & Shared Care
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Young Addaction
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Residential Placement Team
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Drugs Intervention Programme (DIP)
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Intergrated Offender Management (IOM)
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Probation Substance Misuse Team
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Mutual Aid

Alcohol Treatment Services

Harm Reduction and
Needle Exchange

Families and Carers

Criminal Justice

Oxfordshire User Team (OUT)

Found a needle?

National organisations

Useful local websites

Resources

Recreational Drugs Campaign

 

Commissioning drug and alcohol treatment and support services for young people, adults, families and carers throughout Oxfordshire

Drug Treatment Services

 

Howard House

190 Iffley Road,
Oxford,
OX4 1SD.
Tel: 01865 200955
www.smartcjs.org.uk/go/howardhouse

THIS IS A RESIDENTIAL SERVICE IN OXFORD CITY
This is a 10 bed residential detoxification service for women
and men over the age of 18, who are resident in Oxfordshire
and who are seeking abstinence from:

  • Class A drugs
  • Alcohol
  • Chaotic poly drug use
  • Opiate substitution therapy
  • Co-dependence with any of the above and benzodiazepines.

The service offers:

  • Assessment
  • Detoxification
  • Groups
  • 1:1's
  • Drug testing.

Open: You can be referred to Howard House by your key worker at SCAS or SMART Community drug and alcohol team. Please note: Approval from the individual's registered primary care GP in Oxfordshire will be required regardless of how they are referred.

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Littlegate Harm Reduction Service

10b Littlegate Street, Oxford OX1 1QT.
Telephone: 01865 251015
www.smartcjs.org.uk

A comprehensive range of harm reduction paraphernalia and
interventions are available, such as:

  • Needle exchange, pick 'n' mix including water, condoms
    and steri-cups
  • Signposting
  • Advice and information
  • Harm reduction
  • Drop-in
  • Assessment
  • Referrals.

Open: 5 days a week Monday-Friday.
There is no referral required you can visit the service without
an appointment at the following times:

Monday 10.00am-4.00pm
Tuesday 10.00am-4.00pm
Wednesday 10.00am-4.00pm
Thursday 10.00am-8.00pm
Friday 10.00am-4.00pm

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The Mobile Unit

Telephone: 01865 403151 or 07891 406 701
Email: enquiries@smartcjs.org.uk
www.smartcjs.org.uk

The mobile unit delivers drug and alcohol services to smaller
towns and villages

  • Needle exchange and pick and mix
  • Harm Reduction
  • Drop-in
  • Assessment
  • Care plan
  • Referral
  • Advice and information
  • Signposting

Open: 5 days a week Monday-Friday

There is no referral required, you can visit the service without
an appointment. Please visit www.smartcjs.org.uk or call
01865 403151 for times and locations.

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The Women's Service

3 Collins Street, Hooper House, Cowley Road,
Oxford OX4 1XS.
Telephone: 01865 793880
www.cranstoun.org

This is a female only drug and alcohol service staffed by
female key workers who also have specialist knowledge of
child support issues, domestic violence and sexual health.

  • Harm Reduction
  • Signposting
  • Drop-in
  • Assessment
  • Care planning
  • 1:1's
  • Groups
  • Crèche
  • Complementary therapies
  • Referral
  • Advice and information
  • Brief intervention
  • Outreach

The WISH project is an outreach project aimed at women, in
particular street based sex workers, run by the Women's
service every Thursday 8.00pm-12.00am in East Oxford
Open: You can make an appointment to be seen by a worker
at locations across Oxfordshire by calling the service.

You can go to the drop-in which is every
Friday 10.00am-4.00pm
or you can be referred to the service by your GP or key worker.

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SMART Community Drug & Alcohol Service

www.smartcjs.org.uk

City and South Oxfordshire

Old Music Hall, 106-108 Cowley Road, Oxford OX4 1JE.
Telephone: 01865 403151

You can make an appointment to be seen by a worker by
calling the service or you can be referred by your GP or key
worker.

Open: Monday and Friday 9.00am-5.00pm.

North Oxfordshire

Banbury Health Centre, 58 Bridge Street, Banbury,
Oxfordshire OX16 5QD
Telephone: 01295 225544

You can make an appointment to be seen by a worker by
calling the service or you can be referred by your GP or key
worker.

Open: You can go to the drop-in which is every Wednesday
from 10.30am-12.30pm and Friday 2.00pm-4.00pm.

West Oxfordshire

Marlborough House, (behind Marlborough House Hotel),
Marlborough Lane, Witney, Oxfordshire OX28 6DY
Telephone: 01993 774892

You can make an appointment to be seen by a worker by
calling the service or you can be referred by your GP or key
worker.

Open: You can go to the drop-in which is every
Monday: 11.00am-1.00pm.

SMART provides a range of services for people who want to
address their drug and or alcohol misuse.

  • Signposting
  • Advice and information
  • Drop-in
  • Harm reduction
  • Assessment
  • Care plan
  • Referral
  • 1:1's
  • Groups
  • Brief intervention
  • Aftercare/through care
    • access to education, training and employment
    • mentoring
  • Family and carer support.

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SMART Counselling Service

The Annexe, The Old Music Hall, 54a Marston Street,
Oxford, OX4 1JU.
Telephone: 01865 403151
www.smartcjs.org.uk

This service offers short-term counselling to anyone in
Oxfordshire who has current issues around drug or alcohol use.
Before accessing this service it is important to have a full and
honest discussion with your key worker about whether it is the
right time to see a counsellor. If there are immediate, pressing
needs around substitute prescribing/medication or housing, it
might be best to address these beforehand.

For an informal discussion before referral key workers can call
the service.

  • Counselling

Open: You can be referred to this service by your GP, nurse or
key worker. The service does not take self referrals.
Please note there is often high demand for this service.

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SCAS & Shared Care

Specialist Community Addictions Service, Rectory Centre,
Rectory Road, Oxford, OX4 1BU.
Telephone: 01865 455634
www.obmh.nhs.uk

You can access medical treatment for substance misuse with
SCAS and the Shared Care scheme. Shared care is the joint
participation of specialist nurses (SCAS nurses), GPs and
pharmacists in providing medical treatment for substance
misuse. This will usually involve prescribing of methadone or
buprenorphine (subutex). It can also include medical treatment
for alcohol.

SCAS secondary care service is for those with serious medical
needs related to their substance misuse that cannot be
managed within Share Care.

  • Assessment
  • Harm Reduction
  • Advice and information
  • Signposting
  • Care planning
  • Prescribing
  • Detoxification
  • Referral
  • Health promotion
  • Blood borne virus testing and immunisation.

Open: The service is accessed by referral from any GP.

Residential Placement Team
Rectory Centre, Rectory Road, Oxford OX4 1BU.
Telephone: 01865 455614
www.obmh.nhs.uk

This team carry out the assessments for suitability for
residential detoxification and residential rehabilitation.
In Oxfordshire the majority of placements are now made from
a selection of residential detoxification and residential
rehabilitation facilities that have been through an evaluation
process and have been assessed as suitable for use for
Oxfordshire service users. This is known as a 'Framework'.
There are 9 providers and 16 facilities currently available.

  • Assessment.

Open: You have to be referred to this team either by your GP
or key worker.

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Young Addaction

The Abingdon Business Centre, 7 Nuffield Way,
Abingdon OX14 1RL.
Telephone: 01235 468405
www.addaction.org.uk

Young Addaction is Oxfordshire's Young People's Drug and
Alcohol Service. It is a confidential service which provides
support for 10-19 year olds with complex and serious
substance misuse issues in Oxfordshire.

Young Addaction work with young people to bring about
change around their substance misuse, whilst also addressing
related issues and risks.

Young Addaction also work with young people affected by
parental or family drug and alcohol misuse.

Services provided:

  • Assessment
  • Care Planning
  • Brief interventions
  • Harm reduction advice and information
  • Outreach provision
  • One to one sessions
  • Referral to specialist prescribing and clinical services
  • Referral to other services
  • Advice and support on sexual and physical health
  • Assessment and facilitated access to education, skills and training
  • One to one support for children of drug or alcohol using
    parents
  • Targeted alcohol outreach work.

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Residential Placement Team

Rectory Centre, Rectory Road, Oxford OX4 1BU.
Telephone: 01865 455614
www.obmh.nhs.uk

This team carry out the assessments for suitability for
residential detoxification and residential rehabilitation.
In Oxfordshire the majority of placements are now made from
a selection of residential detoxification and residential
rehabilitation facilities that have been through an evaluation
process and have been assessed as suitable for use for
Oxfordshire service users. This is known as a 'Framework'.
There are 9 providers and 16 facilities currently available.

  • Assessment.

Open: You have to be referred to this team either by your GP
or key worker

THIS SERVICE COVERS THE WHOLE COUNTY

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Drugs Intervention Programme (DIP) / Intergrated Offender Management (IOM)

The Old Music Hall, 106-108 Cowley Road, Oxford OX4 1JE.
Telephone: 01865 403240
www.smartcjs.org.uk

DIP aims to assist drug using offenders out of crime and into
treatment. Some of the contact is voluntary and some is not;
this will be explained to service users.

  • Assessment
  • Referral
  • 1:1's
  • Signposting
  • Advice and Information
  • Harm Reduction.

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Probation Substance Misuse Team

The Old Music Hall, 106-108 Cowley Road, Oxford OX4 1JE. 4
Telephone: 01865 403225
www.thamesvalleyprobation.org.uk

This team work with drug using offenders who are being assessed
for, or have been sentenced to, a community drug rehabilitation
requirement (DRR) or an alcohol treatment requirement (ATR).

  • Assessment
  • Care Planning
  • Offender case management

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Mutual Aid

Alcoholics Anonymous - The group is self supporting and the
only requirement to attendance is the desire to stop drinking.
There are a number of meetings across Oxfordshire please call
the helpline on 0845 769 7555 or visit
www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk for details.

Narcotics Anonymous - The group is self supporting and the
only requirement to attendance is the desire to stop using
drugs.

There are a number of meetings across Oxfordshire please call
the helpline 0300 999 1212 or visit www.ukna.org for more
information.

STAR Recovery - through peer support STAR Recovery helps
you to gain practical tools and techniques for self directed
change; it encourages individuals to recovery and live
satisfying lives.

Contact Oxfordshire User Team for details of
dates and times on 01865 20911 or visit
www.oxfordshireuserteam.org.uk

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