Safety Plan Template
A safety plan template for frontline workers
Category Blue Light Resources
Supporting care package engagement for adults experiencing multiple disadvantage
This toolkit has been developed to help frontline workers understand why people with complex needs may find it difficult to engage with traditional care packages. It offers practical, trauma-informed strategies to build trust, reduce barriers and support flexible, person-led approaches.…
Information sharing and confidentiality agreement
This is a template information sharing and confidentiality agreement that can be used at case conference meetings. Individuals at high risk of vulnerability will need support of multiple services at the same time and the services involved in the care…
Mental capacity assessment screening tool
This document has been created to help staff to complete mental capacity assessments. Following on from learnings surrounding clients being able to often talk the talk, but not walk the walk (potential executive dysfunction), importance has been placed on providing…
Mental Capacity assessment checklist
This download provides a mental capacity assessment checklist which is relevant to ensure you have gone through a thorough assessment of capacity. An excellent PDF document to support staff in assessing executive functioning can also be downloaded from the lancashire…
Recognising alcohol withdrawals
Recognising alcohol withdrawals is important when supporting dependent drinkers so that you are aware of the risks. This information sheet is a grab sheet providing information on alcohol withdrawals and how staff can help to reduce risks.
‘Head injury & substance use?’ poster
Natalie Miller from Great Chapel Street Medical Centre has created an important poster for staff to be aware of when supporting those that have suffered a head injury and are under the influence. This poster should be shared with staff…
The Blue Light Approach: Identifying and addressing cognitive impairment in dependent drinkers.
This guidance has been developed as part of a national, multi-partner initiative. It involved both national experts like Prof. Ken Wilson and Dr Julia Lewis, as well as partners from 25 local authorities and treatment agencies around England and Wales.
Best practice example in health care for people using substances: hospital and rehabilitation
This best practice example is about a client with Korsakoff’s who lacked capacity to consent for dialysis treatment. He believed he still needed alcohol and was distracted by drinking continuously so would leave the hospital several times a day making…
BAME groups and substance use
This document lists common issues for BAME groups using substances, highlighting the responsibility for us all to talk about this in supervision/ team meetings and provides a list of available reading around the topic and useful interventions.
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