1. What is the name of the policy or service that is being assessed?
Children and Young Peoples Substance Misuse Plan – Safer Wiltshire Plan (to be developed)
2. What are the aims of the policy or service? Whose needs is it designed to meet? What are the current priorities?
The aims are to put the objectives in place to deliver drug treatment in Wiltshire based on needs. This plan is for all drug-users in Wiltshire and at strategic level to influence commissioning decisions.
The priorities are more people in treatment.
3. In what ways might this policy or service affect some groups of people differently? Might some groups find it harder to access the service? Do some groups have particular needs that are not well met by the current policy or service?
The plan will need to fully cover the needs of harder to reach groups of young people including those with a disability or from an ethnic minority. Other target groups which we will need to particularly liaise with will be those aged 16-18 and those not in mainstream eductation.
4. What evidence do you have for your judgement? Is there evidence of public concern (e.g. complaints)? Have staff raised concerns? Is there local or national research to suggest that there could be a problem?
16-18 is a particular gap when it comes to health service substance misuse provision
5.. Who have you consulted with as part of your assessment? What were the results? Have you published the results of that consultation? If so, where?
Consultation still yet to take place.
6. If you have found that the policy or service might have an adverse impact on a particular group of people, can you justify this?
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7. If the impact cannot be justified, what do you intend to do about this? Are there changes that you could introduce which would make the policy or service work better for this group of people? Is further research or consultation required?
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8. How will you monitor the take-up or impact of the policy or service in future?
Regular contact with young people in development of the plan.
9. What actions do you plan to take as a result of this equality impact assessment? Please state any resource implications.
A further equality impact assessment once plan completed.
10. There is a legal requirement to publish the outcomes of Equality Impact Assessments. Please outline how / where this will happen.
On WCC usual web sites.
11. Name of person completing form
Assistant Director Community Services
Date assessment completed
16/10/06
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