Aim 1 To support an improvement in the quality of all responses to drug use in Scotland Outcome 1a To support the empowerment of communities to respond to drug problems |
Outputs | Milestones/targets for 07/08 | What was delivered? 07/08 | Target met? 07/08 | Milestones/targets for 06/07 | What was delivered? 06/07 | Target met? 06/07 | Provisional stakeholder view |
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1. Deliver training to community groups/drug forums etc. | 20 training events. Target previously exceeded, should have been increased? | Delivered and evaluated 53 training events | Met | Deliver 20 training events each year. | 64 training events to 730 people. | Exceeded | 13 responses Very positive |
2. Capacity Building of community groups. | 10 groups | 11 groups supported. | Exceeded | Undertake Capacity Building with at least ten community groups each year. | 10 groups supported. | Met | Fewer than 6 responses noted |
3. Critical Incidents training to users & carers 14. | At least 44 training sessions delivered each year including sessions aimed at DTTO clients. | Delivered 50 training sessions to 562 participants. | Exceeded | At least 33 training sessions delivered each year including sessions aimed at DTTO clients. | Delivered 49 training sessions delivered (520 people). Detailed evaluation provided as part of project report. | Exceeded | 8 responses Very positive |
4. Work with ADATs to support effective community engagement. | Participate in ADAT meetings & sub groups, maintain regular communication with all (22) ADATs. | Participated in 17 ADATs. Regular communications with 19 ADATs who are members of SDF. | Met for participation Not met for communications to all ADATs | Participate in ADAT meetings and sub groups, maintain regular communication with all 22 ADATs each year. | Participated in 17 ADATs and sub-groups. | Met for participation Not met for communications to all ADATs | 7 responses Mixed |
5. Work with drug forums to support effective community engagement. | Support development of 5 drug forums & and maintain regular communication with all (30) drug forums. | Work with Aberdeenshire, Moray, Inverness and Nairn. Also work with Glasgow, via GRAND week. Regular communication with all forums. | Met on forum develop-ment Met on communications | Support the development of drug forums (5 per year) and maintain regular communication with all drug forums (30). | Regular communication with all drug forums, database of forums developed. Work with Moray, Stewart, Upper, Mid & Lower Nithsdale, Wigtownshire, South, Drumchapel, Rutherglen and Cambuslang ,Perth & Kinross, Ross and Cromarty. Also work in support of Glasgow's Drug Action Week. | Exceeded on forum develop-ment Met on communic-ations | Fewer than 6 responses noted |
6. Work with Community Planning Partnerships to ensure appropriate response to drug issues. | Work with 3 Community Planning Partnerships each year and maintain regular contact with the remainder. | Work with Glasgow, Aberdeen and Perth & Kinross CPPs No feedback re contact with others. | Met Unclear re contact with others | Work with 3 Community Planning Partnerships each year and maintain regular contact with the remainder. | Working with Community Planning Partnerships with Glasgow, Perth & Kinross and Aberdeenshire. Developing links with the remainder. | Met | Fewer than 6 responses noted |
7. Promote Treatment and Care Services partnerships with their local communities. | Work with three services each year to develop community interface of treatment providers. | Unclear, text looks like it is achieved. | Met | Work with three services each year to develop community interface of treatment providers. | Working with Community Addiction Teams in Glasgow. Presentation to Drug and Alcohol Project Levenmouth AGM. Nationally as part of the quality standards work SDF are helping to develop guidance on user involvement for services. | Unclear | Fewer than 6 responses noted |
Aim 1 To support an improvement in the quality of all responses to drug use in Scotland Outcome 1b To ensure that service providers and policymakers are fully aware of the interests and concerns of those affected by drug use |
Outputs | Milestones/targets for 07/08 | What was delivered?07/08 | Target met? 07/08 | Milestones/targets for 06/07 | What was delivered?06/07? | Target met? 06/07 | Provisional stakeholder view |
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8. Support and develop user involvement groups. | Support at least 4 user involvement groups each year. With at least 30 User involvement volunteers each year. | 5 groups with total of 40 volunteers. | Exceeded | Support at least 4 user involvement groups each year. With at least 30 User involvement volunteers each year. | 41 volunteers involved in 4 groups with development. | Exceed-ed | 30 responses for outputs 8, 11, 15 combined. Positive |
9. Deliver user & carer inputs to planning structures. | Twenty inputs provided to planning structure ( ADATs, SACDM, Sub-groups etc.) each year. | Inputs exceeded. | Exceeded. | Twenty inputs provided to planning structure ( ADATs, SACDM, Sub-groups etc.) each year. | Meeting with head of Justice Division. All four users groups have had meetings with local planners. UI groups involved with range of studies. | Unclear | Fewer than 6 responses noted |
Aim 1 To support an improvement in the quality of all responses to drug use in Scotland Outcome 1c To assist the development of high-quality services |
Outputs | Milestones/targets for 07/08 | What was delivered?07/08 | Target met? 07/08 | Milestones/targets for 06/07 | What was delivered?06/07? | Target met? 06/07 | Provisional stakeholder view |
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10. Deliver training to drug services (non-statutory). | Run 20 training days each year. | Provided and evaluated 20 events to non-statutory drug services across Scotland. Same feedback as 2006/07. Has feedback been updated? | Met | Run 20 training days each year. | Provided and evaluated 20 events to non-statutory drug services across Scotland. | Met | Fewer than 6 responses noted |
11. User Involvement Surveys. | At least 5 user surveys each year. | 5 surveys, including national. | Met | At least 5 user surveys each year. | 6 surveys listed as completed or ongoing. | Exceed-ed | 30 responses for outputs 8, 11, 15 combined. Positive |
12. Capacity Building with services. | 10 agencies worked with each year. | Lottery proposal submitted, which is still under consideration. New Glasgow Development Manager started with role here. | Superseded. Funding withdrawn in 2006/07. | 10 agencies worked with each year. | Worked with 10 agencies in Glasgow on ICT issues. Funding ceased therefore no work on this area in 2007/08 without additional resources. | Met | Fewer than 6 responses noted |
13. Work with DTTOs and SPS to support service improvements. | Develop a national drugs and criminal justice forum after appropriate consultation. | Work on national forum not taken forward due to pressure of other work. | Not met | Develop a national drugs and criminal justice forum after appropriate consultation. | Discussions held, further work required. Some work with SPS undertaken. | Not met | Fewer than 6 responses noted |
Aim 1 To support an improvement in the quality of all responses to drug use in Scotland Outcome 1d To promote service development/service changes to meet unrealised human and social potential of people with drug problems |
Outputs | Milestones/targets for 07/08 | What was delivered?07/08 | Target met? 07/08 | Milestones/targets for 06/07 | What was delivered?06/07? | Target met? 06/07 | Provisional stakeholder view |
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14. To promote the development of employability services for people with drug problems. | Support ADAT employability sub-groups. | Supported the re-launch of the Glasgow employability subgroup. Member of SAADAT employability sub-group. | Met | Support ADAT employability sub-groups Facilitate national employer liaison forum meetings 3 per year. | Still support ADAT activity. The National employer forum no longer exists. | Unclear | 14 responses Positive |
| | | | Undertake policy work re implementation of the Scottish Executive's Employability Framework. | Met with Enterprise and Life Long Learning. Planning conference in 2007. Linked to SCVO's work on employability. | Met | |
| Deliver a drug worker training course for 15 former drug users. | 20 recruits, 18 completed course, 15 secured employment. | Exceeded | Deliver a drug worker training course for 15 former drug users. | 15 recruits, 9 secured employment. | Met | |
| Promote pilot and encourage other developments. | Funding position as at 2006/07. | Super ceded | Promote pilot and encourage other developments. | Restrictions on funding meant course could not be progressed. | Not met | |
| | | | Promote employability as part of DTTOs. | Proposal developed. Member of SAADAT employability sub-group. | Met | |
Aim 1 To support an improvement in the quality of all responses to drug use in Scotland Outcome 1e To undertake research and audits which assist in improving the response to drug use |
Outputs | Milestones/targets for 07/08 | What was delivered?07/08 | Target met? 07/08 | Milestones/targets for 06/07 | What was delivered?06/07? | Target met? 06/07 | Provisional stakeholder view |
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15. Support User Involvement and community surveys and deliver specific commission research. | 5 user involvement surveys, plus at least one piece of commissioned work each year. | (5 surveys, including national = almost same target; same report back for point 11) Commissioned work point met. | (Met, as per point 11) exclude as double counting | 5 user involvement surveys, plus at least one piece of commissioned work each year. | 6 surveys listed as completed or ongoing. | (Met, as per point 11) exclude as double counting | 30 responses for outputs 8, 11, 15 combined. Positive |
(a) Reduce Drug Users' Risk of Overdose. | To carry out a survey of drug users and family members in partnership with Figure8 consultancy. | Report for Scottish Government completed. | Met | | | | |
(b) Evaluation Glasgow Naloxone Pilot. | To evaluate the naloxone training sessions through survey of pre and post training clients and carers. | Produce report for Glasgow Addiction Services. | Met | | | | |
Aim 2 To improve the general level of understanding and awareness of drug issues among practitioners, drug users, their families and the wider community Outcome 2a To disseminate information on drugs and drug related issues in order to spread best practice |
Outputs | Milestones 07/08 | Delivered? 07/08 | Target met? 07/08 | Milestones 06/07 | Delivered 06/07 | Target met? 06/07 | Provisional stakeholder view |
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16. Publish Bulletin. | Ten issues published each year. | 9 published target missed due to staff illness. | Not met | Ten issues published each year. | 8 published. | Not met | 15 responses Very positive |
| Ensure regular coverage of drugs and criminal justice. | 15 articles referring to criminal justice. | Met | Ensure regular coverage of drugs and criminal justice. | 22 articles referring to criminal justice. | Met | |
| Ensure regular coverage of good practice issues re Hidden Harm/ GOPR agenda. | 16 articles. | Met | Ensure regular coverage of good practice issues re Hidden Harm/ GOPR agenda. | 15 articles | Met | |
17. Publish Volatile Substance Newsletter. | Two to three issues published each year. Subject to funding. | One issue published, without funding. | Superseded Funding withdrawn | Three issues published each year. | One issue published. | Superseded | Fewer than 6 responses noted |
18. Provide information service. | Respond to information requests etc. | Requests responded to. | Target not specific enough to judge whether met or not. | Provide (Projected) 3000 information requests each year. | On target re information requests. | Met | 7 responses Very positive |
19. Provide database of treatment and care services, via website and in printed form. | Undertake an update every 18 months - (Sept 2007, March 2009). | One round of updates undertaken, total changes to database since launch = 97. | Superseded | Undertake an update every 18 months - (Sept 2007, March 2009). | New website agreed with the Executive and a range of work undertaken. | Superseded | 6 responses for 19, 20 together Mixed |
20. Provide a database of employability services, via website. | Undertake an update every 18 months - (Sept 2007, March 2009). | Updated | Superseded | Undertake an update every 18 months - (Sept 2007, March 2009). | | Superseded | 6 responses for 19, 20 together Mixed |
21. Provide and develop website. | Site update at least twice a week. | Achieved. 40,000 visitors to website. | Met | Site update at least twice a week. | 490,471 page views 148,142 site visits 68,480 individual visitors. | Unclear | Fewer than 6 responses noted |
22. Undertake a range of work with the media. | 200 contacts with the media, including five proactive briefings to promote good practice each year. Target previously exceeded, should have been increased? | 135 media requests dealt with, 15 proactive news briefings undertaken. | (Contacts not met) 15 Proactive briefings exceeded. | 200 contacts with the media, including five proactive briefings to promote good practice each year. | 217 media requests dealt with, 24 proactive news briefings undertaken. | (Contacts exceeded)15 Proactive briefings exceeded. | 10 responses Mixed |
Aim 3 To act as a forum to develop and promote common responses to issues of concern and to represent SDF members Outcome 3b To work in partnership with government and government agencies to promote a cohesive response among agencies/organisations |
Outputs | Milestones/targets for full year | What was delivered? | Target met? 07/08 | Milestones 06/07 | Delivered 06/07 | Target met? 06/07 | Provisional stakeholder view |
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24. Participate in Government Working Groups/steering groups. | Play active role in, on average, four groups per year. Target previously exceeded, should have been increased? | On 6 Scottish groups, plus 5 related sub-groups; 1 UK group and 1 EU group. | Exceeded | Play active role in, on average, four groups per year. | On 8 Scottish groups plus 4 related sub groups. | Exceeded | 15 responses Very positive |
25. Work with SADAAT re policy development. | Undertake at least two pieces of joint work with the Association each year. | Met | Met | Undertake at least two pieces of joint work with the Association each year. | Drugs and poverty work ongoing. Joint work re stimulants and methadone review. Sit on SAADAT national committee and drug deaths sub-group. | Met | Fewer than 6 responses noted |
Aim 3 To act as a forum to develop and promote common responses to issues of concern and to represent SDF members Outcome 3c To develop SDF's membership base |
Outputs | Milestones/targets for full year | What was delivered? | Target met? 07/08 | Milestones 06/07 | Delivered 06/07 | Target met? 06/07 | Provisional stakeholder view |
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26. Deliver consultations with membership. | Undertake (on average) four consultations each year. | 3 consultations. | (Not met 16) | Undertake (on average) four consultations each year. | Two consultations undertaken Third consultation re methadone in progress. | (Not met16) | 13 responses Positive |
27. Support member networks. | Support 4 networks, including voluntary sector, needle exchange workers, arrest referral, agencies working with young people. | 5 networks of voluntary sector organisations. No report back on other groups. No agencies working with young people network supported. | Voluntary sector target met Others not met or position unclear. | Support 4 networks, including voluntary sector, needle exchange workers, arrest referral, agencies working with young people. | Developing needle exchange guidelines with Needle Exchange Forum. Supported 5 voluntary sector networks. | Voluntary sector target met Others not met or position unclear. | Fewer than 6 responses noted |
Aim 4 To develop SDF's capacity in line with existing and new demands Outcome 4a To ensure effective ongoing strategic planning |
Outputs | Milestones/targets for full year | What was delivered? | Target met? 07/08 | Milestones 06/07 | Delivered 06/07 | Target met? 06/07 | Provisional stakeholder view |
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28. Develop funding proposals in line with strategic plan. | Develop three funding proposals each year to extend work in SDF's priority areas. | Met | Met | Develop three funding proposals each year to extend work in SDF's priority areas. | Met | Met | Fewer than 6 responses noted |
Outcome 4b. To ensure effective corporate governance |
29. Deliver effective financial control. | Quarterly financial statement provided each year. | Organisation remains within planned budget. | Met | Quarterly financial statement provided each year. | Organisation remains within planned budget. | Met | Fewer than 6 responses noted |
Outcome 4c To ensure effective staff management and support |
30. Deliver support/ supervision and appraisals | Six weekly supervision and annual appraisals. | Appraisals delivered to all staff and supervision undertaken. | Met | Six weekly supervision and annual appraisals. | Appraisals delivered to all staff and supervision undertaken. | Met | Fewer than 6 responses noted |