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Offender Health
Added on
15/04/2009
Updated on
14/06/2010
Offender Health and Identification and Brief Advice (IBA)
Screening for alcohol problems, using the Offender Assessment System (OASys) and a validated alcohol screening tool, such as the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT), is quick. So are brief interventions. Both require minimal training. There is significant evidence that early detection and intervention is effective in reducing alcohol-related harm. (NOMS 2008)
Pilot programme to examine the effectiveness of Offender Health Trainers in delivering 'Brief Advice' for alcohol harm-reduction
PCT's are being encouraged to make strides in implementing "High Impact Changes 
" to impact on the rate of alcohol hospital admissions. This includes:
"Developing Identification and Brief Advice (IBA) in criminal justice by persuading the Crime Reduction Partnerships of the importance of IBA to delivering crime reduction and savings across the public sector".
Health Trainer pilot settings included prison settings in the Eastern Region and probation in Hampshire (Southampton and Portsmouth).
Yorkshire and Humber Region Alcohol and Offenders Project Phase One
This project examined the treatment needs of alcohol misusing offenders within key Criminal Justice settings, namely, Probation, Prisons, Police, as well as other health and community settings, through a review available data and information in these areas in the Yorkshire and Humberside region.
Other Key Documents
- NOMS Intervention Guidance
The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) has developed best practice guidance for probation staff on the effective commissioning, management and delivery of a range of interventions for alcohol... - National Probation Service Alcohol Strategy
Working with Alcohol Misusing Offenders - a strategy for delivery This 2006 Strategy aims to: Establish a consistent approach to tackling alcohol-related offending across the Probation Service based... - Alcohol Information Pack Offenders Managers Guide
Accompanies the offenders guide and provides information on how to use the resources, IBA and tools for offender managers to use. - Alcohol Information Pack Offenders Guide
Provides information on; Probation Service's role including treatment and IBA; general alcohol information including units and substance abuse; specific groups including women, mental health, young people,... - Models of Care for Alcohol Misusers (MoCAM)
Models of care for alcohol misusers (MoCAM) provides best practice guidance for local health organisations and their partners in delivering a planned and integrated local treatment system for adult alcohol...