OUR OBJECTIVES

To ensure that adequate, appropriate treatment is in place in Dublin 12 to respond to the diverse treatment requirements of clients.

• Work with stakeholders to ensure that all national objectives in relation to treatment are met in Dublin 12.
• Continue to establish and develop the Cross Task Force Harm reduction/needle exchange service.
• Provide methadone and associated rehabilitation services for people from Kimmage and Walkinstown/Greenhills in Dublin 12.
• Strengthen and develop relationships between GPs/Pharmacies and community based services to respond more
• collaboratively to clients in treatment.
• Support services to effectively respond to changing drug use (cocaine, poly drug use).
• Develop stronger relationships with alcohol services, and support them to implement the new National Substance Misuse Strategy.
• Increase the numbers of clients from Dublin 12 successfully detoxifying.

To ensure adequate rehabilitation options are available for clients and that services work collaboratively with clients to support their progression

• Support the implementation of the National Rehabilitation Strategy and lobby for the establishment of RIS service in Dublin 12.
• Increase the rehabilitation options available to clients of services in Dublin 12.
• Improve collaboration between services to agree case management methods and increase referrals between agencies.
• Support the continued development of the D12 Service Users Forum, family support networks and other relevant forums.

• Ensure that national policies in relation to education/prevention are considered in all education/prevention strategies in Dublin 12.
• Consolidate and develop interventions aimed at engaging at risk children and young people.
• Continue to develop and strengthen links with schools.
• Encourage increased educational participation levels.
• To develop the role and clarify priorities of the Drug Education Resource Worker.
• To continue to provide accredited addiction studies courses locally.
• Continue Health Promotion activities including Drug Awareness campaigns and other community awareness raising activities.

• Work with others to ensure that national policy frameworks and initiatives to reduce drug dealing are implemented in Dublin 12 such as the Joint Policing Committees and the Dial to Stop Drug Dealing programme.
• Continue to develop the Community Safety Partnership in co-operation with the Gardai, local statutory and voluntary agencies and the local community to respond effectively to local issues.
• Develop structures to link the outcomes of the CSP to the Dublin South City and South Dublin Joint Policing Committees.
• Continue to work with the Gardai to respond to drugs and associated crime in Dublin 12.
• Encourage and promote sense of safety and well being in Dublin 12.

• Work closely with local projects to develop and strengthen data collection systems and to share analysis of this data.
• Highlight data gaps regarding socio economic data to the City Development Board. Work with them to fill this gap on a regular basis.
• Identify and commission research that will add value to local knowledge and help to inform service developments.
• Participate in national research and influence the type of research that is conducted nationally.

To increase the level of supports available to families experiencing drugs issues.

• Re-establish family support groups in the area.
• Support the development of childcare facilities that respond to the needs of drug using families.
• Implement national frameworks to support families of drug users.

• Map services that respond to alcohol misuse in Dublin 12
• Develop a plan and decide on structures to address alcohol misuse
• Develop stronger relationships with alcohol services, and support them to implement the new National Substance Misuse Strategy.

To strengthen and develop the capacity of the Task Force to coordinate integrated responses to drug issues in Dublin 12.

• Consider the impact of the possible closure of the local Area Based Partnership on the work of the Task Force and develop strategies to address these gaps.
• Work closely with the HSE to influence the establishment of primary care teams in Dublin 12 and develop their capacity to respond to the needs of drug users and their families.
• Actively engage with representatives from Kimmage.
• Work with the Board to expand and develop governance processes that will enhance their strategic capacity.
• Strengthen and develop the role of the sub-groups to ensure their expertise and capacity to implement actions is fully utilised.
• Strengthen and develop how the Board and sub-groups connect together.
• Enhance collaborative working between stakeholders involved in the Task Force.
• Increase the profile and work of Dublin 12 LDTF locally and nationally.
• Review progress annually and carry out a mid-term review of this strategic plan in 2011.

• Clarify the current position of interim funded projects that have been approved for mainstreaming.
• Support projects to adjust their budgets to fit with the current economic climate e.g. identify ways of reducing/sharing costs with other projects.
• Ensure that projects continue to maximise resources and avoid duplication.
• Highlight the budgetary requirements of local services and support projects that are mainstreamed to increase their budgetary allocation in line with increased service delivery costs.

• Continue to work with other Task Forces, particularly those nearby (Canals, Ballyfermot, Tallaght) and collaborate on initiatives.
• Share experiences, expertise, concerns and resources with other Task Forces.