Updated 24 March 2017
Developing Initiatives for Support in the Community is a registered charity founded in 1984, which provides specialist substance misuse services across the North East, Yorkshire, Humber and the North West of England. Developing Initiatives for Support in the Community offers the following services for clients:
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Recovery services for drug and alcohol
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Health, young people and families
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Skills, employment and training
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Developing Initiatives for Support in the Community housing
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Independent living
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Promotion of volunteering and employment opportunities through ‘More Time’ social enterprise
This inspection focused only on the recovery services for drug and alcohol as this is the only part registered with the CQC for the provision of regulated activities. Developing Initiatives for Support in the Community has one registered location with the CQC, which is the organisation’s head office. The registered manager had recently retired and a temporary registered manager was in place at the time of inspection.
This service is registered by CQC to provide the following regulated activities:
• Caring for adults over 65 years
• Caring for children (0 – 18 years)
• Services for everyone
• Treatment of disease, disorder or injury
Developing Initiatives for Support in the Community has four drug and alcohol service delivery units, which operate from different hubs as follows:
Forward Leeds
• Kirkgate
• Irford
• Armley
Calderdale Recovery Steps
• Halifax
• Todmorden
North Yorkshire Horizons
• Northallerton
• Selby
• Skipton
• Scarborough
• Harrogate
Sunderland Wear Recovery
• Sunderland (needle exchange only)
The services are commissioned by Sunderland City Council, Leeds City Council, North Yorkshire Council and Calderdale Council. Developing Initiatives for Support in the Community work in partnership with other providers in these areas. Developing Initiatives for Support in the Community are the lead provider in Forward Leeds, Calderdale Recovery Steps and North Yorkshire Horizons.
As part of this inspection, we visited the following hubs to inspect the recovery services for drug and alcohol:
Halifax - Calderdale Recovery Steps
Armley - Forward Leeds
Irford - Forward Leeds
Kirkgate - Forward Leeds
Harrogate - North Yorkshire Horizons
Scarborough – North Yorkshire Horizons
Sapphire House – head office
Forward Leeds is the second largest substance misuse service in the country. Developing Initiatives for Support in the Community subcontracts to four other providers in the Forward Leeds consortium. Each provider in the consortium delivers a component of the substance misuse contract. One service delivers assertive outreach interventions and brief interventions, another delivers clinical interventions for opiate and alcohol dependency, another delivers specialist clinical interventions for pregnant women and dual diagnosis and another delivers family interventions. Forward Leeds also provides a young people’s service.
Calderdale Recovery Steps is a partnership of three providers which deliver accessible adult drug and alcohol services across Calderdale. The project focuses on recovery, harm reduction and user involvement. The service offers bespoke treatments for individuals. Clients may use local ‘Recovery Hubs’ in Halifax or rural Todmorden, or go to their own GP surgeries for treatment, support and reviews known as primary care extended services. The programme is designed to offer seamless, accessible, and relevant services, which will enable service users to work towards recovery.
Developing Initiatives for Support in the Community works in partnership with four other providers under the umbrella of North Yorkshire Horizons. North Yorkshire Horizons provides support to enable as many people as possible to recover from drug and alcohol dependency in North Yorkshire. The service aims to reduce the harms caused by drug and alcohol misuse to both individuals and communities. Local access in rural areas is provided via community venues.
We have previously inspected Developing Initiatives for Support in the Community once, in January 2014. At that time, the provider was found to be meeting all required standards. This is the first inspection by the CQC under the current methodology.