National Drugs Helpline 0800 77 66 00
Kelly Pain - Kent & Medway Drug & Alcohol Action Team's Treatment & Criminial Justice Manager
The Drug Interventions Programme (which was formally known as CJIP), is a large-scale programme, established in April 2003 as a critical part of the governments updated drug strategy (2002). Its principal focus is to reduce drug related crime by engaging with problematic drug users and using a case management approach, moving them into appropriate treatment, retaining them in treatment and supporting them through and after treatment, whether in a custodial or community setting.
It aims to break the cycle of drug misuse, offending behaviour and custody by intervening at every stage of the criminal justice system to engage offenders in drug treatment. By bringing together individual interventions we can create an integrated approach which enables appropriate and continuing engagement with an individual at arrest, on charge, in court, during and on completion of community and custodial sentences or statutory supervision in the community and on leaving treatment.
DIP is designed to engage with a broad range of range of drug misusing offenders, who are at different stages in their drug misuse and offending. It aims to prevent crime through early interventions as well as reduce crime levels by engaging the most problematic and prolific offenders.
There are close links between DIP and prolific offenders. Initial indications were that up to 85% of prolific offenders identified were problematic drug users, committing crime to support a drug dependency.
“The project will ensure that the drug misusing offenders in Kent will be offered the chance to enter treatment at every stage of the criminal justice system. They will also receive help and support post treatment to reintegrate back into their communities and lead a crime free life”
The service will provide through care and after care to all eligible individuals within the criminal justice system to support their entry and retention into treatment.
Call us on 08458 247 104
Or get in touch with our Kent & Medway Services:
Medway DIP
Cranstoun, 2nd Floor, 55 Green Street, Gillingham, Kent
ME7 1AE
T: 01634 281589
T: 01634 281168
E: medwaydip@cranstoun.org.uk
KCA DIP Team
8 Park Road, Sittingbourne, Kent
ME10 1DR
T: 01795 418550
E: dip@kca.org.uk