Crosscare Drug and Alcohol Programme
About CROSSCARE Drug & Alcohol Programme (DAP)
DAP is a project of Crosscare the social care agency of the Dublin Diocese, covering Dublin city and county and covering some parts of Wicklow and Kildare.
Information, Support & Counselling:
- Online Services: National drugs/alcohol website www.drugs.ie (Live helper-interactive service) service map of Ireland
- Counselling/referral service: Free one-to-one counselling service for over 18’s who are affected by alcohol or drug issues, service is offered in Drumcondra and Blanchardstown
- Phone support service: providing information and support to callers
- www.counsellingdirectory.ie - development of new website which is a listing of accredited and practising counsellors operating within Ireland
- Information & project request provision
- Advocacy/Consultancy; capacity-building, committee memberships, task forces – local & regional
Training & Parish Outreach:
- Working within diocesan structures to deliver workshops/ training courses on Don’t Lose the Head; a support manual aimed at parents/guardians on drug and alcohol issues affecting young people
- Policy Development for School Substance Use Policy
- Short Training Courses
DAP aim to help individuals, families and communities prevent and/or address problems arising drug drug and alcohol use.
Our Aspirations are
- To work for equity, equality and social change.
- To ensure that our work is at all times professional, adhering to good practice and predicated on evidence- based approaches.
- To engage in genuine collaborative partnership with other service providers.
- To ensure that our work programme, plans and processes are at all times accountable and transparent.
- To offer accessible, credible and relevant user-centre based on the needs of the service users.
- To ensure that all service users who access our programme are afforded both quality of access and equality of opportunity irrespective of their denomination, demographic or socio-economic status.
- To work towards greated integration with other related Crosscare services.
- To work in a way which empowers others to play a central role in addressing and preventing drug problems.
We include in our scope the prevention of all drug-related harm, whether caused by illegal or legal drugs, including alcohol and medications.
Personnel
Manager: Chris Murphy
Admin & Development Worker: Susan O'Neill
Online Resources: Andy Osborn
Development Worker: Jelena Ivanovic
