Drug Education, Counselling and Confidential Advice
DECCA (Drug Education, Counselling and Confidential Advice) Team is the Sandwell young peoples drug service. This includes provision for drug, alcohol and tobacco education for children and young people and those who work with them.
Services include educational programmes for schools and agencies/
organisations engaging with children and young people. Policy guidance
for schools, services for disaffected/vulnerable/at risk young people,
targeted intervention work and a treatment service. DECCA receive
referrals from agencies/ organisations, professionals parents/carers
and young people themselves.
All young people referred into the
service are assessed and assigned an appropriate worker either
treatment or education. The treatment workers work with those young
people (aged 18 or under) who have been assessed as having a drug
(including alcohol) problem or issue.
Helplines and Support
Both DECCA and Sandwell Stop Smoking Service can help you to give up smoking and can also supply Nicotine patches and gum, if necessary.
DECCA
Tel: 0845 835 5317
Web: www.ukdrugzone.com
Sandwell Stop Smoking Service
Tel: 0121 607 3337
Web: www.stopsmokingsandwell.co.uk
NHS Smoking helplines
Tel: 0800 169 0169
Web: www.gosmokefree.co.uk
Get in touch with the DECCA Team...
Call: 0845 838 53 17
Text: 0 77 81 47 27 46
Email: dqa1000@hotmail.com
Web: www.ukdrugzone.com