A new treatment system for Birmingham
Twenty six treatment teams across Birmingham, Solihull and Wolverhampton have signed up to a new treatment development programme. The programme, known as Birmingham Treatment Effective Initative (BTEI), aims to set up and fine-tune a new model of delivering care-planned treatment.
BTEI is based upon a model that was originally developed in the USA. It is anticipated that the programme will provide a coherent, evidence based treatment model which will ensure consistency of methods and measurement of effectiveness.
At the heart of the BTEI programme is a care planning approach that maps service users' own evaluation of themselves and their treatment needs and goals. Service users, with the help of their drug workers, will explore their own strengths and problems, select their goals and plan their care and treatment.
The project is funded by Birmingham DAT, Birmingham DIP and the National Treatment Agency (NTA). It is led by Dr David Best and Dr Ed Day.
The first phase of the programme was implemented in December 2006 and was evaluated in September 2007. The primary stage of the programme included:
- the delivery of training in care planning to all 26 drug treatment teams involved in the process;
- delivering training in brief interventions (anger management and motivation) to nominated trainers and BTEI's five assistant psychologists;
- the delivery of anger management and motivation sessions to service users in DIP and DRR teams;
- practising the new care planning methodology across all 26 teams;
- evaluation of the training programme; and
- evaluating changes in client functioning and treatment satisfaction and workers' perceptions of team functioning.
A series of five bulletins has now been produced using the first phase of the BTEI data. Copies are available by clicking on the links below.
Bulletin One - 'What do clients say about their problems and their treatment needs?'
Bulletin Two - 'Criminal thinking among clients in DIP and other criminal justice agencies'
Bulletin Four - Clinical workers' perceptions of mapping and care planning training'
Bulletin Five - 'Managers' reports on service delivery and attitudes in drug services'
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