School project tackles parental drug abuse
Action on Addiction and Place2Be have joined forces to offer school-based services to children and families affected by parental substance abuse.
The move will see the addiction charity training staff from Place2Be, which runs mental health services in schools, to deliver its Moving Parents and Children Together (M-PACT) programme.
Action on Addiction’s M-PACT programme has been running since 1986 and consists of an eight-week intervention where families with substance addiction problems take part in weekly group work sessions to address their behaviour.
The new schools-based version of the programme, M-PACT Plus, will be delivered in schools by Place2Be, starting with Willows Primary School in Manchester.
“This collaboration with Place2Be will allow M-PACT to reach even more of the children and families that need our help,” said Nick Barton, chief executive of Action on Addiction.
“Children of problematic substance users can receive little support despite being so at risk. Our project with Place2Be means more young people and families will get the specialist support they need.”
The work is being funded by The Royal Foundation and Comic Relief.
Source: CYPNow
