Victoria Huntington
Research Assistant/Data Analyst
Central Region Research & Information Team
Audit Commission
0844 798 4113

-----Original Message-----
From: List for social workers working with substance use issues [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sarah Galvani
Sent: 22 August 2007 13:40
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: New product for accessing drugs information

Hello all

I recently received information about an drugs educational tool that individual social workers and social care staff working with drug issues may be interested in. The following description is from the company that developed the product.  Please direct any queries directly to her and not to me or the list:

It is an interactive touch screen Drugs education kiosk which can be used by schools, prisons, drugs action teams, police or any other community facing organisation. Due to the success of this product which have just released Drugs Box IV Pro. This is a professional application aimed at Drugs Workers but would be equally suited for Social Workers. It is available via an online subscription which then downloads the application to your phone. Once the application is on the phone it gives the drugs worker access to information around 50 drugs including, law, classification, law, first aid. There are also drug related job vacancies and press releases from DrugScope as well as constant news feeds. We currently have DrugScope, Drug link and DDN as partners. The application also lists drugs services by region so workers can refer across the UK, there are also blogs, quizzes, media reports and therapies. As you can see an application such as this would be an invaluable tool for social workers, and because we are constantly updating our software the information is always up to date. As policies and practices change the information is updated keeping social workers updated on all the newest information and for around £25 for a years subscription would be a very worthwhile purchase. If you have any contacts who you think would be interested in this product please could you let them know about our application or alternatively if there is anyone you think I could contact I would be very grateful if you could pass me their details.

I was very interested to read the article "Social work training needs to include substance misuse" on the community care website and from reading it feel that there is a real possibility that our product could provide a invaluable support to thousands of social workers. We are also constantly looking for other partners and sources of information to put onto the application

If you would like any more information please do not hesitate to contact me. I look forward to hearing from you

Kind Regards

Lucy Bateman
Business Development
Interactive Social Media Ltd
(t) 01482 327588
(f) 01482 328933

www.thedrugsbox.com
www.interactivesocialmedia.com
www.drinkangel.com




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