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Hi Pippa for such an issue to be managed successfully it needs a robust drug and alcohol policy - i have involved management from the start and advised they and the employee are responsible for compliance and for management of this and they should agree a contract e.g weekly meetings in private as not only a support measure but to assess that the contract is standing up/ Mondays are good for this as it follows a weekend being firm is tough love in a way but the only way - i try not to get involved other than liase with the community support team as they are doing the work and to reinforce this to the employee and support attendance for counselling hope this helps - your right about the safety measures and only advise when i have clear evidence that the employee is being responsible with treatment compliance and sobriety for a stable period that these can be lifted however should remain supervised and withdrawn when any concerns apparent. http://www.drugscope.org.uk/OneStopCMS/Core/ CrawlerResourceServer.aspx?resource=9E2F750E-245E-49CC-B669- EEACC455B720&mode=link&guid=3e1f48bd69a6449ab655d3c5a2fb541b and http://www.nice.org.uk/nicemedia/live/13001/48984/48984.pdf the above are good resources stephOn 12 May 2011, at 10:45, Pippa Stanford wrote: > Dear List > > I am currently assisting an individual with alcohol addiction. I > have referred him to GP, he awaits contact from the Alcohol Support > Team (who I have pursued to try to expedite treatment - he would > like to stop drinking- but the wait is some weeks). > > Advice has been given to the employer relating to safety. > > The Alcohol Policy is very weak and I am in the process of > carefully introducing such concepts as individual risk assessment > and a contract between employee and employer of his expected > behaviours and the outcomes if he does not comply. > > I would be very grateful for any input relating to such contracts > which you use - a draft would be really helpful and also Alcohol > Policies. There is no testing in the Company for drugs or alcohol. > > Many thanks, > Pippa > > Pippa Stanford > Occupational Health Advisor > Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device > > ******************************** > Please remove this footer before replying. > > OCC-HEALTH ARCHIVES: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html > > CONFERENCES AND STUDY DAYS: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH ******************************** Please remove this footer before replying. OCC-HEALTH ARCHIVES: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html CONFERENCES AND STUDY DAYS: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH