Hi Sarah, count me in for number 2.
Thanks
Pete


Pete Hoey
Planning Development Officer
Personalisation and Commissioning
Wellbeing and Communities
Kirklees Council
30 Market Street, Huddersfield
HD1 2HG
07966 459243
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From: List for social workers working with substance use issues [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Elizabeth A. Allison [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 07 January 2012 06:21
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Subject: Re: Virtual consultation group - help?

Hi  Sarah , Yes I would like to be involved. The two I am especially
interested in are 3 & 4. , harm to others and Mental health.   Liz
On 22 Dec 2011, at 18:31, Sarah Galvani wrote:

> Dear All
>
> As some of you may know, I chair the BASW Special Interest Group in
> Alcohol and other Drugs. We have recently been funded to produce
> four pocket guides for social workers on the following topics:
>
> 1. Young people and alcohol (lead writer - Trevor McCarthy)
> 2. Older people and alcohol (lead writer - Wulf Livingston)
> 3. Harm to others - children and families (lead writer - Trevor
> McCarthy)
> 4. Mental health and substance use (lead writer - Sarah Galvani)
>
> We want to establish a 'virtual' practitioner consultation group for
> each guide, primarily comprising social workers/managers who will be
> able to give us feedback on drafts. (Other professions or specialist
> substance use folk are welcome but as these are pocket guides geared
> towards supporting social workers who are not specialists it would
> be most useful to hear from them too.)
>
> So my questions are:
> 1). would you be interested in joining a virtual (email) group to
> support the development of the guides?
> 2). If so, which guide/s would you like to comment on? (more than
> one is fine, these issues do overlap and if you don't mind, we don't!)
> 3). Do I have your permission to pass on your details to the lead
> writer for the relevant guide/s?
>
> We'll be setting up an email list for each guide. You'll be
> contacted initially in the new year for any ideas about content
> before we start. We then anticipate two drafts and you'll be
> contacted for comments.  Bear in mind the pocket guides are A6 size
> and have only 14 small pages of content so it shouldn't take too
> much time at all.
>
> Thanks for your consideration and ongoing interest and support of
> this jisc list.
>
> Please feel free to pass the message on to any colleagues or social
> workers/managers you know may be interested or willing to be part of
> the consultation group.
>
> All the best for a happy, healthy and employed 2012.
>
> Sarah