The key elements of the local transformation work are:
- Running senior level strategic workshops to establish understanding and ownership of the approach
- Training specialist and non-alcohol specialist staff in the Blue Light approach
- Forging links with multi-agency operational groups to ensure joint management and a persistent targeted focus on the highest impact clients
- Developing the specialist alcohol service response to high impact drinkers with a clear and established pathway from non-specialist to specialist services
- Developing specifications for assertive outreach services and other identified unmet need
- Evaluation of the approach
A package of transformation work will typically cost £15,000 to £20,000. However, the return on this investment will be significant. Tackling the impact of just one such client can save enormous costs to the healthcare or criminal justice system.