Staffordshire Treatment and Recovery Service

From 1st April 2024, Staffordshire Treatment and Recovery Services (STARS) will be delivered by a new provider called Inclusion.

You can find the new page for Staffordshire STARS at www.facebook.com/staffs.stars

Please ensure that you save the new link and bookmark the page on your browser.

This page will be deactivated on 3rd June.

Our final collective message for Overdose Awareness Day is to encourage people who use opiates to seek substitute medication and other prescribing support.

If you use opioids daily, local drug services can support you and prescribe alternatives like methadone or buprenorphine.

For Overdose Awareness Day, our fourth message with other drug recovery & treatment providers is to start low and go slow.

Start with a lower dose and wait for the peak effects to pass.

If you’re using illicit pills, consider splitting them and starting with a fraction of the pill.

Our third collective message with other drug recovery and treatment providers is to check your drugs.

You can submit an anonymous sample of the substances you use to the WEDINOS Project for analysis. It can take a few days to get results back: https://www.wedinos.org/

We’ve teamed up with other drug recovery and treatment services to share important messages ahead of Overdose Awareness Day.

Our second message? Avoid using drugs alone and stagger your doses.

Consider using the BuddyUp app: www.cranstoun.org/help-and-advice/harm-reduction/buddyup/

We’ve teamed up with other drug recovery & treatment services to share important messages ahead of Overdose Awareness Day.

Our first message is: always carry naloxone.

Naloxone reverses the effects of opioid drugs like he**in, morphine and methadone.

Drugs contaminated with synthetic opioids: a collective message Important information for anyone that uses drugs. The drugs available in the UK seem to be changing lately. As people services, we have come together to make a shared statement/clarification on some of the new drugs the people we support use, and the risks they present. New opioids have arrived in t...

We're very proud of the local innovation shown by the Staffordshire Integrated Co-occurring Needs team. They offer support to people experiencing problems with both substance use and mental health. Find out what Dame Carol Black and others had to say about their fantastic work so far here:
humankindcharity.org.uk/dame-carol-black-welcomes-new-mental-health-substance-use-treatment-approach/

Dame Carol Black welcomes new approach to mental health and substance use treatment A new initiative to support people with both mental health and drug and alcohol issues has been welcomed by Dame Carol Black, who led a landmark national review on drugs. Dame Carol visited Staffordshire to find out more about our new ICoN (Integrated Co-occurring Needs) initiative, which brings tog...

Do you have a passion for providing people with exceptional support? Ready to embark on a rewarding charity career journey?

We have some exciting opportunities to join our team of STARS at our Staffordshire Treatment & Recovery Service team. 🌠 Take a look below. 👇

Registered Nurse - Newcastle-under-Lyme
Salary: £31,100 - £35,760
Close date: 04/06/2023
➡️ https://bit.ly/3IEAUCS

Care Coordinator - Burton
Salary: £23,250 - £27,500
Close date: 11/06/2023
➡️ https://bit.ly/3IDsQCi

HALT Care Coordinator - Newcastle-under-Lyme
Salary: £23,250
Close date: 07/06/2023
➡️ https://bit.ly/3opVZdB

To view all our live opportunities across our services, check out our careers page: https://lnkd.in/ePZx37Yd

Care Coordinator Tim and Prescriber, Rob have attended Royal Stoke Hospital this week along with Vanessa a Hepatology Nurse, to meet with the CEO of The British Liver Trust and other professionals. 🙌

The British Liver Trust attended to meet Hospital and Community Teams to learn about the support offered to clients. ⭐

Vanessa, contacted The North STARS Service Manager to say…. Thank you so much for letting Rob and Tim come down to the hospital. It really showcased the fab work we do as a team and how much the service has developed. 💜

A trial running in Newcastle under Lyme will see targeted families given a slow cooker to help them with budgeting this winter.🤩

It’s all part of the new ‘Here to help’ campaign that provides information, advice and support on managing those cost of living pressures. Money from the Household Support Fund has been provided to fund slow cookers, which are being given out to vulnerable and low-income families in Newcastle. These have been gifted to STARS to give out to our clients in the Newcastle under Lyme area. Along with each slow cooker, families will be given recipe cards to help them make the most out of their food.🙌

Thank you, Staffordshire County Council for the fifty slow cookers. Thank you to Phil and Jake from Aspire for delivering the slow cookers. Thank you to Angela (Service Manager) and Rebecca (Health & Wellbeing Nurse) for taking delivering of the slow cookers. Thank you to all The STARS North Team for ensuring these are gifted to our clients. 🌟

https://www.uhnmcharity.org.uk/latest-news/posts/uhnm-consultant-invites-you-to-fundraising-parkrun/

UHNM Consultant invites you to a fundraising Parkrun 💪

Here is the link if you want to get involved ⭐

UHNM consultant invites you to fundraising Parkrun | University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust Charity A Consultant Gastroenterologist is encouraging her colleagues, former patients and members of the public to start the New Year on the right foot and join her on a fundraising Parkrun.

STARS in the North have received very kind donations to give to clients over the Festive period 🫶⭐

Paul Townsley and Dr Roya Vaziri respond to the rising number of alcohol related deaths The ONS today published new statistics showing the number of people who died due to diseases known to be a direct consequence of alcohol use. The main points from the statistics are: In 2021, there were 9,641 deaths (14.8 per 100,000 people) from alcohol-specific causes registered in the UK, the hig...

This week is Hep C European Testing Week. We are joining with other organisations to raise awareness of testing and treatment in our commitment to eliminate . 🙌

Why wait? Search for a free and confidential service, local to you, on our website to book a test today: humankindcharity.org.uk 💜

Here is Sarah and Richard from the HOPE Team who attended an event at Newcastle-Under- Lyme Borough Council for Alcohol Awareness Week. 💜

The HOPE Team work with individuals who are using substances at a lower level. Over 16 weeks the team provide motivational support and reduction plans to encourage each person to achieve their goals.

Please get in contact with your local service today if you feel that you need any support with substance use. ⭐

Take a look at some of the brilliant opportunities we currently have available to join our STARS team! 🌠

If you're looking for your next challenge, why not join our team of stars in ? Staffordshire Treatment and Recovery Service are currently looking for talented people who wanted to make a difference to lives in the local community every day. Take a look at these featured . ⬇️

🥰️ Care Coordinator
Salary: £23,250-£27,500
Closing date: 20/11/2022
Apply here: https://sforce.co/3ggU471

📝 Administrator
Salary: £19,047.60 - £20,106
Closing date: 20/11/2022
Apply here: https://sforce.co/3AnCV2i

⚖️ Criminal Justice Outreach Worker
Salary: £23,250 - £27,500
Closing date: 27/11/2022
Apply here: https://sforce.co/3Ao9ZHl

👩‍💻 Duty Worker
Salary: £19,047.60 - £20,106
Closing date: 04/12/2022
Apply here: https://sforce.co/3TDEBLW

To explore all of our current vacancies, including more in the Staffordshire area, head to: humankindcharity.org.uk/careers

The HALT team are running a Fibro scan clinic at John O Gaunt Newcastle-Under-Lyme on 23rd November 2022.

The scanner allows us to have a painless and non-invasive way of looking at how your alcohol use has impacted your liver’s health, and it takes only 10 minutes !!! 🙌

It is so important because if damage is detected early, then the recovery process can begin as soon as possible, and the liver has a better chance of repair. 💜

Appointments are around 15 mins long, once the scan is completed you will have a brief consultation, where we will look at how to offer you support on the best way forward – whether this be within the STARS service or by us completing a referral to the local Liver Specialist Team.

We have regular clinics within JOG and have a new clinic days booked in with Leek office of STARS.

If you are interested, please ask your keyworker about booking you a slot in on one of our clinic days!

Know the risks of He**in use!

If you or someone you know uses He**in, don't hesitate to contact your local service today and get a Naloxone!

If you want to find out more about this, please contact us.

Naloxone saves lives! 💜

During Addiction Awareness Week, we would like to highlight how safe and effective the needle exchange is that we have based at John O' Gaunts. The needle exchange is open - Monday to Friday 9am until 5pm, offering clean injecting equipment enforcing the importance of harm reduction. 🌟

All clients can drop in anytime and speak to a member of staff for advice and support on using the needle exchange.

We can also complete BBV testing, issue Naloxone or take used sharps as returns. 🙌

Staff are always available for a chat and a catch up anytime and are happy to help!

'It has been a fantastic four days with STARS based at The John O' Gaunt in Newcastle-Under-Lyme for the Hepatitis C Needs Assessment Project. Amazing effort from everyone, 46 tests completed, Thank you.' 🤩
Here is Debbie Moores (Hep C Coordinator), Angela Seymour (Service Manager), Sue Perry (Care Coordinator / Hep C Champion), Pamela Power (HALT Nurse) and Philippe Bonnet (Peer Coordinator at Hep C Trust).
Well done everyone who was involved and for completing the very important Hepatitis C tests.🌟
Get your HEP C test done at your local service! All you will need to do is call us and you can get booked in for one.

Our amazing Care Co-ordinator in North Staffordshire, Tim, has been educating the community on Harm Reduction and Naloxone Awareness⭐

Tim provided invaluable Naloxone training for staff from Veterans Connect and Newcastle Borough Council this week!!

If you require any further information about Naloxone or would like to be trained on how to administer Naloxone, don't hesitate to call your local service today! 📞

A massive thank you Staffordshire Treatment and Recovery Service and Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council for providing us with invaluable Naloxone training.

Our Lead Care Co-ordinator in East Staffordshire, Sammy, has been doing an amazing job educating the community on Harm Reduction and Naloxone Awareness. Here at STARS we are so proud of him!! ⭐

Sammy visited Gina and Kirsty from Jericho, a local housing provider, to deliver informative training on how to administer Naloxone safely.

We received excellent feedback from Kirsty and Gina 'It is great to have had some training on how to use this life saving resource.'

If you require any further information about Naloxone or would like to be trained on how to administer Naloxone, don't hesitate to call your local service today! 📞

Last weekend our Hope worker based in Stafford, Jonny Fox, and the Humankind team attempted the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge! The team of 8 set out at 7am, and amazingly 2 members of the of the team managed to reach the finish line 🥳

Jonny completed the challenge within 10 hours!! Here at STARS we are so proud of him and the rest of the group for this amazing achievement. Congratulations Jonny! 🤩

Not only did Jonny achieve his goal of completing the challenge in under 12 hours, he has also managed to raise an amazing £385 for Humankind so far.

Here is a statement from our very own superstar!

"It was a long day! Getting up at 2am to drive to Yorkshire was tough in itself and then my car broke down on the way, caused me to be late. The team had to set off without me meaning I had the added challenge of trying to catch up when they were over an hour ahead! I then went 20 minutes in the wrong direction too‍🤦‍♂️ !! But, I turned around got my head in the game and then ran like Forest Gump until unbelievably I managed to catch up!! I then stuck with the team for the remainder of the challenge and I'm so proud of everyone for taking part at such late notice... It was a tough challenge but, we did it!"

There is still time to donate! Here is the link below and thank you for your continued support!!

https://givepenny.com/jonnyfox_three_peak_challenge_2022

Our Lead Care Co-ordinator in East Staffordshire, Sammy, has been busy educating local businesses on Harm Reduction and Naloxone Awareness⭐

Sammy popped into the local ASDA Pharmacy and has provided the team with informative training on how to administer Naloxone safely. The pharmacy team now have 2 boxes of Naloxone on site.

If you require any further information about Naloxone or would like to be trained on how to administer Naloxone, don't hesitate to call your local service today! 📞

Our Lead Care Coordinator in East Staffordshire, Sammy, has been busy educating local businesses on Harm Reduction and Naloxone Awareness. ⭐

The Managing Director Innocent, and Pastor Theressa, from the local housing charity ‘Empire of God’ have now been trained by Sammy on how to administer naloxone safely and the charity were given 2 packs of Naloxone to store onsite.

A statement from 'Empire of God':

"We both believe it is really good to now have this resource, clients of ours often have a kit, but the worry is we wouldn't be able to access this in an emergency. Also, we were not previously trained how to administer it, and now we feel confident on doing so."

If you require any further information about Naloxone, or if you would like to be trained on how to administer Naloxone, don't hesitate to call your local service today!📞

Our very own HOPE worker Jonny based at Browning Street is completing the Yorkshire Three Peak Challenge this Saturday 1st October 2022 to raise money and awareness for everything we do at STARS 🏔⭐️

Jonny will be climbing the three tallest peaks in Yorkshire in under 12 hours:

1) Pen-y-Ghent (694 metres)
2) Whernside (736 metres)
3) Ingleborough (723 metres)

Here at STARS we are proud to support Jonny in this adventure and wish him the best of luck 🍀

If you have interest on supporting Jonny, we have attached a link which will help you directly donate towards the cause.

Thank you for your support!

https://givepenny.com/jonnyfox_three_peak_challenge_2022

Here at STARS Stafford, we are hosting a Macmillan Coffee morning on Thursday 29th September between 10am and 4pm.
Come and join us for a free slice of cake and a cup of tea or coffee if you have a BBV test or want to know more about what STARS can offer you.

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