Abbreviations
A
AB – Awarding Bodies – e.g. Edexcel, City and Guilds
ARA – Addiction Recovery Agency
AVM – Association of Volunteer Managers
AWPT – Avon and Wiltshire Partnership NHS Mental Health Trust
B
BANES – Bath and North East Somerset (Council)
BBV – Blood Borne Virus
BCC – Bristol City Council
BDCS – Bristol Day Care Service (Involve)
BDP – Bristol Drugs Project
BME – Black and Minority Ethnic Groups
BSDAS – Bristol Specialist Drug and Alcohol Service
C
CAAAD – Community Action Around Alcohol and Drugs
CARAT – Counselling, Assessment, Referral, Advice, Throughcare services
CIS – Common Induction Standards
CJIT/P – Criminal Justice Intervention Team/Project
CPD – Continuing Professional Development
CRB – Criminal Records Bureau
C&SCI – Commission for Social Care Inspection
CSSMS – Countywide Specialist Substance Misuse Service
CWDC – Children`s Workforce Development Council
C&YP – Children and Young People
D
DA – Development Awards
DANOS – Drug and Alcohol National Occupational Standards
DAAT – Drug & Alcohol Action Team
DE – Department for Education
DH -Department of Health
DHI – Drugs and Homeless Initiative
DIP – Drug Intervention Programme
DST – Drug Strategy Team
E
Every Child Matters – Government Green Paper issued in 2004 outlining the programme of change to improve outcomes for all children and young people
F
FDAP – Federation of Drug and Alcohol Professionals
FE – Further Education
G
GCC – Gloucestershire County Council
GOSW – Government Office for the South West
H
HAWKS – Hartcliffe and Withywood Kick Start
HBV – Hepatitis B Virus
HCC – Health Care Commission
HE – Higher Education
HEPC – Hepatitis C
HO – Home Office
I
IDTS – Integrated Drug Treatment System (prison service)
J
JC+ – Job Center Plus
JCG – Joint Commissioning Group
K
KSF – Knowledge and Skills Framework (NHS)
KWADS – Knowle West Drug and Alcohol Service
L
N
NDTMS – National Drug Treatment Monitoring System
NHS – National Health Service
NOMS – National Offender Management Service
NOS – National Occupational Standards
NTA – National Treatment Agency
NVQ – National Vocational Qualification
O
Ofsted – Office for Standards in Education
P
PCT – Primary Care Trust
PDR – Personal Development Record
PSA – Public Service Agreement
Q
QCDA – Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency
QCF – Qualifications and Credits Framework
S
SFA – Skills Funding Agency
SHA – Strategic Health Authority
SLA – Service Level Agreement
SSC – Sector Skills Council e.g. Skills for Care, Skills for Health or Skills for Justice
SSDA – Sector Skills Development Agency
V
VRQ – Vocational Related Qualification
W
WDC – Workforce Development Confederations
Y
YOT – Youth Offending Team
YPLA – Young People’s Learning Agency
