About Under18
The Matthew Project's Under18 Service provides support to young people, parents and carers and professionals working with young people. Under18 has taken over the services formerly provided Impact, T2 and elements of The Matthew Project Youth Team (the Youth Team still exists and provides a range of services for young people - see the Youth Team section of the website for further details).
The Under18 service has three teams based across the county in Kings Lynn, Norwich and Great Yarmouth, and workers are also based in North and South Norfolk. Each team has a number of workers including young people's substance misuse workers, counsellors and nurses. The service has a social worker and access to a consultant psychiatrist.
Parents and Carers can access the following support:
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Advice and information about substances
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Advice and information about how to support a young person using substances
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Advice and information for a young carer about how to support a parent or family member using substances
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1-2-1 support from a young person's substance misuse worker or counsellor
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Joint work with your child and a young person's substance misuse worker or counsellor
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Referral onto other agencies that can help, including carer groups
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Family therapy and access to other specialist family services
The Matthew Project supports anyone who uses drugs and alcohol and we also support those who care for users of drugs and alcohol. We recognise that substance use does not just affect the user; it affects those people around them too.
We will work with
Young Carers who look after or live with parents or siblings or other family members who use drugs or alcohol and help them to develop coping mechanisms, harm reduction strategies and give information and advice around those substances.
How to contact Under18
Parents and carers of young people using substances and young carers of family members using substances should call the Under18 helpline on
0800 970 4866 or
01603 774355 for information and advice from trained workers. This service operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
You can also email us at under18@matthewproject.org for information and advice.
Our postal address is below if you prefer to contact us in writing:
Under18
The Matthew Project @ OPEN
20 Bank Plain
Norwich
NR7 0UW
If you would like to refer a young person to us please call us on the helpline
0800 970 4866 or
01603 774355 for an informal chat and we will discuss the best way to do this with you.
If you are an adult using drugs or alcohol or worried about another adult using substances, the main Matthew Project Helpline may be useful in accessing adult substance misuse services - 01603 764754 or 0800 764754). This service also operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
The Matthew Project has a number of other services that work with adults and details of these can be found at The Matthew Project home page. The Adult Substance Misuse Teams in Norwich, Cromer (The Junction) and Thetford all have carer groups to support anyone supporting another person with drug and alcohol issues. Please go to the Matthew Project
home page and follow the links to find out more about these services.
Useful Websites/Links
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www.drugscope.org.uk
Detailed information regarding a number of drugs and the latest up-to-date news regarding related issues.
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