Substance Advice Service

The Substance Advice Service is a specialist service for children and young people, families/carers and professionals.

Our work is based on the Youth Justice System's Child First approach. This means our support of children and families comes first.

We provide information, advice and education around drugs, alcohol and nicotine. We also provide treatment programs for children who want to cut down or quit using drugs and/or alcohol.

SAS provide specialist training to professionals working with children across North Somerset. 

This includes

• intermediate and advanced drugs training
• legal drugs training
• bespoke training on request - online or in person

We can also provide

• assessment and intervention planning
• promotion of children’s individual strengths to develop their prosocial identity
• individual programmes of support for children, families and carers
• support for children with familial substance use
• treatment services
• harm reduction and relapse prevention interventions
• treatment programs for children who want to cut down or quit their substance and alcohol use
• consultation and support to partner agencies.
• health promotion at events.
• group work for schools, other education providers and other youth groups
• education resources.
• referral to tier 4 services
• transitional support from children to adult services
• support to stop smoking/vaping

Anyone can make a referral to us. Please fill out the form on this page and send it back to us via email. 

We can meet with children and young people wherever they feel more comfortable. This may be at home, in a community setting, at school or college or within our building in Weston-super-Mare. 

We can also meet with a child or young person prior to referral if helpful.