	Juvenile Justice Corrections Services

Introduction

Administration and Management

Service Delivery Administration Standards

Service Standards

PA-JJC 8: Services for Substance Use Conditions

Youth with substance use conditions receive treatment that meets their needs.

Interpretation: As referenced in PA-JJC 7.08, youth diagnosed as having co-occurring mental health and substance use conditions should receive integrated treatment either directly or through active involvement with a cooperating service provider.

Research Note: Research suggests that many confined youth are in need of treatment services for substance use conditions. However, it is also important to note that not all youth who have used substances in the past have conditions that require treatment.

NA The agency provides only detention services.

PA-JJC 8.01

When a youth’s assessment indicates the presence of a substance use condition, personnel determine and arrange for an appropriate level and intensity of care and treatment.

Interpretation: A licensed physician, or another qualified health professional with experience, training, and competence in diagnosing and treating alcohol and other drug problems, should be involved in making decisions about the appropriate level and intensity of care and treatment.

PA-JJC 8.02

Interventions are:

based on evidence or clinical practice guidelines, where they exist; and
appropriate for youth.

Research Note: Research indicates that, because of the developmental differences between adults and adolescents, treatment models used with adults are often not effective with youth.

PA-JJC 8.03

Youth are helped to:

identify situations that prompt substance use; and
develop healthier ways of responding to these situations.

PA-JJC 8.04

Medical needs are addressed directly or through an established referral arrangement, and can include medical detoxification, medication monitoring and management, physical examinations or other physical health services, laboratory testing and toxicology services, and other diagnostic procedures.

PA-JJC 8.05

A licensed physician, or another qualified health professional with experience, training, and competence in engaging, diagnosing and treating alcohol and other drug problems, is responsible for the medical aspects of substance use or dependency treatment, including:

prescribing and/or supervising medication; and
providing or reviewing diagnostic, toxicological, and other health related examinations.

Interpretation: Medication management should include appropriate monitoring and administration of pharmacotherapy for youth with co-occuring conditions.

PA-JJC 8.06

Youth are engaged in treatment for a sufficient length of time to attain recovery and promote positive behavioral change.

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	PURPOSE: Juvenile Justice Corrections Services promote public safety by helping youth overcome problems and develop the attitudes and skills needed to make responsible choices, avoid negative behaviors, and become productive, connected, and law-abiding citizens.

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	SERVICE One or more organization-operated programs or activities that have a common general objective and deploy the organization's material and human resources in a planned and systematic manner. An organization that publicly promotes or identifies itself in writing as offering a service, is licensed to deliver a service, assigns personnel and/or space to a service, or allocates financial resources to a service is considered to offer that service.


	CONNECTED The means by which individuals access services that may or may not be provided by the organization itself. These terms are used interchangeably when individuals are connected to services either directly or by referral. See also LINKED.


	RESEARCH For purposes of COA accreditation, all forms of internal or external research involving persons served except internal program evaluation and outcomes research, or educational projects performed by students and interns that are part of their professional training.


	ASSESSMENT An evaluation, which utilizes professional expertise and skills in the collection and analysis of data to understand and describe the nature of service needs of an individual, family, or group. Assessment, as in needs assessment, is also used to determine priorities of program planning and service development for the organization as a whole. See also DIAGNOSIS.


	PERSONNEL The body of employees and/or volunteers that carries out the organization's tasks under the organization's administration and/or supervision. This definition does not include foster parents who are specifically referenced in relevant standards


	TRAINING Instruction so as to make fit, qualified, or proficient in a skill or body of knowledge.


	CLINICAL The study, assessment, and diagnosis of the client situation followed by direct treatment to help the client achieve prescribed goals.


	PRACTICE Established actions or ways of proceeding in the regular performance of organizational duties. Policies and procedures often guide practice.


	DETOXIFICATION The process by which drugs or other harmful substances are removed from a person's body for a time period sufficient to restore adequate physiological and psychosocial functioning.


	MEDICATION A prescribed or over-the-counter drug that is injected, taken orally, applied topically, or otherwise administered.


	MONITORING An evaluation involving a periodic review of consumer services, organizational activities, or conduct. Specifically, monitoring is an activity of case coordination, whereas more broadly, monitoring is an evaluation technique used in overall quality assurance.


	MANAGEMENT See ADMINISTRATION


	MEDICATION MANAGEMENT Ongoing review and oversight of a client's use of prescribed or over-the-counter medications by a physician or other prescribing clinician.


	ADMINISTRATION The personnel responsible for management functions of the organization, including fiscal management, human resources, and service delivery. Such personnel determine organizational goals, acquire and allocate resources to carry out a program, coordinate activities toward goal achievement, and monitor, evaluate, and make needed changes in processes and procedures to improve the likelihood of goal achievement. The term is synonymously used with MANAGEMENT.