Simon Legrand

Senior Consultant

Simon has worked extensively across drug prevention, early intervention and treatment services, from frontline practitioner work to service management and development.

For Tonic Consultants, Simon has been involved with:

• 2011 - Current The Children's Society: Development of Soft Outcome Tools and Clinical Governance Framework for specialist Young Person's Drug and Alcohol Services

• 2011 – Current Child’s Best Friend: Evaluation of Animal Assisted Therapy Interventions

• 2010 - Current Essex Drug & Alcohol Partnership: Safeguarding Children of Parents with Substance Misuse, Development Project

• 2010 - Current Department of Health: Alcohol National Support Team - External Consultant

• 2009 Home Office (Alcohol Strategy Unit) UK Licensing Consultation

• 2009 Home Office (Alcohol Strategy Unit) Tackling Alcohol Related Violence: Policy Options

• 2009 Warwickshire Drug Action Team: Evaluation of Young Persons' Drug and Alcohol Service

• 2009 Department for Children, Schools & Families: Successful tender of £0.5m for Essex County Council & Harlow District Council

• 2009 Essex County Council, Harlow District Council & Department for Children, Schools & Families: Targeted Mental Health in Schools (TaMHS) Pathfinder Pilot

• 2009 Essex DAAT & Essex CAMHS: Dual Diagnosis: Integrated Care Pathways

• 2008 - 2009 Kent County Council & Department for Children, Schools and Families: Targeted Mental Health in Schools (TaMHS): Spark Project

• 2009 Lewisham Council: Drug Use Screening Tool Development (DUST)

• 2008 Newpage, Olso, Norway: Young Person's Drug & Alcohol Service Development

As a practitioner and independent consultant, Simon has:

• Developed Soft Outcomes Tools and Clinical Governance Frameworks for specialist young persons’ drug and alcohol services: The Children’s Society

• Developed a model for evidence based commissioning - Target Vulnerable Groups: Kent DAAT

• Developed a young people and substance misuse mapping model: Medway DAAT

• Delivered Drug Use Screening Tool (DUST) Training: Marita Foundation, Norway

• Developed and delivered the Peer Drug Education Project: Kent Youth

• Developed the Parent/carers Telephone Support Project: Grey Zebra & Kent DAAT

• Involved with the design and delivery of the Drug Use Screening Tool DVD & Online Training Resource: Chalkstack Productions, KCA Young Persons' Drug & Alcohol Service and Kent DAAT

• Lectured on Young people, drugs and risk taking behaviour: Kent Institute of Medicine and Health Sciences (visiting lecturer)

• Lectured on Targeted Prevention and Early Intervention: Christchurch University (visiting lecturer)

• Worked for KCA Young Person's Drug & Alcohol Service (Drug Prevention Practitioner, Drug & Alcohol Treatment Practitioner and Tier II Service Manager)

Training & Development

· 2009 YoungMinds: Emotional Health and Wellbeing Training for schools and 3rd sector organisations in Essex

· 2006: Marita Foundation, Norway: Substance Misuse and Screening Training for Intervention Workers

· 2002-05 KCA Young Persons’ Drug & Alcohol Service: Drug Use Screening Tool (DUST) Training for statutory and 3rd sector organisations in Kent

Education

· Kent Institute of Medicine & Health Sciences, University of Kent: Certificate in Addictive Behaviour

· University of Brighton: DipHE Substance Misuse & Young People

· University of Leeds: Arts & Education BA (HONS)

Professional Membership

· 2009 – Movement for Happiness

· 2005 – Current DrugScope