Question and Answers

Questions:

All answers have the caveat that you must work within the law and the policy of your organisation. The policy must be in line with the law. If your policy says a certain sanction will follow you must enforce it.

For all situations, the circumstances surrounding the situation and actions which follow must be recorded.

1. On a home visit you find a cannabis plant in the toilet at the clients flat. You work for the housing association which owns the block, what duty do you have under section 8 MDA? - Answer 1
2. On a home visit you find a cannabis plant in the toilet at the clients flat. You work for a local day centre, what duty do you have under section 8 MDA? - Answer 2
3. A resident in your hostel (you are a project worker) asks you to look after her medication. It is methadone. What do you do? - Answer 3
4. A resident in your hostel (you are a project worker) asks you to look after his medication. It is penicillin. What do you do? - Answer 4
5. You are on a building check and find a bag of cannabis in the communal area. What duty do you have under section 8 MDA? - Answer 5
6. You are on a building check and find a bag of unidentified pills in the communal area. What do you do with it? What difference if labelled? - Answer 6
7. You are on a building check and find a bag of cannabis in a residents locked bedroom. What duty do you have under section 8 MDA? - Answer 7
8. You are emptying a room after someone has left and find a bag of cannabis. What duty do you have under section 8 MDA? - Answer 8
9. On building check you find a quantity of cannabis, scales and packaging materials. What duty do you have under section 8 MDA? - Answer 9
10. You suspect a service user is using heroin in the toilets of your building. What duty do you have under section 8 MDA? - Answer 10
11. You are asked to dispose of a used sharps bin by a resident. What should you do? - Answer 11
12. You smell cannabis being smoked in a communal area while 5 people are watching tv. What duty do you have under section 8 MDA? - Answer 12
13. You suspect a service user is dealing small amounts of cannabis in the loos. What duty do you have under section 8 MDA? - Answer 13
14. Your residents request that the spare office space become a shooting gallery. Could you legally open it for this purpose? - Answer 14
15. A local shop is being used as a cannabis café and causes serious disruption to the local area. Could the police apply for a closure order under the anti social behaviour legislation? - Answer 15
16. On a street outreach session you meet one of your service users who is banging up in a doorway. What should you do under section 8 MDA? - Answer 16
17. A service user informs you that another user is selling prescribed medication (DF 118s) for £5 each in your day centre. What duty do you have under section 8 MDA? - Answer 17
18. A group of service users congregate outside your building. There are rumours that they are selling class A drugs. What could be the implications for your service? - Answer 18
19. A member of the public comes to you to say that their 14 year old daughter is coming into your project and buying heroin. What should you do? - Answer 19
20. You find a bag containing unused needles, syringes, citric, swabs and filters. It belongs to one of your service users and has their passport in it. What should you do? - Answer 20