Rights in Recovery
“Everyone has the right to be treated with respect and dignity and for their individual recovery journey to be fully supported. This strategy is, therefore, about how we best support people across alcohol and drug issues – taking a human rights-based, public health approach to ensure we are delivering the best possible care, treatment and responses for individuals and communities.”
– Ministerial foreword to Rights, Respect and Recovery
But what is a ‘rights-based’ approach in practice and what does it mean for all of us?
The Rights in Recovery Development Officer works with LEROs and recovery communities to build an understanding of how a rights-based approach can help them achieve their goals as Recoverists. The Rights in Recovery events offer learning opportunities and structured training programmes to include all Recoverists regardless of where they are on their recovery journey.
As part of a wider awareness raising approach SRC delivers these events across Scotland and encourages participation from the drug and alcohol sector and recovery communities but also from a wide range of other sectors (i.e. housing, criminal justice, social work, advocacy organisations etc).
Please find out more about our current Rights in Recovery learning opportunities below.
Find out more about your rights at www.un.org/en/observances/human-rights-day/know-your-rights
Introduction to Rights in Recovery
This 2 hour session provides individuals with a short overview of human rights, the duty bearers/rights holders relationship, and an awareness of human rights language. It also provides a brief introduction to the Charter of Rights, the Human Rights Act 1998 and the human rights based-approach, including the PANEL Principles, perfect for anyone new to human rights.
Full-day Rights in Recovery
Our one-day Rights in Recovery training offers a deeper and broader understanding of human rights while offering plenty of discussion time throughout. It has been developed to support people to gain an understanding of a range of relevant topics, it builds on the learning from Introduction to Rights in Recovery offering further insight into the history of human rights, PANEL Principles, FAIR model, the Charter of Rights, MAT Standards, the Equality Act 2010 and an understanding a Human Rights-Based approach, and how these all relate to the recovery process and Scottish Government strategy Preventing Harm, Promoting Recovery.
Workshops run from 10am – 3.30pm
Please contact us if you wish to enrol your organisation in this training.
Rights in Recovery Leadership Programme
The Rights in Recovery Leadership Programme runs over 5 sessions (20 hours course time) building on the knowledge gained from our previous Rights in Recovery sessions. The course is designed to build learners’ confidence from having a solid understanding of the Human Rights legislation in the UK, with content tailored around the current context of the drug and alcohol and recovery sector in Scotland, with particular focus on the Charter of Rights for People Affected by Substance Use.
