Count Me Out Alcohol Self Exclusion Scheme

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Count Me Out Alcohol Self Exclusion Scheme

Key Points

Count Me Out Alcohol Self Exclusion is a managed program that involves the support of the wider community in helping a vulnerable person withdrawal from alcohol successfully. In some cases it wouldn’t be safe for a person to suddenly stop drinking and withdraw from alcohol on their own. It is for this reason that anyone wishing to self exclude must have a consultation with a health care professional first. An assessment will then be made as to their suitability to participate in the Count Me Out Self Exclusion Program. Once a person’s suitability for the program has been confirmed the self exclusion agreement form can be submitted to the Count Me Out Team.

Count Me Out is part of the not for profit social enterprise Empowering-Communities.org which has been set up to help and empower local communities, vulnerable people and their families.

Count Me Out Alcohol Self Exclusion Scheme subscription and licence fee options are designed to encourage maximum participation.

Count Me Out self exclusion schemes have 3rd party, malicious exclusion safeguards in place.

Count Me Out self exclusion schemes provide a channel for communication between, and with, all parties involved.

Count Me Out provides an effective self exclusion scheme for persons wishing to prevent themselves from purchasing or consuming alcohol.

Count Me Out Alcohol Self Exclusion Schemes empower the vulnerable and their families to improve their lives and participate more fully in society.

Count Me Out Alcohol Self Exclusion Schemes are believed to be the first of their kind in the UK and possibly the first community based alcohol self exclusion schemes in the world.

Count Me Out Alcohol Self Exclusion Schemes can be used as part of alcohol education and harm reduction programs.

Count Me Out Alcohol Self Exclusion Schemes help organisations promote responsible alcohol use.

Count Me Out Alcohol Self Exclusion agreement forms and promotional material can be made available in languages other than English.

Count Me Out self exclusion systems and documentation have been legally verified, ensuring they will not present legal or liability issues for participating members.

Count Me Out self exclusion schemes are accessible, confidential and simple to use. They ensure uniformity, familiarity and the same service delivery wherever people live.

Count Me Out Alcohol Self Exclusion Schemes use the proven, bespoke, self exclusion software system developed in 2007 to operate the UK’s National Self Exclusion scheme for problem gamblers.

Count Me Out Alcohol Self Exclusion Schemes enable licensees to take all reasonable steps to prevent an individual who has chosen to self exclude from purchasing and consuming alcohol.

Count Me Out self exclusion schemes encourage vulnerable persons to self exclude from several premises in their local area using just one agreement.

Count Me Out self exclusion schemes enable participating members and partner agencies to evidence a duty of care, social responsibility, independence and transparency in relation to self exclusion.

Count Me Out provides communities with a central, local database of self excluded individuals that will enable information to be easily shared between members, partner agencies and support groups such as counselling services.

Count Me Out systems of self exclusionoffer vulnerable people protection by allowing them to self exclude without having to enter a licensed premises to either obtain or submit their self exclusion agreement form.

Count Me Out Alcohol Self Exclusion Schemes allow members of the public to self exclude themselves for upto 5 years. Excluded persons will be contacted before the expiry of their self exclusion period to obtain feedback, review agreements and offer self exclusion renewals.

Count Me Out Alcohol Self Exclusion Schemes will provide effective self exclusion both locally and county wide. Persons wishing to self exclude can chose to name specific members premises or ask to be excluded from all participating members’ premises within their local council district or from participating members within their county.

Count Me Out’s central office will provide an accurate upto date list of participating member’s premises for each scheme on its website www.countmeout.org.uk. Where a person elects to self exclude from all members premises in a geographical area they will be able to obtain a current upto date list from the Count Me Out website. This means they will automatically be excluded from all new members’ premises that join the scheme after the start of their self exclusion agreement.

Count Me Out isregistered under the Data Protection Act and acts as umbrella organisation so that all its members will be covered under the Act for the collection, storage and dissemination of sensitive personal information relating to excluded persons.

Count Me Out local scheme administrators will notify all members of a self-exclusion agreement relevant to their geographical area. Notification isn’t limited to the premises named on the agreement making the scheme more effective and it easier for support groups, licensees and their staff to identify, monitor, engage with and support vulnerable persons who have self-excluded.

Count Me Out Alcohol Self Exclusion agreement forms are available to download from the Count Me Out website along with A4 full colour promotional self-exclusion posters.

Count Me Out Alcohol Self Exclusion Scheme optional membership packs can be purchased from Count Me Out’s central office. These include self carbonating alcohol self exclusion agreement books and promotional material.