Offender Substance Abuse Programme
(OSAP)

This page gives details of the OSAP programme run by probation staff for offenders throughout Thames Valley.

OSAP can form part of your Community Order or a post-release prison licence.

This programme aims to help you move away from the abuse of alcohol and drugs and avoid engaging in criminal activity.

Members of the group work together, with the tutors, to improve:

• Your understanding of the effects of drugs and alcohol
• Your social skills, for example, problem solving
• Your personal planning for employment and leisure
• Your ability to prevent relapse
  

The programme involves:

• being part of a group up to 12 people
• 26 sessions (each lasting up to 2.5 hours)