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Alcohol Misuse Service, Bristol
Comprehensive service to people in Bristol experiencing problems with alcohol.

About us:

The Alcohol Misuse Service (AMS) is funded by the two Bristol Primary Care Trusts and Bristol Social Services and Health and offers a comprehensive service to people in the city experiencing problems with alcohol. The service offers a range of interventions including:

* Advice and information
* Counselling
* Drop ins
* Brief Interventions
* Support for families
* Referral links to NHS specialist services

The service is provided by a small team of experienced and qualified practitioners together with 12 volunteers most of whom are either qualified counsellors or counsellors undertaking training at Diploma level.

Services are delivered at the AMS premises and in two satellites, one in the north of the city and one in the south. The service works closely with the Robert Smith Unit (RSU) the Bristol Specialist Drug and Alcohol Service (BSDAS) and recently AMS and the RSU were awarded a new contract by the Bristol to deliver an enhanced alcohol service in South Bristol at Knowle Health Park.

The service has two primary goals to promote sensible drinking and to reduce the harm caused by alcohol. Referrals can be made to the service by professionals or by self referral. Work is both individual and group based.

All staff and volunteers receive regular external clinical supervision. Staff have responsibility for the support and line management of volunteers.

Demand for the service currently outstrips supply and it is hoped that the service will develop over the coming years. The service has secured charitable funding to develop a young persons service.

Discussions are also in progress to develop a service tailored to the needs of the criminal justice system, especially the probation service.

Contact Details:

Alcohol Misuse Service
2 Kings Court
King Street
Bristol

BS1 4HW

Telephone: 0117 929 3028

Addiction Recovery Agency, Bristol
Treatment and support services to enable people to live free from all forms of substance dependency

About us:

ARA’s Mission Statement

‘To provide addiction treatment and support services to enable people to lead valued and fulfilled lives free from all forms of substance dependency. To particularly address the needs of homeless people or people in housing need through the additional provision of housing support services.

To work in partnership with other organisations to reduce the level of drug and alcohol dependency and the consequent damage to individuals, their families and the community.’

Drug and alcohol misuse and dependency ruins lives and families and represents a huge cost to the community and society generally - but there is hope because treatment works!

For over 35 years the Addiction Recovery Agency (ARA) and Advice and Counselling on Alcohol and Drugs (ACAD), which merged in January 2006, have been providing hope through treatment to thousands of people experiencing problems because of drug and alcohol misuse and dependency.

Residential Rehabilitation Programme

The Residential programme is a 12 - 30 week structured, second stage, 12 step based, rehabilitation programme. It is targeted at homeless people and those in housing need, but not exclusively so and provides mixed gender treatment and single gender accommodation. Places for up to 25 people are provided in four unregistered residential houses in different parts of Bristol. Referrals are taken from a wide range of sources, including primary treatment centres, prisons, probation (including DTTOs), etc. Clients live in one of four centrally located houses and attend counselling sessions and groups at ARA’s central office.

The therapeutic programme provides:

* individual care planning
* one to one counselling
* group work
* written assignments
* workshops
* self esteem building
* indoor and outdoor activities
* communication skills
* educational & vocational courses
* crisis intervention & support
* voluntary work
* relapse prevention
* attendance at NA & AA
* scheduled aftercare

Contact Details:

Addiction Recovery Agency
King’s Court
King Street
Bristol

BS1 4EE

Telephone: 0117 930 0282

Fresh (Frenchay Rehabilitation Houses ), Weston Super Mare
A person who chooses to remain free from all mood altering substances, can engage in personal growth

About us:

Frenchay Residential Rehabilitation houses aim to provide an environment where a person who chooses to remain free from all mood altering substances, can engage in personal growth. The person centred eclectic approach by the team aims to facilitate a process encouraging a state of self-empowerment.

We believe this is achieved through self-responsibility, Self honesty, insight and appropriate expression. Self defeating attitudes and behaviours will be supportively challenged and greater understanding of slef will be explored in all avenues of the past and present issues.

A more a satisfying and fulfilling life without the aid of mood altering substances can be achieved through an individuals commitment to their process within our environment.

Frenchay houses are staffed 24 hours a day. We operate with 5 full time and 4 part time counselling staff, present Monday to Friday working days, and a team of support staff, who work weekends and nights (with a counsellor ‘on call.’) all staff are trained to a high standard, adhere to B.A.C.P ethical practice and are professionally supervised, offer a wealth of differing orientations and backgrounds, as well as expertise in the common area of counselling/supporting clients with substance misuse issues. The persons in control and the social services registered manager hold ultimate responsibility for provision of statements of practice.

The counselling team facilitate group work and individual counselling as well as family conferences/couple work where deemed appropriate.

Staff care about our clients so as to build both a working alliance and a real trusting relationship. We do not allow clients to persist blindly in self defeating, manipulative, aggressive or passive behaviours. Our positive regard for the individual remains the basis for our understanding of patterns of psychological, emotional and behavioural responses having been adapted in accordance with the individual’s perception of best surviving their past environments.

Just as group work is central to the client process at Frenchay, so our team approach is paramount in our staffing structure. Decisions and policies are made by the team collectively and after full discussion and consideration. Responsibility lies ultimately with the registered managers. Staff are happy to discuss therapeutic orientation and working practice in more detail if required.

Contact Details:

Fresh (Frenchay Rehabilitation Houses )
35-37 Lower Church Road
Weston Super Mare
Somerset
BS23 2AQ

Telephone: 01934 624330

Bristol: Chrysalis Supported Association
Abstinence based 12 Step residential programme supporting recovery to community living.

About us:

Abstinence based 12 Step 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th stage residential programme supporting recovery from all addictions into interdependent community living.

Chrysalis is an unregistered abstinence based structured supported accommodation project offering good quality supported accommodation in single occupied units within shared communal accommodation. We are based in the Bristol and locally surrounding areas.

Aims of Chrysalis

\’At CSA Limited we aim to provide good quality, safe accommodation and support to men and women who have a history of homelessness or unsettled lifestyles and who seek to maintain their recovery from addiction / dependency and / or alcoholism.

We offer structured support in third (shared) / fourth (flat shares) and self contained flats with high to low level support available.

It is our belief that through living in a structured healthy and boundaried communal setting that residents can learn to develop healthy relationships, personal structure and self discipline. Assisting them to rebuild trust in both themselves and others. Therefore assisting the transition towards independant living free from all forms of dependancy.\’

Our project provides structured support through individually tailored support plans, one to one key working and support sessions with weekly groups and various workshops, including drop-ins.

Housing support costs and rent are met through combination of Supporting People and Housing Benefit. Clients must be eligible or in the receipt of statutory benefits or have funding to cover this.

Chrysalis has good links with other tertiary providers and looks to resettle individuals who are not staying with Chrysalis. For those who are staying with Chrysalis third/fourth and self contained accomodation/flats is available for up to 2 years. We are also negotiating with named providers for individual housing allocations within the Bristol Area.

Contact Details:

Chrysalis Supported Association
20 Avonvale Road
Redfield
Bristol

BS5 9RL

Telephone: 0117 939 2555

Broadway Lodge, Weston-super-Mare
A treatment centre for alcoholism, drug addiction, eating disorders and codependency.

About us:

Since 1974, our centre at Weston-super-Mare, has helped thousands of people back to a happier life free from addiction to alcohol and other mood-altering chemicals. As the first operators in the United Kingdom of what has become known as the Minnesota model of treatment we have had more experience than any other agency in this country at working successfully with this effective treatment programme.

Broadway Lodge is a 39 bed residential centre providing primary care, with an additional 25 places in adjacent houses for those needing secondary care. Situated on the edge of Weston-super-Mare, it is located in the peaceful setting of a country house and is registered as a nursing home with the Bristol & District Health Authority.

We believe that addiction to alcohol and drugs (chemical dependency) is a chronic, progressive, primary and incurable disease, not a problem of morals or willpower. The disease, if left unchecked, will prove terminal either directly through the effect of the drugs on the organs of the body, or indirectly through causing accidents, etc. The disease is tripartite: mental, physical and spiritual and is characterised by loss of control over alcohol and other mood-altering substances. That is to say, the inability of the patient to predict what will happen when they take a drink or use drugs. If the patient receives the correct treatment there is a good chance that the disease will be arrested and the patient able to lead a normal, fulfilled life. Our goal is to help the patient live without chemical support.

Contact Details:

Broadway Lodge
37 Totterdown Lane
Weston-super-Mare
Somerset
BS24 9NN

Telephone: 01934 815515

Bristol: ADAPT - Alcohol and Drug Addiction
ADAPT is a leading charity in the field of drug and alcohol addiction.

About us:

The charity, ADAPT, is committed to the treatment, recovery and growth of any person addicted to drugs or alcohol, whether resident in its specialist centres, prison or the community.

Through the provision of non judgemental care and wide ranging support, ADAPT seeks to assist all to acquire the means and motivation to become independent, contributing citizens. At every stage, priority is given to the circumstances, needs, dignity and diversity of those requiring our help.

Duration of programme
Detoxification programmes are designed to fit the particular needs of each individual patient. The primary programme is from ten to twelve weeks. Extended care lasts twelve weeks. All programmes may be extended if the client can benefit.

Primary structured treatment programme, individually tailored.
The main components are group work, one-to-one counselling and a range of specialist modules and alternative therapies. The timetable has been designed to provide a balanced programme of structured activity, therapeutic interventions, skill acquisition, daily lectures, basic household chores, recreation and relaxation. Individual care plans are developed between the client, key worker, multidisciplinary team and referrer.

Detoxification
Clients are not required to be substance free prior to admission as there are 24- hour medical units on site at both centres, staffed by fully trained nurses and doctors. Individually tailored phased withdrawal programmes are available for all substances, including alcohol, opiates, tranquillisers and stimulants. They are administered on-site by doctors and nursing staff. People on detox are immediately engaged in the rehabilitation programme. No time is wasted.

Alternative therapies
The range of alternative therapies varies between the centres. It may include art therapy, aromatherapy, yoga, massage, tai chi, reiki, auricular acupuncture and use of the physio-acoustic chair. This latter is particularly helpful in reducing the physical effects of withdrawal.

Extended care
This is available for clients who need to bridge the gap between residential care and re-entry to the wider community. Whilst still undergoing therapeutic care, they will be assisted with forming pathways into independent living. The programme enables the acquisition of essential life and social skills, education, training, work opportunities, reconnecting with family, relapse prevention, establishing external support networks and resettlement.

Aftercare
Weekly aftercare sessions are available at each centre for former clients remaining in the local area.

Sports and recreation
Both centres provide a range of sporting and recreational facilities, including well-stocked libraries. Visits are arranged to outside places of interest and there are regular swimming trips. The Diana has its own large sports hall and gym.

Nutrition
Many people come to our centres in poor physical condition. Part of our job is to deal with this, not only medically but also by ensuring they receive a balanced, appetising and nutritious diet. Meals are prepared on site by our own staff and all religious and dietary requirements can be met.

Female lounge
While the main lounges are communal, both centres provide a quiet lounge, with TV, for the exclusive use of female residents.

Smoking
Both centres have lounges where clients may smoke. Smoking is prohibited in all other areas.

Friends and family
ADAPT recognises the importance to clients of retaining or rebuilding links with friends and family. After a settling in period, visits can take place on Sundays. Toys and games are available for visiting children.

Contact Details:

ADAPT - Alcohol and Drug Addiction
Barley Wood
Long Lane
Wrington
Bristol
Somerset
BS40 5SA

Telephone: 01934 863 355

Bristol: Alcohol Misuse Service
To promote sensible drinking and to reduce the harm caused by alcohol.

About us:

The Alcohol Misuse Service is funded by the two Bristol Primary Care Trusts and Bristol Social Services and Health and offers a comprehensive service to people in the city experiencing problems with alcohol. A specialist Gay and Lesbian service is also funded by the South Gloucestershire Drug Action Team. The service offers a range of interventions including:

* Advice and information
* Counselling
* Day care
* Drop ins
* Relapse prevention
* Support for families
* Referral links to NHS specialist services
* GP surgeries outreach services
* Gay and lesbian specialist service.

The service is provided by a small team of experienced and qualified practitioners together with a group of 20 or more volunteers most of whom are either qualified counsellors or counsellors undertaking training at Diploma level.

Services are provided at both the Alcohol Misuse Service premises and at a number of outreach sites either GP surgeries or health centres. The service works closely with the Robert Smith Unit (RSU) the NHS specialist alcohol service and recently Alcohol Misuse Service and the RSU were awarded a new contract by the Bristol South and West PCT to deliver an enhanced alcohol service in South Bristol.

The service has two primary goals to promote sensible drinking and to reduce the harm caused by alcohol. Referrals can be made to the service by professionals or by self referral. Work is both individual and group based.

Contact Details:

Alcohol Misuse Service
2 Kings Court
King Street
Bristol
Avon
BS1 4HW

Telephone: 0117 929 3028