Alcohol Help

Alcohol Assessment Project & High and Dry Club, London
Alcohol Advice, information, assessment and casework

About us:

Brief summary of service: Advice, information, assessment and casework assistance to clients seeking remedial opportunity in regard to an addiction issue. Wednesday and Sunday evenings – alcohol free social club

Criteria and eligibility: Client group is predominantly Irish. Access to services is open to all.

Referral and assessment process: Assessment generally consists of a series of interviews. Assessment is part of the ongoing treatment at suitable intervals as regularity of attendance is indicative of commitment to remedial option.

Waiting times: none. clients can generally be seen without delay

Other information: Wheelchair access to first floor level.

Contact Details:

Alcohol Assessment Project & High and Dry Club
London Irish Centre
50-52 Camden Square
London
NW1 9XB

Telephone: 0207 916 2222

Forward Drug and Alcohol Service for Young People, London
Drug and alcohol service for young people

About us:

Brief summary of service: FWD is a multi-disciplinary drug and alcohol service for young people (in drugs) in Camden. FWD provides one-to-one structured support and group work sessions to young people affected by substance misuse (including the impact of parental substance misuse). Support is provided at tier 1 (basic education / awareness / prevention/screening), tier 2 (targeted support to vulnerable young people / assessments / interventions), tier 3 (specialist structured support / counselling) and access to tier 4 treatment (prescribing and residential support).

FWD also provides a range of training for professionals around young people’s substance misuse and how to use the Drug Use Screening Tool (DUST) as well as providing drugs awareness workshops to young people.

Criteria and eligibility: Under 18 years of age

Referral and assessment process:

* self referrals welcome
* professional referrals using common assessment framework and DUST form (Drug Use Screening Tool). On receipt of referral, contact will be made within 5
working days to make an appointment for full assessment

Languages spoken:

* interpretation available on request

Other information

* wheelchair access

Contact Details:

Forward Drug and Alcohol Service for Young People
FWD Team
Children, Schools and Families Directorate, LB Camden
Vadni Bish House
33 Caversham Road
London
NW5 2DR

Telephone: 020 7974 4701

Family Alcohol Service, London
For children affected by problematic drinking of parents or carers

About us:

Contact hours: Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm

Brief summary of service: The service is provided jointly by the NSPCC and ARP for children affected by problematic drinking of parents or carers. FAS works with children and their families for up to 18 months on building motivation, acknowledging strengths and an understanding of systemic therapy.

Criteria and eligibility: Children and young people and their families

Referral and assessment process: Initial request followed up by referral form specific to FAS. Adults are invited to the initial meeting, thereafter the whole family is invited to agree aims for future work. FAS do not provide assessments, but agreement and review meetings. Referrals are mostly from external agencies in Camden, but self referrals are also accepted.

Waiting times: Varies from 1 to 3 weeks, depending on staff availability.

Other information:

* provide telephone information for families and other professionals
* wheelchair access
* interpreters are available (cost/provision negotiated with referrer)

Contact Details:

Family Alcohol Service
88-91 Troutbeck
Robert Street
London
NW1 4EJ

Telephone: 020 7383 3817

Alcohol Counselling Day Centre, London
Open to anyone aged over 18 who wishes to make changes in their drinking.

About us:

Contact hours

Monday to Friday 10am to 6pm

Brief summary of service

Alcohol-free day centre with structured group programme consisting of therapeutic groups, complementary therapies and community activities. Time-limited individual counselling. Aftercare project.

Criteria and eligibility

* anyone aged over 18 who wishes to make changes in their drinking
* people must be alcohol-free when on the premises

Referral and assessment process

* self referrals
* agency referrals
* contact by phone between 10am and 5pm or write to above address

Waiting times

Within two weeks for a first appointment.

Other information

* wheelchair access to some parts of the service
* interpreting can be arranged with prior notice

Contact Details:

Alcohol Counselling Day Centre
55 Fortess Road
London
NW5 1AD

Telephone: 020 7485 1945

Primrose House, London
Providing comfortable, contained, and safe accommodation for addicts and alcoholics in recovery

About us:

Primrose House is a 12 bed tertiary care facility in the beautiful North London area of Primrose Hill. Our residents are both male and female adults who are in recovery from alcohol and drug dependence or other addictive disorders and who wish to reside in the London area. Residents will usually have completed a primary and/or secondary care treatment programme and are looking for the additional support and structure that we offer.

Primrose House has been developed as a contained setting with a recovery based environment. We have a full time House Manager and provide residents with three complete meals per day, private or shared accommodation, access to family and individual counselling by skilled addiction professionals, and advice and encouragement in living a sober and drug free lifestyle.

Primrose House expects its residents to be either gainfully employed, attending school, involved in volunteer work, or participating in a similar constructive activity as part of their recovery process. Fellowship meetings such as those offered by 12 Step Programmes are mandatory, as are regular house meetings to ensure the smooth running of the Primrose House community.

Contact Details:

Primrose House
9 Ainger Road
Primrose Hill
London
NW3 3AR

Telephone: 020 77223609

Herbert Street Rugby House, London
Alcohol residential rehabilitation service based in Chalk Farm near London’s Camden Town.

About us:

Fully accessible for those with mobility difficulties, Herbert Street is open to abstinent clients from all boroughs.

Herbert Street is an abstinence-based structured alcohol rehabilitation programme, which accommodates up to nine men and women, established over 10 years ago.

Our primary aim is to provide a safe, supportive, drug and alcohol-free environment for the individual to tackle the underlying issues related to their drinking. We aim to enable people to move back into the community with an increased quality of life.

As a registered care home it has received excellent inspection reports from CSCI.

The service provides 24 hour staffing, including management on call.

The service is based in Camden, but referrals are taken from all London boroughs and the south east of England.

Services provided

* A comprehensive 6 month programme
* Incorporating therapeutic group work; skills based
* Innovative and creative therapies to support core skills
* Educational workshops, lectures and interactive groups
* Individual key working
* A safe and supportive alcohol – free environment
* 24 hour on site cover 7 days per week.
* Provision for formal and informal support
* Accommodation, which is fully wheel chair accessible for anyone with mobility difficulties.
* On site support with dual diagnosis or secondary illnesses including access to specialists
* Ongoing Aftercare Support Group to consolidate clients recovery when returning to community
* Currently researching and developing Family Support Sessions to be introduced soon.

Suitable for

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* Between the ages of 18 and 65
* With long term problematic alcohol use
* Who wish to remain abstinent
* It is suitable for those with high care needs
* The house was designed with a fully accessible disabled annex (although the service does not provide personal care).

Referral Procedure

* Local Authority funding is required. hungerford-footbridgeApplicants will need to be assessed by their local borough.
* Referral is via telephone or letter
* Clients are expected to have a minimum of seven day detox prior to admission.
* Herbert Street will provide smooth prompt liaison with care management teams
* Clients receive care management reviews with their key worker and care manager, supported by a progress report and discharge report.

Contact Details:

Herbert Street Rugby House
Residential Rehabilitation Service
2 Herbert Street
London

NW5 4HD

Telephone: 020 7916 5013

Agar & St Augustines Residential Alcohol Treatment, London
Abstinence based structured alcohol rehabilitation programme

About us:

Agar & St Augustine’s are small abstinence-based structured alcohol rehabilitation programme which accommodates up to eleven men and women.

Our primary aim is to provide a safe, supportive, drug and alcohol- free environment for the individual to tackle their underlying issues related to their drinking. The holistic programme is aimed at enabling people to move back into the community with an increased quality of life.

Agar & St Augustine’s are registered care homes and have received excellent CSCI reports.

Staffing

The full time staff have a Diploma in counselling or substance misuse and the NVQ level 3 in Health & Social Care and DANOS or are working towards these awards. The manager holds the Registered Managers Award and the senior practitioner holds the NVQ Assessors award.

Agar & St Augustine’s has been set up to meet the needs of adults who want to undergo an intensive treatment programme, but retain as much of their independence as possible.

Clients must be:

* Between the ages of 18 and 65.
* Abstinent from and other drugs (excluding tobacco)

In order for clients to make full use of the structured programme offered it is essential that clients are able to demonstrate some cognitive and reflective capability. To this end whilst the scheme will accept some clients with mental health issues, this is done on an individual basis and always needs to take into account the needs of other residents currently in the scheme.

Clients on anti-psychotic and sedating anti-depressant can sometimes not only find it difficult to access the treatment programme but in some cases find their mental health condition exacerbated.

Unfortunately, the scheme is not suitable for clients with mobility difficulties, due to the steep steps. It is also unsuitable for highly vulnerable clients with complex needs.

All residents must be able to self-care as no nursing care is provided.

Services Provided

The Agar & St Augustine’s core programme is 12 weeks with an extension for another 12 weeks based on individual needs. Service users will receive a care management review at 8 weeks with their key worker and care management.

* Weekly individual key working
* A holistic structured therapeutic group work programme, based on the social learning model, using cognitive behavioural and motivational techniques.
* Individual client led Personal Development Plans and reviews
* Open therapeutic groups
* Relapse Awareness
* Anger Management
* Stress Management
* Gender Group
* Assignments and peer feedback groups
* Gaol setting
* Relaxation group
* Auricular acupuncture
* Formal and informal support
* Encouragement to establish local community networks
* After Care support

Contact Details:

Agar & St Augustines Residential Alcohol Treatment
71 Agar Grove
London

NW1 9UE

Telephone: 020 7916 7633