Alcohol Help

Kairos Community Trust: London
Provides accommodation, help and support for homeless people with substance misuse related problems.

About us:

Kairos Community Trust operates a four stage process of therapy and support:

1. Abstinent supported hostel.

2. Care Home providing 12 week residential programme of therapy.

3. The Move-On houses 3rd stage is where residents are supported to continue their recovery and prepare for returning to live in the wider community.

4. Aftercare Programme.

#Linden Grove Reception and Stabilisation Hostel

Linden Grove is a first stage residential hostel for people with alcohol and drug dependencies. It is a safe place for those in recovery to address problems in a non-judgemental environment.

People generally come to Linden Grove because they have found their lives unmanageable due to the destructive effects of addiction. It is a place where individuals can begin to rebuild their lives, to examine what has led them to this point and to try to put into place a new structure in life without alcohol or drugs. Our priority is those who are homeless.

What sort of thing can I expect there?

At the Kairos Healthy Living Centre we have a full programme of group and individual therapy which includes:

Relapse prevention. Communication skills and assertiveness. Understanding / managing feelings. Family of origin issues. The physical and mental effects of addiction. Art therapy. Complementary therapies: yoga, reflexology, auricular acupuncture. Weekly G.P. surgery with projects doctor.

The philosophy of the programme strongly supports the principles of AA / NA. An important part of recovery is accepting the problem and seeing the need for change.

Each resident is assigned a support worker who advises about practical problems such as benefits, legal issues etc. A vital part of these sessions is to put the resident in contact with outside agencies and services to better help their needs. Every effort is made to access funding for Rehab where it is appropriate and it is the expressed wish of a resident.

Part of the recovery process is about taking responsibility for one’s environment. Therefore each resident is assigned a weekly task around the house. This can be anything from sweeping the floor to helping with the garden.

#Bethwin Road a Registered Care Home

We are a residential 12 step therapeutic community which aims to provide a 12 week programme of rehabilitation for people with alcohol / drug related problems.

Conditions of acceptance. The Applicant must have detoxed and be committed to staying clean and sober for the duration of the programme. (Detox is not offered)

The home is registered as a Category ‘A’ home, providing a service to people who have completed detox for substance misuse. To meet the perceived needs of the client group, the following objectives form a structure for service delivery.

To complete a comprehensive assessment of each individuals needs on admission to Kairos.

To draw up a care plan appropriate to summary and recommendations of the assessment and as identified by resident.

To facilitate a living environment which fosters an ethos of mutual respect, co-operation, co-responsibility and accountability.

To directly deliver a programme which will include counselling, group work, therapy and a forum for self-assessment and change.

To improve the general health status of each resident as defined by him / her and through identified supporting evidence.

To facilitate the development of basic life skills which will enable eventual independent living.

To explore and introduce people to coping strategies, damage limitation strategies and relapse preventive strategies.

To have in place both Programme and Care Plan Evaluation mechanisms.

#Move-On Accommodation

Kairos Community Trust believes that having completed rehabilitation, a person still needs to have ongoing therapy and support to enable a healthy lifestyle and continued abstinence. It is Kairos Community Trust’s policy, in co-operation with Linden Grove, Bethwin Road and any other primary treatment house from which people have been referred, to support and facilitate such aftercare.

The goal of ongoing therapy is to:

Support each person in their transition from a highly structured programme towards a planned gradual independent life-style.

Support a resident’s arrangement for ongoing therapy with previous providers e.g. ongoing counselling at Bethwin Road or with designated aftercare providers e.g. day programmes.

Facilitate and support each person with a support plan which aims to help that person maintain good general health, preserve abstinence, build on therapeutic experience, enjoy worthwhile social outlets and move towards full reintegration in the community.

Offer continued positive peer support as a self-help mechanism.

#Aftercare Programme ( For Those Completeing Rehab For Substance Misuse Related Problems )

Workbook Reflection

The workbook was prepared by a group of people who have completed 1st stage rehab and who live in Kairos 2nd stage houses. In setting out to put the workbook together, the intention of the group was to provide daily reflective themes which would help a person link back into his / her experience of rehab.

It is hoped that such a link will help a person to cope with the abrupt move away from an intensive structured programme, while at the same time helping him / her to reflect on issues pertinent to continued rehabilitation and recovery. The person will reflect privately on an agreed theme and then with the help of facilitation will share, discuss etc., with the group the next day in a psycho-educational setting.

One Stop Shop

This slot is planned to help people with long term / ongoing issues e.g. around debt, legal, health, benefits etc. Advice and information will be given and referral facilitated to professional services.

Workshops

These will be conducted (facilitated) by experienced therapists / counsellors drawn from within and outside of Kairos.

Counselling

Each person will have weekly One to One counselling.

Social Activities

Each group will be encouraged and facilitated to organise regular social events / activities.

Contact Details:

Kairos Community Trust
235 Valley Road
London

SW16 2AF

Telephone: 0208 6777292