Alcohol Help

Rugby House Solutions, Romford
Substance misuse day programme for adult residents of the London Borough of Havering

About us:

Solutions delivers a structured group programme and a structured counselling service to clients who have had or who are experiencing problematic substance misuse.

Commissioned and funded by Havering Drug & Alcohol Action Team in 2006, the service is open to residents of Havering.

The programme holds social learning and harm reduction principles at its core and interventions are based on cognitive and behavioural approaches. A diverse staff team also bring a range of experiences including Person Centred and Psychodynamic Counselling that contribute to service delivery.

The service is suitable for individuals subject to Drug Rehabilitation Requirements as well as those referred by other drug services

Services Provided

Download Rugby House Solutions Timetable

* The Solutions Day Programme- a 12-week rolling programme of \’primary\’ substance misuse treatment based upon structured group sessions. Groups include sessions on;
* Practical Skills
* Healthy Choices
* Expressions
* Life Skills
* Care Planning
* Relapse Preventio
* Relationships

The Solutions Day Programme has the capacity to see twelve clients at any one time.

* The Solutions Open Aftercare Group- interventions are focused around cognitive functioning and social problem solving skills as applied to relapse prevention, available to all clients who have completed structured primary treatment and are able to commit to attending for more than a few weeks.

The Solutions Open Aftercare Group is limited to 12 clients at any one time, Serves as a route into;

* The Structured Aftercare Group- a group focused on communication skills, and interpersonal relationships. Available to clients who have completed structured primary treatment and have been assessed as being suitable either via the Open Aftercare Group or following a professionals referral to the service.

The Structured Aftercare Group has capacity for ten to twelve clients at any one time

* Structured counselling - a twelve week programme of individual primary treatment sessions focused on social learning and harm reduction, strongly influenced by a Cognitive Behavioural approach sessions are suitable for those individuals in the first stages of treatment who cannot commit to the day programme or who feel unable to engage with others in a group setting.

Capacity for the Structured 1:1 Interventions is limited to three clients at any given time.

Suitable for …

The day programme has an open assessment policy accepting referrals regardless of sex, ethnicity or drug of choice within the following criteria;

* Clients must be of adult age (18 & over)
* Be resident in the London Borough of Havering (or be entitled to do so should they be returning from residential placements or custody.
* Be using illicit substances and have a desire to abstain or have recently been using illicit substances and have stabilised on prescribed medication or abstained
* Able to engage in group-work.

There are limited reasons why an individual might be referred on to a more appropriate service, such assessments are made on an individual basis and may include;

* Current unstable substance misuse,
* Untreated or unsupervised mental ill-health,
* Current risk of violence to others,
* Current risk of predatory or exploitative behaviours (including dealing).

Although Solutions is on the first-floor, our building has been converted for those with limited mobility with a wheelchair accessible stair lift and a less-abled toilet with on-call.

Referral Procedure

Solutions does not accept self-referrals onto the primary 12 week programme or its structured 1:1 interventions, however we do accept referrals from the Criminal Justice DIP, First Stop drug service or New Directions prescribing service.

* Substance misuse professionals wishing to refer their clients must forward a current completed Havering DAAT triage form and risk assessment.
* Once a referral is received the team will endeavour to offer an assessment appointment within a week, the outcome of which will be discussed on the day.
* Once accepted into the day programme clients will need to attend at least one \’induction\’ session with their key worker prior to being brought into the group, clients more suitable for structured 1:1 intervention are offered their first appointment with their key worker once being accepted.

Solutions aftercare can be accessed via a professionals referral as above or directly by attending the open session each Thursday evening for an hour from 17:15

Contact Details:

Rugby House Solutions
Ballard Chambers
26 High Street
Romford

RM1 1HR

Telephone: 01708 757 235