Tyneside Residential Service: South Shields
Provides a safe and supportive background where people address their drug and alcohol dependencies.
About us:
The service provides a safe, supportive and structured environment where residents participate in groups and one-to-one sessions to explore the underlying reasons for their dependency. Through a process of self-awareness and understanding patterns of personal behaviour, residents are encouraged to acquire new skills and formulate strategies that will enable them to develop a healthy, drug free lifestyle and return to independent living in the community.
The service offers a comprehensive therapeutic programme delivered by fully trained and professional staff. This is provided within a residential setting, ensuring access to a range of health and social care support services to suit individual needs. Participation in the therapeutic programme helps to promote change by encouraging self-worth and personal responsibility, challenging individual attitudes and behaviour, and encouraging the development of life and social skills.
Key features of the Service include:
therapeutic community programme
abstinence based
fast access into treatment
fully integrated detoxification programme; ? and standalone detoxification service by negotiation
individualised treatment plans
group and one-to-one work
additional gender specific groups
relapse prevention
offender behaviour work
fully integrated skills and education programme
fully integrated conservation therapy programme
needs-led fast track service
resettlement support
aftercare services
auricular acupuncture
leisure and sports activities ? camping, ice-skating, ten-pin bowling, cinema and access to an external gymnasium.
The rehabilitation programme is tailored to your individual needs, within a framework of 4 Stages.
The length of time you spend in each stage will depend on your individual needs and how quickly you achieve the goals identified for each stage of treatment. On admission to the service, individual care plans are developed between you, the key worker and multi-disciplinary team. As you progress through the programme, care concentrates on life skills and education to sustain long-term recovery on leaving the service.
Induction is the settling in stage of the programme when you can expect a high level of support from residents and staff. You will begin to learn about the programme and therapeutic community structure, the house routine and rules, while engaging and identifying with those people around you. You may also experience some withdrawals or undergo a detoxification programme at this stage.
Primary and Senior Stages of the programme concentrate on personal development, self-awareness and identifying the underlying and personal issues that play a role in the individual?s dependency. A comprehensive programme of groups, workshops and seminars take place throughout the week. Community meetings and other support sessions, including encounter groups also take place to provide support and enable you to share feelings and ideas; and build healthy relationships with your peers.
The weekly timetable provides a balanced programme of structured activity, therapeutic interventions, skills acquisition, basic household chores, recreation and relaxation.
As part of the therapeutic community ethos, you are expected to participate fully in the house activities during Induction, Primary and Senior Stage. This includes taking an active part in the day to day running of the house and its maintenance and upkeep. These practical tasks are organised into separate ?departments? such as cooking, gardening and laundry. These departments are run by the residents under staff supervision; and as residents progress through the programme, their responsibility increases for others and for the smooth running of the house.
Re-entry Stage focuses on supporting you to take the first steps toward integration into the wider community. Re-entry accommodation is off-site, located a short distance from the main house, accommodating 10 residents. Staff support provides assistance with practical issues and life skills such as housing, employment and establishing sustainable community support networks with a strong emphasis on personal independence.
An additional Aftercare Stage in the Community can also be accessed if appropriate, offering one-to-one support.
Contact Details:
Tyneside Residential Service
Phoenix Futures
Westoe Drive
South Shields
Tyne & Wear
NE33 3EW
Telephone: 0191 425 5548