Service Overview
The Structured Day Care Programme consists of groups, individual one to one sessions, workshops, complementary therapies and activities.
Groups are offered on a daily basis (Monday to Friday) and attendance will be agreed as part of the care plan. The core programme runs for twelve weeks and includes:
- Motivation for Change Group (best suited to those in the early stages of change)
- Developing Recovery Group (for those who have already made significant changes around drinking/drug use)
- Harm Minimisation/Topic Group
- Auricular Acupuncture
- Optional Treatment Elements (including complementary therapies, meditation, relaxation and auricular acupuncture)
- Relapse Prevention Group
- One to one counselling
Referral Criteria
You will need to:
- Be over the age of 18
- Be resident in South Gloucestershire
- Have a history of problematic drug/alcohol use
- Be registered with a GP
- Be willing to engage in treatment and to commit to at least 2 groups per week
- Have stable/stabilising drug/alcohol use
Referrals will be accepted from all usual sources, including self-referral, but will be co-ordinated through SGDAS' Treatment Support Co-ordinator.
For more information please contact South Gloucestershire Drug & Alcohol Services on Free phone 0800 0733 011
(calls free from land line or call box)