Our Objectives and Strategies

Haines House’s strategic aims include the following: total abstinence, improved physical and psychological health, reintegration into the community, and resettlement.

Abstinence

• Enable clients to develop relapse prevention strategies
• Provide a safe, supportive, alcohol and drug free environment
• Enable clients to identify high risk relapse situations and develop appropriate coping strategies
• Provide one-to-one keywork support
• Agree and review care plans with clients at agreed intervals
• Ensure clients are aware of appropriate services in the community as a means of on-going support

Physical and psychological health

• Facilitate clients to maintain good physical and psychological health
• Ensure all clients are registered with a GP
• Provide keywork support
• Facilitate clients to develop life-styles that promote good physical and psychological health
• Develop partnership working empowers clients to take an equal part in assessment and care planning
• Promote healthy living for clients incorporating primary care, health promotion, basic amenities and life style management support

Reintegration

• Develop an infrastructure, which promotes clients’ reintegration into the community
• Active support into education, training and voluntary work opportunities
• Provide IT facilities and training
• Develop an environment which recognises and welcomes diversity
• Develop services to promote self sufficiency such as personnel development and life management training
• Develop information systems to promote services and navigation to relevant agencies

Resettlement

• Enable clients to resettle into independent living
• Explore appropriate move on accommodation for clients
• Support clients in their ambition to regain a valued position in the community through the creation of peer support groups
• Develop housing and welfare solutions which respond to the immediate housing need and also to long term needs in a sustainable way
• Ensure clients develop the necessary skills for independent living
• Provide clients with after care