Recovery in our Communities NTA National Residential Rehabilitation Event Adele Duncan Director of Operations, England 28 th March 2011

Recovery in our Communities A range of Residential provision Therapeutic Communities –5 Adult services –2 Family Residential services – T.C model Locally commissioned services –Park House, Birmingham Womens Service –Portland House, Nottingham Recovery in Prison 4 Therapeutic Communities in Prison

Recovery in our Communities Our Service Users Average age = 35 Using Heroin for on average 15 years 29% are women compared to 32% of the drug taking population 59% of our service users have children 52% have no qualifications on entry to treatment 66% are unemployed 21% are long term sick

Recovery in our Communities Our range of Residential Provision Therapeutic Communities –5 Adult services –2 Family Residential services – T.C model Locally commissioned services –Park House, Birmingham Womens Service –Portland House, Nottingham Recovery in Prison 4 Therapeutic Communities in Prison

Recovery in our Communities Adult Therapeutic Communities National provision - local focus Cost Effective Flexible and responsive Recovery post residential treatment

Recovery in our Communities Our range of Residential provision Therapeutic Communities –5 Adult services –2 Family Residential services – T.C model Locally commissioned services –Park House, Birmingham Womens Service –Portland House, Nottingham Recovery in Prison 4 Therapeutic Communities in Prison

Recovery in our Communities Our range of Residential provision Therapeutic Communities –5 Adult services –2 Family Residential services – T.C model Locally commissioned services –Park House, Birmingham Womens Service –Portland House, Nottingham Recovery in Prison 4 Therapeutic Communities in Prison

Recovery in our Communities Our range of Residential provision Therapeutic Communities –5 Adult services –2 Family Residential services – T.C model Locally commissioned services –Park House, Birmingham Womens Service –Portland House, Nottingham Recovery in Prison 4 Therapeutic Communities in Prison

Recovery in our Communities A range of Residential provision Therapeutic Communities –5 Adult services –2 Family Residential services – T.C model Locally commissioned services –Park House, Birmingham Womens Service –Portland House, Nottingham Recovery in Prison 4 Therapeutic Communities in Prison

Recovery in our Communities Recovery focus for all our services All of our services maximise recovery capital by –Demonstrating good clinical governance –Fostering recovering communities and supporting a range of peer mentoring approaches –Working with service users to evidence their progress Outcome Star NVQs Conservation therapy – 14,000 hrs of voluntary work Symbols of recovery – Phoenix Forest, arts projects Recovery ceremonies – graduations, new year honours

Recovery in our Communities

Benefits of CTP impact on completions

Recovery in our Communities Examples of Recovery outcomes At Portland House all service users graduate with qualifications Park House has 73% planned exits since June 2010 Prison TCs currently have an average completion rate of 62% In our adult residential services we have seen improvements in psychological health of 45%; physical health of 46%, quality of life by 69%

Recovery in our Communities Adele Duncan