#iAOD13 Innovation in Family Work SHARC & ReGen
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#iAOD13 presentation on our partnership with Family Drug Help at SHARC for delivery of the Action for Recovery Course (ARC) for family members.
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#iAOD13 Innovation in Family Work SHARC & ReGen
- 1. Innovation in family work Achieving more through partnerships: ReGen and Family Drug Help at sharc Donna Ribton-Turner Director of clinical Services, ReGen Heather Pickard CEO, sharc
- 2. The beginning… • 2001 Churchill Fellowship • 2008 Bouverie Lighting Beacons project • 2008 Strategic plan incl. families • 2008 First ARC programs run at Moreland Hall
- 3. Focussing our thinking … 2009 Family counselling funded 2010 Collaboration with Minkoff & Christine Kline 2012 Rebranding
- 4. The treatment continuum • Welcoming • Single session work • Action Recovery Course • Family counselling • Family and Friends Support Group
- 5. The ARC Story Peer led education program, for family members impacted by a loved one’s alcohol or drug use Designed by families in professional role for families Evaluated by Australian Drug foundation, and recently as partnership with ReGen
- 6. Components of program Six week course run by qualified family members (peer/professional) includes: • Stages of change (family and drug user) • Boundaries • Guilt and worry • Praise and acceptance • The choice is mine • Where to from here
- 7. Also included … Identification of family violence, Safety Plan, Child safety, Intervention order What to expect when your loved one comes out of rehab Managing Conflict Triangulation
- 8. Benefits of partnership Knowledge and ease of access for families to treatment services in both organisations and extended networks. Enables a relationship building and sharing of knowledge, which benefits all levels of service delivery .
- 9. sharc continuum… ARC at sharc is supported by: 24 hour helpline run by family members as volunteers 20 peer lead family support groups across Vic. Family counselling Capacity building for family and service users to have a voice (APSU) NB: Housing program 20 young people
- 10. sharc continuum… ARC at sharc is supported by: 24 hour helpline run by family members as volunteers 20 peer lead family support groups across Vic. Family counselling Capacity building for family and service users to have a voice (APSU) NB: Housing program 20 young people
Editor's Notes
- I ’m going to talk very briefly about how our partnership with sharc has improved access to treatment for families at Regen then Heather will tell you more about the ARC program and the work sharc does to support families affected by AOD use of a family member.
- Family work has been evolving at ReGen since back in 2001 when our then CEO Janet Farrow undertook a Churchhill Fellowship overseas to assess treatment and support programs for individuals and their families where substance abuse, family violence or mental health disorders are present. In 2008 we joined the Bouverie Lighting Beacons Project, committed to working with families in our strategic plan and provided the facilities for sharc to run its ’ ARC program at our site in Jessie St.
- Other things and people have helped progress our thinking and action in relation to family work including Collaboration with US psychiatrists Ken Minkoff & Christine Kline who championed the important of welcoming and our rebranding in 2012 which provided an opportunity to hear what our clients wanted from us and for us to think about how we wanted to portray ourselves.
- Through our partnership with sharc we are now able to offer families a range of interventions depending on their need and readiness. A positive spin off to our staff being involved in the ARC sessions has been hearing directly from the families who participate in ARC about their struggles and distress. It has helped us to understand how important it is that families, as well as supporting the person with the AOD issue, have significant needs in their own right and deserve treatment and support.