Innovation in family work

Donna Ribton-Turner

Director of clinical Services, ReGen

Heather Pickard

CEO, sharc

Achieving more through partnerships: ReGen and Family Drug Help at sharc

The beginning…

• 2001 Churchill Fellowship

• 2008 Bouverie Lighting Beacons project

• 2008 Strategic plan incl. families

• 2008 First ARC programs run at Moreland Hall

2009 Family counselling funded

2012 Rebranding

Focussing our thinking …

2010 Collaboration with Minkoff & Christine

Kline

The treatment continuum

• Welcoming

• Single session work

• Action Recovery Course

• Family counselling

• Family and Friends Support Group

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

Components of program

• Stages of change (family and drug user)

• Boundaries

• Guilt and worry

• Praise and acceptance

• The choice is mine

• Where to from here

Six week course run by qualified family

members (peer/professional) includes:

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

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 .

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