The journey from a lifestyle dominated by drug or alcohol abuse back to “normal” life presents many obstacles and pitfalls.
After completing rehab treatment, whether in a residential or day programme, the next part of the journey begins. Then comes the challenge of finding your rightful place in society, where you can begin a new confident, productive and independent life.
This transitional phase is a critical, challenging but hopeful time. Now you have a real opportunity to build the skills and self-reliance you need to contribute to the wider community. That’s why we believe Integration and Aftercare is possibly the most important service of all.
Community Housing
The service is divided into two six month phases. - Integration (support for clients based in Transitional Housing) - Aftercare (support for clients who are moving into their own accommodation) Integration The Integration service oversees a number of community-based houses that operate as the Coolmine Housing Association.
These shared houses enable us to provide an ongoing programme of one-to-one and group therapy and support to clients who have completed a Coolmine rehabilitation programme. Housing and accommodation has been one of the top priorities for us in the past number of years. With this in mind Coolmine set about sourcing community housing or step down facilities in order to bridge the gap between treatment and independent living. We established two community based projects in 2006, two more in 2007 and increased this to a total of five houses in 2008. This was made possible with the continued support of Fingal and Dublin City Council.
Also see the Training and Employment Scheme