Rehabilitation

Get started with a treatment program

Our patients go through several stages in recovery and their accommodation needs can change at each stage. In the first few days after starting treatment on either naltrexone or flumazenil we strongly recommend that our clients stay at our Medical House where they can receive supervision during withdrawal. After that we move clients to our assessment houses and from there invite them to move to one of our rehab facilities or refer them to another rehabilitation program as appropriate. We believe providing these residential facilities helps prevent our clients slipping back into drug use.

Medical House

A short term safe environment. Twenty-four hour care and medical assistance is available to those in the acute stages of detoxification and recovery.

Assessment Houses

A stable environment for our clients who are considering longer term residential options. Allows them to be supervised, medicated where necessary and assessed for further rehabilitation. We have houses for men, women and mothers with young children.

Rehabilitation Centre

Patients staying at our Rehabilitation Centre at Northam are supervised with regards to prescriptions such as Antabuse. Northam is a longer term residential option for men and women with drug and alcohol problems. Many recovering patients from the metropolitan area find the location helpful in getting away from the habits and associations that make drug taking a way of life. Activities are tailored to education and training, relationships and rebuilding social structures and to spiritual healing. A Christian version of ‘The Twelve Steps’ is used. Fresh Start is also happy to refer patients to other rehabilitation facilities when appropriate.

Halfway Houses

After around 6 months in rehabilitation our clients are usually ready to move to one of our ‘half-way’ houses designed for people in the later stages of recovery to assist them in finding independent accommodation and sustainable employment. Alternatively, if they have access to stable homes, they are encouraged to move back home.