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Aftercare is part of the Primary Care package and service users
would have signed an initial contract stating they are prepared
to attend the aftercare programme for at least a year with an option
of a second year. It is open to anyone who has fully completed the
first five steps of a Twelve-step programme, whether that is a service
user who completed with WGCADA or any other organisation. We are
currently receiving many referrals from residential units due to
the fact that often people have to travel long distances back to
the unit, and access to our agency is much more convenient.
Aftercare involves a monthly group therapy session, which differs
from Primary care as they are used for dealing with situations that
people are finding difficult at the present time. Subjects often
include relationships, employment and poor health. This group has
no maximum figure although we would probably not run a group with
more than twelve service users.
One to one support is usually given on a six weekly basis, but
more are given if the need arises. Often people find adjustment
to life without treatment difficult so more regular sessions are
given. This is particularly true of service users in the residential
setting.
Steps 6 and 7 are dealt with during these sessions and any other
issues that need addressing, maybe there was no time to cover everything
needed in Primary Treatment or issues have reared their heads that
haven't been a problem before.
We encourage people to deal with Steps 8 - 12 in the self- help
groups to which they have by now, become accustomed to attending.
By the end of the first year of Aftercare we have hopefully encouraged
and directed people to become responsible for their own lives and
this does have an effect on the numbers who are actively still participating
by then, which are generally much lower.
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