South Devon Community Drug & Alcohol Service

Shrublands House comprises a team of health and social care professionals who offer help and advice to people who are concerned about their drug/alcohol use.

The service consists of community alcohol team, a community drug team and a criminal justice team.

Services Provided

• Assessment
• Drug- and alcohol-related medical assessments
• consultancy for professionals
• substitute prescribing (e.g. Methadone)
• home and residential detox
• motivational interviewing
• group work
• psychological therapy
• couple and family therapy
• Hepatitis B vaccinations
• Hepatitis C testing
• liaison with, and referral on to relevant agencies
• referrals for residential rehabilitation

Equal Opportunities

Shrublands Hosue is committed to ensuring equal access to relevant and appropriate services for the whole population, regardless of age, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, disability or area of residence.

Referrals

Referrals can only be made by a GP. The Alcohol Team does not accept self-referrals or referrals from any other agencies.

Prioritisation

Clients presenting with an alcohol problem are not prioritised.

Key Worker

Upon entering treatment, a client is allocated a key worker.  This will be his/her personal drug or alcohol worker.  Meetings will take place on a regular basis.  The key worker will

• oversee treatment
• try and help the client to understand his/her problems and help to see how they can be addressed
• support the client in setting and achieving treatment goals
• advise of other sources of help that may be available.

Venue

Most people are seen at Shrublands House.  Under special circumstances, home visits may be arranged but it is usual for people to be seen at health service premises in their locality if Shrublands House is not the venue.

Emergencies

Shrublands does not provide an emergency service.  Emergencies are best dealt with by a GP, the Out of Hours GP Service or the Accident and Emergency Department.