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What We Do
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Introduction.
Drug and or Alcohol misuse maybe happening in your home or affecting someone close to you. It may even be happening in your relationship or to your children. You may feel isolated, humiliated, ashamed, frightened, angry or confused.
BUT you are not to blame. Hetty’s can help.
If you are in such a relationship or someone close to you has a problem with drugs or alcohol:
- Recognise it is happening
- Accept you are not to blame
- Get help and support
Telephone Helpline Support
Hettys provides a free confidential telephone helpline which is open seven days a week, all year around, between the times of 9.00a.m. to 7.00p.m. (including bank holidays and weekends)
The phone is answered by a trained worker or volunteer who has personal experience of issues around drug / alcohol misuse and who will aim to provide you with a shoulder to cry on, a non judgmental listening ear, information on local services and or arrange to send you specific leaflets and details according to need.
Group Support
Service users are offered group support with others who are experiencing distress because of some else’s drug or alcohol use. The groups are facilitated by an empathetic worker or volunteer who has personal experience of these issues. The aim of this work is to reduce isolation, provide a safe environment in which to validate and share experiences and to empower users to help one another to move forward in ways to benefit the whole family.
Individual (one to one) Support
Service users are also encouraged to accept individual support within their home or in a safe place. Some people feel more comfortable talking about their experiences within their own home or in a comfortable place close to their home. The aims and objectives of these sessions are similar to the group work but assessed and planned according to the individual need and experience.
Criminal Justice Work
Hetty’s works in adult male and female prisons delivering structured sessions to prisoners attending Drug Treatment Programs. Hetty’s works in partnership with WAM in Youth Offending Institutions to deliver similar sessions.
The aim of the session is to encourage discussion around responsibility for the breakdown of family relationships and how family members may have been affected by their substance misuse.
This improves understanding, begins to build bridges and enhances family functioning through improved communication between family members (with Hettys support). This can reduce homelessness and re-offending and ultimately improve the long-term recovery and resettlement of offenders.
Complimentary Therapies
Hettys continues to develop relaxation therapies for clients and currently provides Reiki sessions once a month in Mansfield and Worksop, Indian Head Massage and Reflexology sessions in Mansfield once a month.
Feedback from these sessions shows it is having a very beneficial effect on client’s health and well-being. For further information please go to specific section.
Text Service
We realise that families can often find it really difficult to make the first step of picking up the phone and accessing help and support for themselves. We also recognise that people with hearing or speech difficulties are not always able to access us via our help-line.
Text 07896228547 Monday - Friday 9am - 4pm.
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