Rainbow House

Location

We are currently situated  at 21 A Westland Drive Scotstoun  Glasgow G14 9NY in a new purpose built unit in the Victoria Park area of Glasgow. In location there are many amenities nearby including shops, library, leisure centre, park, cafes, and restaurants. There are also very good bus and train services nearby.

Accommodation

There are 17 single rooms, some of which care for the needs of the disabled within areas for residents to live more independently. Where skills such as cooking and basic home management skills are developed. The independent living aspect of Rainbow happens in the latter stages of the programme in preparation for moving on. There are also communal areas provided including a gym.

Services Aims & Objectives

The aim of the service is to provide a safe, secure, drug and alcohol free environment, where the service user will have the opportunity to explore and identify what personal changes he/she will require, in themselves and their surroundings, to enable them to gain and maintain a substance free lifestyle. This aim is met by the following objectives:

• To provide a therapeutic programme of recovery
• To develop residents’ sense of worth, self-esteem and owning of responsibility for his/her quality of life
• To introduce to new activities, to retain and regain forgotten skills and abilities.
   

Individual Recovery Plans
Support Plans will be developed incorporating agreed goals to achieve an independent substance-free lifestyle.

Staffing

Managing Co-Ordinator

Team Leader

Senior Addiction workers

Addiction Workers

Support workers

Night support workers

Life Skills Worker

Cook

Counsellor

Relief Staff

Admission Procedure
Admissions will be planned following a completed and successful assessment. Funding is required to be in place prior to admission.

Costs
Contact the service for current costs. Funding may be provided by the Local Authority Social Work Department, Criminal Justice Service. Residents on benefits contribute to their care but retain a proportion of their benefit—personal allowance.

Referrals Procedure
Referrals can be taken from Social/ Drug Workers, Employers, Self, Criminal Justice Service and any other appropriate sources.

Additional Information

 Rainbow will accept people who require a medical detoxification to allow them to access the residential rehabilitation service.

 The detoxification phase will be time limited to a maximum of 28 days, and all applicants will require to be at an agreed maximum limit of medication in order to benefit from the Cognitive Rehabilitation programme.

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