South East
HMP High Down
Service delivered in prison
How we help
Substance misuse
We offer a range of psychosocial and clinical interventions to help clients address their substance misuse.
Programmes
- Stepping Stones – a low-medium intensity intervention for those whose alcohol or drug consumption is at harmful or dependent levels
- The Bridge – an intensive abstinence-based programme which outlines the journey to recovery and longer term treatment
- Relationships Matter – a series of workshops designed to improve interpersonal relationships and restore healthy communication
- Living Safely Drug and Alcohol – a series of workshops exploring the risks associated with drug and alcohol use
Further interventions
- Clinical interventions – provided by a nurse/doctor and including opiate substitution therapy (OST) and detoxification
- Auricular acupuncture – acupuncture of the ears, offered as a complementary therapy for all service users
- Peer mentor scheme
- Individual key working sessions
- Wellman clinic – a confidential and supportive environment in which to discuss mental and/or physical health issues
- 12-steps graduates group
- Detox celebration
- Fellowship meetings – we co-facilitate Narcotics, Cocaine, and Alcoholics Anonymous (NA, CA, AA) meetings
- We offer a wide range of standalone workshops and in-cell packs aimed harm minimisation, risk reduction, and relapse prevention
- We also have a library full of relevant recovery literature
Our partners
Partners
- NACRO
- New Futures Network
- Hepatitis C Trust
- Jobcentre Plus
- PACT
- Trussell Trust food banks
- Fellowships: NA, AA, CA
- OMU/Probation (CRC/NPS)
- Resettlement – Kent Surrey Sussex CRC/St Mungo’s
- Community drug and alcohol teams – we refer the majority of our releases to Forward’s community services, Turning Point Croydon, Surrey i-access, Inspire Partnership Sutton, CGL Lewisham, Inclusion Hampshire, or CGL Bromley (BDAS)
- Residential rehab centres – The Bridges, Steps2Recovery, ChangesUK
- Supporting Housing – regular referrals to Nehemiah Project, Kairos, Transform Housing, The Amber Project
How to refer
Any resident can self-refer to the service. We also accept referrals from third parties. If a staff member or third party refers a resident we will assess the resident if they agree to engage. All residents on a substitute prescribing regime will automatically be referred for further substance misuse support.
Since completing the programme, I have learnt a lot about myself. My family wants to know me, I’m clean and feeling better. I see where I went wrong and don’t want to go through that again.
Martyn P, Forward client Read Martyn’s story