West Kent Recovery Service - CRI Maidstone

CRI Maidstone supports service users who have problems due to drugs and alcohol. Maidstone offers an open access service and wide-ranging support for anyone experiencing problems with drugs and alcohol.

The service promotes recovery by providing support throughout the treatment journey and beyond through its active recovery community.

Our team of Peer Mentors provide additional support based on their personal knowledge and understanding of the recovery process.

Our services include a range of activities and support from structured workshops to social activities.

We also signpost service users to other support services in the area, including housing, health and mutual aid support such as AA and NA.

What we do and how we do it

We offer a range of services to people living in West Kent to support them to make changes to their drinking and drug use.

These include:

• Advice and information
• One to one and group support
• Assessment tools
• Brief interventions
• Recovery workshops
• Peer support
• Counselling
• Web-based advice and information
• Health advice
• Referral to other services

Our aim is to ensure that we provide our service users with choices about the support they receive and we aim to provide seamless care tailored to individual needs.

Make an appointment

You can make an appointment by phone or just drop in during office hours.

Make a referral

Referrals can be made by GPs and partner agencies as well as treatment providers and other professionals.

Individuals can self-refer by phone or by coming in to the service for an assessment.

Other sources of local support

Mutual Aid Groups:

• Alcoholics Anonymous
• m.o.r.p.h.
• Maidstone & Malling Carers Project

Domestic abuse:

• Oasis Womens Refuge
• Domestic Abuse Services
• Maidstone Directory of Domestic Abuse Services – 4th edition

Support Services

• Tonbridge & Malling Community Safety Unit

Housing:

• Porchlight Homelessness Charity
• Maidstone Day Centre
• AMAT hostels
• Trinity Foyer

Debt:

• Trinity Foyer
• Christians Against Poverty

Bereavement:

• Cruse
• Crosslines

Mental Health:

• Mind
• Rethink

Young People’s Services:

• KCA young persons service

Sexual health information:

• kentsexualhealth.nhs.uk

National services Drug and Alcohol Information

• Health Promotion Substance Misuse Team
• Talk To Frank
• Strange Molecules (legal highs help)
• Samaritans
• Drinkaware
• NHS – Drinking and alcohol
• NHS – Alcohol units
• Alcohol unit calculator
• NHS – Downloadable Drink Diary
• Alcoholics Anonymous
• Safe and Sorted
• Victim Support
• 'My Legal High’ home of the 2014 national online survey
• Citizens Advice Bureau