Our approach to service delivery
CRI strives to innovate and develop new approaches to service delivery that offer service users the best possible opportunity to change their lives.
We have remodelled our services in line with the recovery agenda and offer our service users clear pathways towards achieving better health and more productive and sustainable lifestyles.
We have embraced the opportunities provided by new technology to offer service users new pathways into treatment and wide-ranging support to help them maintain their commitment to change.
This involves developing partnerships with other providers at the forefront of treatment and recovery thinking to devise and implement innovative programmes and tools to support individual recovery.
These include:
Breaking Free Online
This online treatment and recovery programme provides 24-hour, personalised support for people in recovery. Breaking Free Online has proved particularly useful for the development of recovery communities and helps peer mentors and carers to develop their skills. A key benefit is that it can be readily accessed by those who may find it difficult to attend services regularly. CRI has invested in the development of this programme to ensure that it is available to all our service users across the country.
More information can be found at www.breakingfreeonline.com
Text messaging prompts
CRI is piloting an innovative text message service in West Sussex and East Lancs in partnership with D2D and NESTA. The service uses regular text message prompts, designed by each individual service user, to help people monitor and sustain their recovery progress. Current research indicates this process improves individual outcomes by 50%.
Smart Recovery
SMART Recovery has created networks of recovery communities across the country that empower individuals to recover from addiction. CRI has a national partnership with SMART Recovery UK to support this innovative self-help initiative.
Foundations of Recovery Programme (FoR)
FoR is a cutting-edge programme focused on abstinence and recovery. CRI developed FoR in response to the increased national focus on recovery outcomes arising out of the ITEP (International Treatment Effectiveness Project), and this unique programme is copyrighted to CRI.
The flexible programme is delivered in three stages:
- Foundations of Change looks at why people use substances and why they might want to stop, reduce or control their use.
- Foundations of Growth is about growing the tools of individual recovery and developing the mind set to succeed and achieve recovery goals.
- Foundations of Life is designed to support people to resist the urge to use again and find the strength and resources to maintain change.
A fourth stage of ongoing aftercare support is provided through an approach (connect, grow, thrive) developed by our partners Emerging Horizons. A wristband is given to the participant upon completion of each stage.
Benefits include a higher rate of change amongst service users who achieve better outcomes and the empowerment of service users to develop their own tailored recovery communities.