Resettlement

People completing a substance misuse recovery programme have dedicated several months to stand back from lives centred on drugs and alcohol and make some careful decisions about how their future is going to be different. However, moving back to a self-supported lifestyle can be a challenging transition, especially as many of our clients are homeless when they begin treatment.

At The Nelson Trust, we put great emphasis on housing and resettlement as a core component of the recovery process.

The aim of resettlement is to provide a safe environment for clients who have completed residential treatment to continue working on their recovery. This can help them to develop the skills needed for moving towards full independence. The resettlement programme provides tenancy related support with a specialist understanding of substance misuse. It can offer abstinence-based supported housing for up to one year. Ongoing floating support is available for a further year after leaving the programme and returning to the community.

The service is delivered through individual support plans, house groups, key working sessions and aftercare. Regular reviews take place throughout the programme and completion is planned in advance after consultation with the client. The resettlement team will work closely with the client to find accommodation in the community where required.

Accommodation

As with our treatment programme, we have found that successful resettlement depends on mutual support and safe communities. Helping people sustain their tenancies is an important part of our resettlement work.

The Nelson Trust works in partnership with local associations to provide houses for people who are ready to move from structured housing towards less structured supported housing.

We have three resettlement houses in Stroud and one in Gloucester. The accommodation is a mixture of shared houses and self-contained studio units. All tenants have single rooms.

Bath Road

A large house on the outskirts of Stroud with 6 individual, self-contained rooms and a modern and spacious shared kitchen and lounge.

Ebley House

A shared house with 4 bedrooms, (one en suite), and a shared living area close to the centre of Stroud.

Wakefield House

A recently refurbished shared house with 5 individual rooms and shared living and dining rooms, very close to Stroud College and Stroud Leisure Centre.

Hyde Lane

A purpose built property of eight self contained studio apartments with shared living space and laundry facilities, close to the heart of Gloucester.

All resettlement clients have access to the Education Centre.

Support staff and an on-call counsellor are accessible to clients 24 hours per day.