The future of one of Scotland’s oldest residential rehabilitation charities has been secured, allowing it to continue its important work reducing drug-related deaths.
Three Jericho Society facilities located in Greenock and Dundee will now be owned by Abbeycare, preserving 30 jobs and ensuring that 40 rehab beds are kept open.
Established in 1970, the Society is one of the oldest providers of residential rehabilitation in the UK, with a record of achieving excellent outcomes for those who use its services.
It runs two houses in Greenock, one for men and one for women, with a total of 28 beds. Its Dundee house has 12 self-contained apartments for men.
Residents of the houses usually stay for six months or more, with 68 per cent of those who complete the programme achieving lasting abstinence from substance use issues.
Abbeycare, which runs a rehabilitation facility in Erskine, has a longstanding working relationship with the Society, with a successful referral pathway between the two services.
Both the Jericho Society and Abbeycare are founding members of the Scottish Recovery and Residential Providers Group, which works closely with the Scottish Government to shape practice, policy and improve pathways into residential treatment.
Under the new partnership, Abbeycare will take over operations of the three Society properties, enabling the services to continue to facilitate abstinence-based recovery.
Abbeycare’s facility in Erskine provides continuous care for people with alcohol and drug addictions under one roof, offering supervised detoxification and rehabilitation.
Its programmes also include harm reduction interventions, counselling, recovery care planning, family support and extensive aftercare, allowing people to address the underlying issues behind their addictions.
The centre accepts admissions from across Scotland, including both private patients and local authority referrals.