Recovery Project

Updated 17 December 2019

The Recovery Project provides a residential rehabilitation service for up to 30 people who are recovering from drug or alcohol dependency. 26 bedrooms were provided on site in four shared houses with a further four rooms in the main house which provided shared move on facilities. At the time of our inspection there were 25 clients in the service. All clients had either been through detoxification or were alcohol and drug free on admission.

The service is not staffed overnight or at weekends and an on-call service was provided to deal with any emergencies. There was a system of on call managers to contact in the event of an issue on site which enabled the service to operate safely.

The service operates an abstinence and psychosocial model and all clients are expected to be alcohol and drug free before starting treatment. The treatment model follows the 12-step recovery program alongside cognitive behaviour therapy delivered in a group and on an individual basis.

Clients in the service were funded by Brighton and Hove local authority. Clients signed a licence agreement with the Brighton Housing Trust for their accommodation for the duration of the treatment program.

The Recovery Project is registered to provide: Accommodation for persons who require treatment for substance misuse.

There was a registered manager in post at the time of the inspection.

We have previously inspected this service in 2017. Our last inspection in 2017 found that the service was meeting the essential standards which were inspected. The service was not rated in the 2017 inspection.

The service has good partnership working in the local area and with other agencies, including social services, probation, GPs, pharmacies, education services and homeless charities/services.

Updated 17 December 2019

We rated the Recovery Project as good because:

• The service provided safe care. The premises where clients were seen were safe and clean. The number of clients on the caseload of the teams, and of individual members of staff, was not too high to prevent staff from giving each client the time they needed. Staff assessed and managed risk well and followed good practice with respect to safeguarding.
• Staff developed holistic, recovery-oriented care plans informed by a comprehensive assessment. They provided a range of treatments suitable to the needs of the clients and in line with national guidance about best practice. Staff engaged in clinical audit to evaluate the quality of care they provided.
• The teams included or had access to the full range of specialists required to meet the needs of clients under their care. Managers ensured that these staff received training, supervision and appraisal. Staff worked well together as a multidisciplinary team and relevant services outside the organisation.
• Staff treated clients with compassion and kindness and understood the individual needs of clients. They actively involved clients in decisions and care planning.
• The service was easy to access. Staff planned and managed discharge well and had alternative pathways for people whose needs it could not meet.
• The service was well led, and the governance processes ensured that its procedures ran smoothly.