Family & Friends

saFFron Hull and saFFron East Riding  are CDP’s services for

                               supporting and advising Family and Friends  

Is someone you care about dependent on Drugs or Alcohol?

Is it affecting your life? Your family, too?

saFFron  is there to help you

You do not have to be alone

Helping yourself is not selfish

 

To learn more about saFFron Hull and saFFron East Riding   click on their names

General Information

The saFFron projects aim to create and extend networks of parent volunteers able to facilitate and develop one-to-one, group and telephone support to families adversely affected by members drug use.  This approach has led to a number of self-help and self-sustaining support groups.

This includes the development of support for grand-parents, who may have very specific needs when they find themselves looking after a second generation.

We will continue to explore the development of specific resources in consultation with parents, carers and users, e.g. the production of a family support video.

We see a role for parents and significant others, in some cases, alongside treatment, e.g. in the use of complementary therapies, which could be offered simultaneously to a number of different family members.  This would both benefit them directly and facilitate relationship building.

Continued support and aftercare is an area that to date has often been neglected.  The planning of aftercare support services, integral to the broader treatment process must include taking account of the needs, concerns and constraints upon parents, families and carers.

The services work to better equip families and carers to sustain the gains made by a family member whilst in treatment

The areas that we immediately address are:

• Relapse Prevention (Relapse Resistance Education)
• Coping Skills
• Health Decision Making
• Conflict Resolution
• Problem Solving
• Peer/Other Support Networking
• Crisis and Contingency Planning
• Risk Management