What We Do - The Beacons

At The Beacons, we provide a welcoming, healing environment for people in recovery from substance use or alcohol misuse to help them re-integrate into the local community.

We have a menu of different activities and services available which you can see on our Activities page.

We Connect
We Build Relationships
We Listen
We Grow
We Develop

We do these things to raise community awareness and reduce stigma of those in recovery. We are committed to investing in people with lived experience, upskilling our volunteers to help them on their journey into further training, college or employment opportunities.

We also have a specialist staff team who help facilitate all the activities we provide.

Recovery Support Workers

Recovery Support Workers have various specialist skills, working knowledge and experience of the impact substance and alcohol issues have on individuals, families and the wider community. They provide person-centred support to people, individually and in groups, and provide them with the emotional and practical support to make changes in their lives. Recovery Support Workers help individuals progress in their recovery journey by assisting them to access the interventions and opportunities that are important to them, working in a way that promotes equality and facilitates recovery, while building pathways and recovery opportunities.

If the person is not suitable at that time for The Beacons, the Recovery Support Workers will be able to signpost and refer to all our relevant partners, ensuirng the person gets the right help at the right time.

Family Services: FREE (Family Recovery for Everyone Everywhere)

Improving fragile family or fractured relationships is at the heart of our approach. Family members have a crucial role to play in recovery, but we also know that families need their own support too - this is why family-focused initiatives are a central feature in The Beacons. We encompass various family supports with the specialist organisation My Support Day.

FREE- Family Recovery Everyone Everywhere. This service is commissioned by the South Lanarkshire Alcohol & Drug Partnership ADP and NHS and is delivered in partnership by My Support Day and Liber8, to deliver a whole-family approach covering all localities of South Lanarkshire.

FREE – will ensure families have access to support throughout their time of need, ensuring family voices are heard and respected when trying to support their loved ones.

The aim is to give your family emotional support and guidance on how to help you through your recovery journey.

Outreach Family Support Worker:

• Providing one-to-one support to family members within their home or local community.

• Delivering a person-centered service, ensuring that we adapt to the family’s needs.

• Reducing isolation

• Building self-esteem and confidence to allow family members to engage in peer-led support groups.

Family Liaison Worker:

• Working with both families and agencies providing information and sharing concerns between parties

• Work in partnership with services to gather information on pathways, and protocols, provide accessibility criteria, and information on processes involved and where appropriate points of contact for family members.

• Work with families to ensure they have the information they require to understand and where appropriate their loved one’s consent to be involved in the process.

One to One Counselling:

• Offering emotional support

• Changing patterns of thoughts and behaviours

• Finding strategies and techniques to manage difficulties.

• Promote self-empowerment.

Relational Counselling Service:

This service can help couples or family members by;

• Changing views of the relationship

• Improving communication

• Changing dysfunctional behaviour

• Promoting strengths

Email: admin@mysupportday.co.uk

Tel: 01698 673 012

Facebook: My Support Day

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