Services Overview:

Three stage program

Jarrah House offers three programs for treatment. The 21 day Stabilise Program which is a medical or non-medical detoxification and stabilisation program. The Skills, 6 week rehabilitation program; based on DBT (Dialectical Behaviour Therapy). Finally, Jarrah House provides a continuing care program for outpatients. On leaving the centre, women participate in a discharge program to assist them to implement the changes begun during their stay. They are invited to return to Jarrah House on Tuesday nights for an outpatient group for continuing support of other ex-Jarrah House clients.

Holistic care

Jarrah House recognises that drug and alcohol dependence is not only a physical problem, but affects women's emotional and spiritual well-being. Programs are aimed at empowering women to make choices that are right for them, by providing ongoing support and the opportunity to develop a range of personal skills. The centre's high quality, holistoc approach to health care has been recognised by the United Nations as setting a benchmark for the gender response treatment of substance abuse by women and their children.

Caring for mothers and children

Jarrah House child care and parenting services are unique. Children attending the unit with mothers are considered as clients. They are monitored on a regular basis and supported through a structured, child-centred learning environment. Jarrah House promotes the development of the whole child, including social, spiritual, physical and cognitive development. Child-care support and age-specific activities are provided seven days a week by early childhood child-care workers. School aged children attend the local primary school on a temporary basis.

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