Better Lives - Islington's Drug and Alcohol Service

Address: Seven Sisters Road

London
United Kingdom
Phone: Seven Sisters Road: 020 3317 6099 - Grays Inn Road: 020 3317 6650 - King Henry's Walk: 020 3317 7277 - Family Service: 020 3317 7437
Email: betterlivesreferrals@candi.nhs.uk
Opening hours: Please note: this service runs from four locations

Directions For Seven Sisters Road - Nearest tube stations are Holloway Road and Archway. 17, 43, 263, 271 buses which stop on the Holloway Road. For Gray's Inn Road - short walk from King's Cross underground station. For 28B King Henry's Walk the nearest train station is Dalston Kingsland (overground) Nearest bus stops for buses 38, 30 and 73 How to refer

You can refer yourself by attending our open access drop – in sessions, or contacting us by phone or email. You will be able to talk to one of our team who will help you decide which service best meets your needs. Our team will then work with you to create a care plan which will be reviewed regularly. Alternatively, any professional, such as a housing support worker, social worker or nurse, can make the referral on your behalf.

Please complete this brief document and email this to: betterlivesreferrals@candi.nhs.uk This will help us to ensure we have relevant information to process this referral

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What we do

Better Lives is an integrated drug and alcohol service delivered by Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust in partnership with WDP and Humankind.

We offer a free and confidential support service for individuals and their families affected by drug and alcohol problems.

Our specialist team include substance misuse practitioners, doctors, nurses, social workers, psychologists and pharmacists, as well as complementary therapists, volunteers and peer mentors. Together we offer a high quality and professional service that supports individuals and their families who wish to receive advice, assessment and treatment for their drug and/or alcohol problems. We also offer advice and training to local community organisations.

What we offer

One-to-one key working
Group work and day programme
BBV testing and treatment
Treatment in GP’s surgeries
Assessment and access to residential detoxification and rehabilitation
Debt and housing advice
Specialist women’s groups and support
Psychological therapy, counselling and group work
Self-help and mutual aid groups
Aftercare services including skills coaching
A health and wellbeing service for people who use substances at lower levels, including alcohol, club drugs, cannabis and cocaine
Reintegration and Aftercare - education, training and employment (ETE) support
Family and carers’ support and advice

Where we are based

99-101 Seven Sisters Road, N7 7QP

Opening hours: Monday: 9.15am-8pm, Tuesday: 1pm-5pm, Wednesday: 9.15am-5pm, Thursday: 1pm-5pm, Friday: 9.15am-6pm (between 5-6 is not open access)

309 Gray’s Inn Road, WC1X 8QS

Opening hours: Monday: 9am-5pm, Tuesday: 9am-5pm, Wednesday: 9am-8pm, Thursday: 9am-5pm (closed between 2pm-4pm), Friday: 9am-5pm

28b King Henry’s Walk, N1 4NX

Opening hours: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday: 9am-5pm, Thursday: 1pm-5pm. There is late night access to this site for planned events on Wednesday and Fridays – for more information on this please contact the site.

Age range treated 18+Who is the service for?

Our service is free and open to all Islington residents aged 18 or over, as well as their families and carers.

Better Lives Family Service

Better Lives also offers a service to families living in Islington who have a child or children under 18 years of age where the parent is using drugs or alcohol and adults who are affected by the drug or alcohol problems of someone close to them.

Find out more about the Better Lives Family Service by visiting the Humankind website here.

‘That Alcohol and Drug Podcast’

Better Lives, a service within C&I in partnership with Humankind and WDP, is excited to announce the launch of its brand new educational podcast, 'That Alcohol and Drug Podcast', which will look at issues

relating to drugs and alcohol.

Have you ever wondered where alcohol or drugs originated from? Or how they affect your brain or body? Or even the negative impacts alcohol or drugs has on families? That Alcohol and Drug Podcast will help to answer all of these questions!

Please find the Podcast episodes and more information here.

Useful website links

DrinkCoach website

Better Lives - Islington's Drug and Alcohol Service

Better Lives Family Service

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