Community Based Services: Southwark Drug Intervention Programme Throughcare and Aftercare Team
Tel: 0207 863 3030
Out of hours helpline: 0800 028 3052
RAPt provides specialist help to those caught up in the criminal justice system who have drug problems and live in the London borough of Southwark.
They aim to build on the work that drug users may have done during their time in prison and reduce the level of relapse and re-offending. The team accepts referrals from:
- Prison-based CARAT workers
- Courts
- Police stations
- The Probation Service
- Social Services
- Housing departments
All referrals are given an appointment within five days of release. RAPt Southwark DIP team provide care and treatment plans which include:
- Assessment
- Key working
- Crisis intervention
- Placement in temporary accommodation and residential treatment programmes
- Prescription services
- Relapse prevention
- One to one counselling
The service is designed to support ex-prisoners while encouraging them to progress to longer term support services in order to allow them to fully integrate back into society.