Treatment and support services

This section gives information on drug and alcohol treatment and support services available across Northern Ireland. There are a wide range of services available from short term extended brief interventions to more longer term community based or residential based one to one therapeutic treatment services. There are also services which offer ongoing recovery focussed group support, services which offer advice and support for your wider needs such as housing and ‘low threshold’ services specifically set up for those not yet ready or able to engage with mainstream or longer term treatment services.

Drug and alcohol services operate within a ‘Tiered Model’ and before searching for a service it might be useful to click here and learn more about what type of help and support is available at each ‘Tier.’ This may help you to better understand which level of support you might need or prefer and to better fine-tune your search options or to filter your results.

Region: BHSCT/BDACT

Brief/extended intervention service for adults drinking to harmful levels including support for family members

Region: BHSCT/BDACT, NHSCT/NDACT, SEHSCT/SEDACT, SHSCT/SDACT, WHSCT/WDACT

Steps 2 Cope provides one to one support and/or online web-based info, support and self help resources to young people, aged 11-18, affected by a parent's misue of alcohol

Region: SEHSCT/SEDACT

Alcohol and You is a range of services targeted at adults with moderate to harmful alcohol problems in the SEHSCT (includes a self help website, intervention clinics and a family support programme)

Region: NHSCT/NDACT

The Think Drink 55 Plus project offers counselling and support to individuals aged 55 and over (including option of home visits and telephone support) who are concerned about their alcohol use/misuse - support is also available for family members who are affected by an older person’s use of alcohol

Region: NHSCT/NDACT

Healthy Body, Healthy Mind supports individuals and families affected by both mental health and alcohol problems. Services include mentoring, counselling and a personal development programme.

Region: NHSCT/NDACT

Therapeutic interventions and support for adults aged 18 and over and offenders aged 18 and over (referrals via PBNI) with substance misuse difficulties/problems - support is also available for family members

Region: NHSCT/NDACT

One to one support, family support, auricular acupuncture, drop in, mentoring and referral service

Region: NHSCT/NDACT

Relate provides a relationship counselling service which focuses on the impact of alcohol use and/or misuse on relationships within families, couples and individuals

Region: SHSCT/SDACT

This service targets the victims of alcohol-related domestic abuse/sexual violence and alcohol abuse - awareness raising sessions and one to one support are available across the Southern Trust area alongside a specialised programme for children and young people

Region: SHSCT/SDACT

This service targets the victims of alcohol-related domestic abuse/sexual violence and alcohol abuse - awareness raising sessions and one to one support are available across the Southern Trust area alongside a specialised programme for children and young people