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Virtual Rehab Days- A Powerful Pitch. Nicola Owens & Stuart Plant. What is Virtual Rehab. Why Virtual Rehab Day?. Aims of the Virtual Rehab Increase the profile of the TC Increase appropriate referrals Dispel common myths associated with therapeutic community treatment.
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Virtual Rehab Days- A Powerful Pitch Nicola Owens &Stuart Plant
Why Virtual Rehab Day? • Aims of the Virtual Rehab • Increase the profile of the TC • Increase appropriate referrals • Dispel common myths associated with therapeutic community treatment • Only 2% of service users in England get residential treatment • A reduction in budgets threatened residential programmes across the UK • Looking for a solution not ‘living in problem’
Our Audience: • Commissioners • Criminal Justice • Current Referrers • New Referrers • Service users (prisons)
The Impact: • 100% positive feedback from the professionals who • attended • We have seen a 23% increase in referrals to The Wirral Residential and a 47% increasein referrals to Hampshire residential since the introduction of the Virtual Rehab Days The first Virtual Rehab Day held in London generated5 new admissions from 1 local authority over a 3 month period
Any Questions? stuart.plant@phoenix-futures.org.uk nicola.owens@phoenix-futures.org.uk