Mission

Our mission is to offer recovering addicts the opportunity to change their lifestyle and facilitate their eventual reintegration into society by helping them to open up their minds to other options of meaningful living instead of resorting to drugs and alcohol abuse.

Strategy

We continually assess, redesign and improve our rehabilitation and treatment programmes to provide quality treatment based on proven rehabilitation and treatment models. Hence, securing an effective and accredited programme that is recognised in this region.

Programmes Our programme is based on the Therapeutic Community (TC) concept. This social model utilizes the community as the primary therapeutic vehicle to foster behavioral and attitudinal changes. The programme incorporates the family milieu, peer pressure, therapy, spirituality and role modeling. It also provides 3 aftercare services, namely 12 steps meeting (Narcotic Anonymous), cluster support groups and family support / social gathering.

Apart from adopting the TC model, we have included the Life Skills Enhancing Scheme into the existing programme.

Success Rate

Since the implementation of the TC model and the Life Skills Enhancing Scheme, the home has achieved an average success rate of 92%.

Factors that contributed to Success Treatment structure: The structured environment was a key to the success of our program, as it inculcates discipline and responsibility. Residents are required to strictly adhere to the training schedules.

Volunteers provided a wide range of services to the home which benefited both the residents and the staff. They serve as role models to the residents through sharing of experiences, learning from each other and practicing social skills.

Vocational training is an important element in the reintegration phase of our treatment programs. Job skill training is often considered critical to treatment, as they prepare residents to become productive members of society after release.

The tailoring of treatment models to the local culture and religious needs is an added factor in ensuring the programme stay relevant and adaptable to the changing needs of the community. The cultural and religious elements are important variables for the successful reintegration of our clients into the family and the society. These elements formed the bases of the individual’s growth and personal esteem.

The family milieu is another important factor in the recovery of our residents . Family therapy is part of our treatment programme. We strongly believe that active involvement of the parents, spouses and other immediate family members, in all aspects of the treatment and rehabilitation programme is essential for the recovering drug addicts' successful treatment. As such, since 1991 we have established a Family Support Group (FSG) to equip family members with relevant skills and to give them a better understanding of the recovering drug addict. The family learns the philosophy of “self-help” in which members provide the recovering drug addicts with guidance and encouragement. They share the same experiences, good or bad, success or failure, and help to educate each other and provide mutual support to alleviate each other's sense of alienation.

Re-entry Phase: An aftercare services provided by the home before the residents are fully discharged. The residents are able to seek help from the home during his initial reintegration into the community. The residents will undergo programmes such as relapse prevention seminars, mandatory family counseling, and readjustment issues, such as family relationships, religious practices, social relationships, employment, and personal finance management.

Other Information

A New Wave - Synthetic Drugs Abusers (SDAs)
Abuse on sythentic drugs is now on the increase especially with the younger, better educated Singaporeans who came from functional families. The challenge for us now is to develop a rehabilitation programme that caters to the needs of this group. By end of this year, PERTAPIS will be admitting this category of abusers. Our approach to treating and rehabilitating them will be different from heroine abusers since synthetic drugs are often seen as lifestyle drugs and the SDAs do not see their addiction as a problem but as an acceptance to the so-called modern yuppies lifestlye. The SDAs are physically active when they are on synthetic drugs because of the effect of steroid-like chemicals in the drugs unlike heroin abusers who tend to mellow down. However, the harmful effect on the body for both types of drugs are the same. Synthetic drugs that are abuse by SDAs are namely, Escstasy, Ketamin and Ice or Yaba.

Community Services While in the halfway house, the residents are required to perform community services such as cleaning and maintenance of premises and banner making. For details of their services please contact the home directly.

Membership
PERTAPIS Halfway House is a member of the WORLD FEDERATION OF THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY (WFTC). We also conduct training attachment on Therapeutic Community.
If you want to understand why your loved one turned to drugs or learn how to guide your loved one to treatment, please contact the Home Administrator for details at 6746 4752.