Prehab and Preparation
Your Journey to River Garden
Prehab: Preparing for a Safe and Successful Start
The Prehab period is the crucial stage that begins the moment we receive your referral. It is a period of dedicated partnership where we work with you to ensure River Garden is the right, secure placement for you, and that you are fully prepared to commit to the intensive six-month residential programme. This preparatory phase is highly flexible, lasting anywhere from a few weeks to several months, depending on the individual needs required for successful admission.
Hospitality and Culinary Arts (The Bothy Café)
Immediately following referral, a dedicated Key Worker is allocated to you. They become your central point of contact and supportive mentor throughout this entire journey - in, through, and beyond River Garden. The Prehab stage focuses methodically on achieving full stability and readiness:
A core focus is ensuring you reach and maintain a state of full abstinence from alcohol and non-prescribed drugs. This preparation is also vital for addressing any conflicts with prescribed medications that are excluded from our programme (such as Gabapentin or Pregabalin) to secure your safety and programme integrity.
We work closely with you to address external factors that could undermine your recovery. This includes securing financial stability, sorting out housing security and management for your post-discharge period, and engaging with necessary services to address any outstanding physical or mental health issues.
Committing to residential rehabilitation means temporarily stepping away from your current environment. Your Key Worker will support you in making a plan for leaving your existing networks and family for the duration of your stay.