NSW NGOs

ADIS (Alcohol and Drug Information Service) - see St Vincents Hospital, Alcohol and Drug Unit

Building Trades Group (BTG) Drug & Alcohol Safety and Rehabilitation Program (BTGDA)

The BTGDA (also referred to as the Program) is a work place drug and alcohol safety and education program run by the Drug and Alcohol Committee of the Building Trades Group of Unions in NSW, and similar bodies in other states of Australia. The Program promotes awareness and workplace safety through drug and alcohol education as well as linking workers with problems to appropriate treatment services.

Tel: 02 9555 7852

Email: program@tpg.com.au

The Buttery

Residents at The Buttery embark on a standard program involving group therapy and education, living skills instruction and stress management training, art therapy as well as orientation to the 12 Step philosophy and Self Help groups. Individual case management is provided by qualified staff who guide residents through a personalised program of recovery where significant personal issues can be addressed in depth.

Address: P.O Box 42, Bangalow 2480
Tel: 02 6687 1111
Email: info@buttery.org.au

Campbell House - see Mission Australia

Catherine Booth House - see Salvation Army

Co As It: Italian Association of Assistance

Provides casework, group work and educative seminars to people from Italian background.

67 Norton Street, LEICHHARDT2040
Tel: 02 95640744 
E-mail: alfa.damato@coasit.org.au

Construction Industry Drug and Alcohol Foundation (CIDAF)

The CIDAF (also known as the Foundation) provides a broad range of drug and alcohol services that  are specially targeted to the needs of building workers, including assessment, a residential program, relapse prevention services, outpatient counselling and family support to construction industry personnel. The Foundation is linked through similar goals, and its target group to The Building Trades Group Drug and Alcohol Safety and Rehabilitation Program (The BTG Program) - however, it operates independently and autonomously.

Foundation House is the CIDAF treatment facility and offers the following programs:

• Residential Program
• Outpatients Program
• Family Program
• Relapse Prevention Program

Address: P.O. Box 1145, ROZELLE 2039
Tel: 02 9555 7852
Email: cidaf@tpg.com.au

The Crossing - see Mission Australia

Cyrenian House

A 12 bed long-term residential treatment facility for the treatment of adult men suffering from illicit drug, alcohol and other addictive problems.

Address: 112 Cavendish Street, STANMORE 2048
Tel: 02 9550 0784
Email: enquiry@cyrenianhouse.com

Darlinghurst Drug Detoxification Unit (*3DU) - see St Vincents Hospital, Alcohol and Drug Unit

The Drug and Alcohol Awareness Program (DAAP) - see Mission Australia

Fairlight Centre - see Mission Australia

Family Drug Support (FDS)
Aim to assist families struggling as a result of drug use to cope with the realisation of their situation and to survive it intact. Offers counselling, family therapy, community drug awareness forums, referrals to treatment and rehabilitation services, etc. FDS provide a seven day, 24 hour telephone line, manned by volunteers offering help to diffuse crisis, proffering strategies for coping and giving any information required.

Address:PO Box 226, WILLOUGHBY� 2068
Tel: 02 9715 2632
Email: trimmo@tig.com.au

Foundation House - see Construction Industry Drug and Alcohol Foundation (CIDAF)

Provides rehabilitation programs, counselling, referral and education services for women on methadone. Also offers support services.
Address:1 Crescent Street, ARMIDALE NSW 2350
Tel: 02 6772-4475
Email: freeman@tpgi.com.au

Gorman House Non-medicated Detoxification Unit - see St Vincents Hospital, Alcohol and Drug Unit

Provides treatment programs and both short-term and long-term accommodation services

Address: 144a St Johns Road Glebe NSW 2037
Tel: 02 9660 5818
Email: kyhadf@bigpond.com

Kedesh House
Offers an 8 week Residential/Day programme with half-way house accommodation. Other treatment modules include relapse prevention, social skills, self-identity, health education and self-help groups.
Address: PO Box 43, Berkeley, NSW 2506
Tel: 02 4271 2606
Email: kedesh.house@kedesh.com.au

The Lyndon Therapeutic Community is situated in Canowindra, a country town in Central West NSW and fifty five kilometres from Orange. Lyndon T.C. is a Residential Drug and Alcohol Unit, providing rehabilitation for adults, male and female and couples.
Address: 15 Blatchford Street, Canowindra, NSW    2804
Tel: 02 6344 1128   
Email: enquiries@lyndoncommunity.org.au

Address: 91 Pittwater Road, MANLY 2095
Tel: 02 999770711
Email: admin@mdecc.org.au�

Mission Australia
Services in NSW include:

Campbell House

Provides an accommodation Service for men, aged 18 and over for up to three months' stay. It also provides a Special Needs Dental Service (SNDS) for oral health care.
Address:� 19 Denham St, SURRY HILLS 2010
Tel: 02 93805055

The Crossing

A mobile, intensive case-management service for young people with complex support needs, aged 18-25.
Address: 31 Roslyn St., Kings Cross, NSW 2011
Tel: 02 9357 1144
Email: aufaib@missionaustralia.com.au

The Drug and Alcohol Awareness Program (DAAP)

A prevention and education program, aimed at minimising harms that are associated with substance-abuse for people living in the Macarthur region.
Address:� 317 Queen Street, CAMBELLTOWN 2560
Tel: 02 4628 0211

Fairlight Centre

Provides crisis accommadation and support for men aged 18 and over.
Tel: 02 9949 1832

Missionbeat

Patrols Inner Sydney streets, seeking those in distress and need. They are taken to services where their immediate needs can be met, such as safe accommodation, food, clothing and the option to access intervention support services. It also responds to public calls for help and calls from police, ambulance, community services and government departments. The service operates from 7am-11pm, seven days a week.
Tel: 1300 306 461

Rawson Centre

Provides a place where intoxicated men, aged 18 and over, can stay overnight. The Centre also assists clients find longer term accommodation or enter rehabilitative programs.
Address: 19 Denham St, SURRY HILLS NSW 2010
Tel: 02 9380 5055

Triple Care Farm 

A residential, treatment and vocational training program for young people, aged 16-21
Address:� 188 Knights Hill Road, ROBERTSON 2577�
Tel: 02 4885 1265

A Woman's Place

Open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It provides crisis accommodation and referral services

Missionbeat - see Mission Australia

MTAR (Methadone To Abstinence Residential) - see WHOs (We Help Ourselves)

NADA (The Network of Alcohol and Drug Agencies Inc)

The peak representative organisation for the alcohol and drug non-government sector throughout NSW
295 Cleveland St., SURRY HILLS 2010

Tel: 02 96988669
Email: admin@nada.org.au

Rankin Court Methadone Stabilisation Clinic - see St Vincents Hospital, Alcohol and Drug Unit

OASIS Youth Support Network - see Salvation Army

Odyssey House

Odyssey House Odyssey House provides residential and non-residential rehabilitation programs for men and women with a drug and/or alcohol problems. When appropriate, the dependant children of residents participating in the program may also receive accommodation and support to help minimise the adverse effects of their parent's problems. Odyssey House also offers various support services

Address: Admissions Centre, 1st Floor, 431 Elizabeth Street, Surry Hills NSW 2010
Tel: 02 9281 5144
Email: info@odysseyhouse.com.au�

Rawson Centre - see Mission Australia

Salvation Army

Catherine Booth House - A statewide residential rehabilitation service for women.
Hours of Operation:  
Address: 348 Elizabeth St., SURRY HILLS NSW 2010
Tel: 02 9211 7300
Email: heather_rose@aue.salvationarmy.org

William Booth Institute (WBI) - An assessment and admission centre for a 10 month long term rehabilitation program. Caters for men and women from 17 years of age. WBI is the assessment and admission centre for a 10 month long term rehabilitation program known as the Salvation Army Bridge Program. 
Address:  6 Albion Street, SURRY HILLS NSW 2010
Telephone: 02 9212 2322
Email: wbi@one.net.au

Clinical services include:

Gorman House Non-medicated Detoxification Unit

Residential detoxification from alcohol and  other drugs. Residents stay up to four days and receive help with detoxification and attendant issues.
Address: Corner of Ice and Barcom Avenue, Darlinghurst
Tel:  9361 8080 (admissions) or 9361 8081 (business enquiries)

Alcohol and Drug Information Service (ADIS)

Offers a 24 hours, 7 days a week confidential telephone information, advice and counselling service for people with problems related to drugs and alcohol. Keeps a complete database of treatment agencies in NSW. The Methadone Advice and Complaints Service offers advice and information on NSW and national policies on methadone programs.
Address: St Vincent�s Hospital, Victoria Street, Darlinghurst
Tel:   9361 8000 or 1800 422 599 (for callers outside Sydney)

Clinical Services Team

Counselling in alcohol and other drug problems for: people who have a personal problem with alcohol or other drugs; patients and staff of St Vincent�s Hospital; people who live or work in the inner city area of Sydney; young people; health and welfare workers; or people who have a relative or friend with a problem. Education for community groups and professionals. Attendance of community meetings and liaison groups. A controlled drinking program (learning to drink within healthy limits).
Address: 366 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst
Tel:   9361 8020

Rankin Court Methadone Stabilisation Clinic

Assessment, stabilisation and referral for methadone treatment.
Address: 366 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst
Tel:  9361 8030  

Darlinghurst Drug Detoxification Unit (*3DU)

Outpatient detoxification from alcohol and many other drugs. Offers counselling support, symptom relief for withdrawal symptoms and drug withdrawal regimens.
Address: 366 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst
Tel:  9361 8040

The Station

The Station Ltd. operates a Drop-in Centre and Housing Support Program in the inner city of Sydney. It targets men and women over the age of 16 who are homeless and/or unemployed and provides clients with a variety of services ranging from meals to crisis counselling and case management.

Address:� 82 Erskine St, SYDNEY�2000
Tel: 02 9299 2704�
Email: thestation@tpg.com.au

Provides essential services for young people and their families who are experiencing drug and alcohol problems and related trauma. Its range of programs for young people are all based on leading research, continually evaluated and government endorsed.

Address:� PO Box 120,�RANDWICK� 2031
Tel: 02 9310 0133
Email: noffs@noffs.org.au 

Programs include:

PALM (Program for Adolescent Life Management) - a residential program of up to three months for young people aged 14 to 18 years with serious alcohol or other drug related difficulties who wish to take back control of their lives. Telephone enquiries and referrals can be received Monday to Friday 9am � 5pm.
For PALM programs in:
Paramatta/Randwick, tel: 02 9310 0133
Coffs Harbour, tel: 02 6651 7177
Watson, ACT, tel: 02 6123 2400
Dubbo, tel: 02 6887 3332

The Adolescent Drug Withdrawal Unit (ADWU) - a residential program of up to two weeks duration for young people requiring a safe and supportive environment in which to withdraw from significant alcohol or other drug use.
For telephone enquiries and referrals call (02) 61232415

Triple Care Farm - see Mission Australia

Wayside Chapel

Provides a crisis line, assistance with accommodation, clothing, health clinic and drug and alcohol treatment and referral. They have a specific youth program called Shepherd of the Streets. This program looks after homeless people on the streets and operates 7 days a week.

Address: 26 Hughes St., Potts Point
Tel: 02 9358 6577 
Email: nomad@html.com.au

WHOS (We Help Ourselves)

Programs offered include:

• New Beginnings - a residential therapeutic program.  It is a service for women and run exclusively by women
• MTAR (Methadone To Abstinence Residential) - A program to assist clients to reduce off methadone while learning the skills necessary to live drug free.
• Gunyah Mens - Provides a safe and secure environment where men who suffer from drug abuse and related problems can concentrate on their recovery.
• WHOS Hunter Valley - Provide an environment for recovery from drug abuse where AOD workers provide group and individual counselling
• RTOD (Residential Treatment of Opioid Dependence) - A program for men and women wishing to stabilise on their opioid substitution pharmacotherapy treatment.

PO BOX 1779
ROZELLE NSW 2039
Tel: 02 8572 7444
Email: info@whos.com.au

William Booth Institute (WBI) - see Salvation Army

A Woman's Place - see Mission Australia

Youth Off the Streets (YOTS)
Provide accommodation, educational, vocational, counselling and outreach services.

Address:� PO Box 8, MERRYLANDS� 2160
Tel: 02 8220 2774   
Email: sylviad@youthoffthestreets.com.au

Address:  Suite 19, Level 4, Macarthur Square Shopping Centre, Gilchrist Drive, AMBARVALE 2560
Tel: 02 4628 2319
Email. info@youthsolutions.com.au

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