Sedqa

Are these programmes offered to state schools only?

Services are available upon request, independent and church schools

Do independent and church schools have to pay for these programmes?

Services are provided free of charge to all schools, including independent and church schools. However, in the case of parental skills programmes, a nominal participation fee is applicable.

What are the services offered by Sedqa?

Sedqa offers many services related to addiction rehabilitation.

Prevention Service:Sedqa has its own Prevention Service entrusted with delivering a preventive message in favour of a drug-free life.
Community Service:The Addictions Community Team works through psychosocial interventions for people struggling with addictive behaviours while also supporting their relatives and closest people.
Residential rehabilitation service:Where deemed fit, clients may also be offered access to one of the agency’s rehabilitation centres, where they can focus more on their rehabilitation.
Medical Service:Sedqa also has its medical team composed of 5 doctors, nursing staff, and pharmacists who cater to clients making use of both the outpatient and inpatient services for detoxification.
Therapeutic Service:A sizeable therapeutic team composed of psychologists, psychotherapists, and counsellors is also available to offer services when needed.

How can I receive help?

Receiving help from our agency starts from a first contact session with our Addictions Community Team. One may contact the team through the telephone number 23885110 or by email at [email protected] as well as attending in person. Sedqa‘s Addictions Community Team also offers a drop-in service whereby anyone visiting the offices, at 3, Braille Street, Santa Venera, between 8 am and 2 pm, is ensured a first contact session without delay. For first contact appointments later during the day, it is advisable to contact us before using the provided contact details. During this first contact session, an assessment of the situation has been carried out and the client is guided as needed.

What are the prevention services offered at Sedqa?

Sedqa believes that prevention has to be done on a lifelong learning basis. Everyone needs to receive the necessary skills to deal with various challenges that may be encountered in life. These challenging times could be opportunities for substances or behaviours of abuse to become addictions. For this reason, Sedqa offers its prevention services at primary, secondary, post-secondary, and tertiary educational institutions, workplaces, in groups organised within the community, as well as to the community at large through its presence at key local activities. The service is also open to helping with the drafting of tailor-made prevention activities following requests from organisations.

How long is Sedqa’s residential rehabilitation service?

Kommunita` Santa Marija, our residential rehabilitation service, is a service that helps clients to deal with addiction-related issues away from the chaos of their daily lifestyle and within a safe environment. With a short full residential phase followed by a mixed phase involving outings out of the rehab centre, the complete residential rehabilitation process can take around 14 months. At the residential rehabilitation centre, clients live together as a community. This rehabilitation process is divided into 3 phases. Phase 1 is the assessment and stabilisation phase when clients are introduced to life at the rehab centre and adjust to the new reality while mentally and physically recovering from the previous period of abuse. Phase 2 is the therapeutic stage where clients work on themselves by looking deeper into their behaviours and life events to become stronger in order to face life without addictions. The third and last stage is the reintegration phase into independent living back in society. At this stage, support is continuous in order to sustain the work done in the previous phases.