Brittas Bay Management: Lara McElroy Started: 1995 (Newbridge), 2010 (Brittas Bay, current) Capacity: 14 beds Purpose: Helping Women with life controlling addiction issues Services: Project working individual residents with key focus on addiction Mental and physical wellbeing Workshops Family supports This service? What started in a small bungalow in Newbridge Co. Kildare called "Shechem House" has been a safe haven for women and the predecessor to our current facility for women's rehabilitation. The women's centre is a residential rehabilitation for women (18 years and over) who struggle with drug and alcohol problems and for people in need of life skills training. The programme is a faith-based programme with a model of complete abstinence. The women, just as men receive a high standard of care at Tiglin. This includes a comprehensive nine-month program that provides one-on-one professional counselling, key working and care planning sessions, life skills development, training opportunities, ongoing personal development plans and family support. The residential programme lasts nine months, with the initial nine months in Brittas Bay; as the women complete the nine-month programme, they may apply for a position in the aftercare program and transitional housing. The graphic below outlines the phases of our rehabilitation services, the one in green is the phase of this particular service.