Location
Care Provider
RCA Trust Gambling Service
8 Incle Street
Paisley
PA1 1HP
0141 887 0880
Overview
We work in partnership with a network of counsellors and therapists throughout Scotland to support and rehabilitate individuals and their concerned significant others affected by problem gambling. Local authority areas include Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, North Lanarkshire, Stirling, Falkirk, North, East and South Ayrshire, Perth and Kinross, Glasgow City, East and West Dunbartonshire, East, West and Midlothian, Dumfries and Galloway and Borders, Moray, Tayside and Fife.
Service Description
The services we provide to individuals affected by gambling related harm include one to one counselling, both for problem gamblers and concerned significant others. Groupwork, if there is a demand for it and supported accommodation, which is abstinence based rehabilitation program, where individuals who are threatened with homelessness or family breakdown are housed to provide them with support to address their issues. This project uses a semi-independent model of rehabilitation. We work in partnership with several local and national organisations to raise awareness of problem gambling. These include Gamcare, The Responsible Gambling Trust, Money Advice Scotland, PFA Scotland and several voluntary sectors organisations including the Citizens Advice Bureau.
Costs
Service is free to service users and significant others.
Duration
Clients are offered an assessment appointment where their treatment options are discussed and a care plan is agreed. Treatment options include motivational enhancement therapy, a person centred approach, solution focussed therapy or an integrative approach utilising a combination of therapies. Clients are initially offered 12 sessions, with reviews scheduled after 4 sessions. If agreed that there are other services which should be involved, such as debt advice, referrals are made with the consent of the client or information is collected and the client is signposted to the other service.
Accessibility
Referrals to our treatment services come from a range of different sources. The majority of referrals arrive to us from the Gamcare Helpline, however, we have seen an increase in referrals from Gamcare’s online counselling service. Additional referrals sources include primary and secondary healthcare, Citizen Advice Bureaus, Money Advice and debt advice services, social work services including criminal justice and probation. As with all our services we have an open referral policy
Areas Covered
- Ardrossan
- Arran
- Beith
- Cumbraes
- Dalry
- Irvine
- Kilbirnie
- Kilwinning
- Largs
- Saltcoats
- Stevenston
- West Kilbride
Opening Days
- Friday
- Monday
- Thursday
- Tuesday
- Wednesday
Opening Times
- Monday | 09:00 to 17:00
- Tuesday | 09:00 to 17:00
- Wednesday | 09:00 to 17:00
- Thursday | 09:00 to 17:00
- Friday | 09:00 to 16:30
