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Why You Should Consider a Sober Living House After Treatment

Your recovery from addiction and dual diagnosis disorders doesn’t stop when you complete outpatient treatment. Your recovery is an ongoing process that requires patience, time and practice.

Sober living produces many benefits, including that sober living:

• Bridges the gap between treatment and everyday life – Our transitional living program helps you slowly make your way back into your daily routine at your own pace. After a stressful day at work or school, our sober living home serves as a safe place to return to that promotes your recovery lifestyle and can keep you from relapsing.
• Offers on-site support from your peers – When you’re in our sober living program, you’ll have access to peer support management that can help ease your transition back to your life. This resource can answer any questions you may have or help you work through difficult situations, thoughts, or emotions.
• Promotes lasting recovery – You have spent countless months beating back addiction and getting on the right track. Why risk all that work by jumping back into your old life before you’re ready? Sober living offers a slower transition that can help you do your due diligence and set you up for long-term recovery success.

Ultimately, our Footprints Beachside Recovery team wants you to look at your addiction treatment as well worth the time, energy, and investment. We want you to live a healthy and fulfilling life again, and our sober living program can help you make that happen.

Sober Living Tampa Grievance Procedure:

Any person(s) who believes that their rights have been violated or has a complaint or grievance may file a complaint pursuant to the procedures set forth below, on their behalf, or on the behalf of another person. All persons are encouraged to file a grievance. By filing a complaint the individual will not subject themselves to any form of adverse action, reprimand, retaliation, or otherwise negative treatment by Footprints Sober Living. Clients shall have immediate access to the Grievance form; a posting of the Grievance Procedure will be each unit, with the levels of appeals, and in the Client handbook.

Grievances and complaints processing procedures are as follows:

A. Residents are encouraged to discuss any problems with house management and owners. The resident and staff will try to find a resolution. The staff will correspond with the owners on the Grievance and/or compliant and any resolution.

B. All grievances shall first be filed with the house manager by completing a “Resident Grievance” form. House manager or staff shall give the resident a receipt of the filed Grievance and log the grievance. The owners will conduct an internal investigation and render an initial determination and resolution within 2 days of receipt of the complaint in writing.

C. If the complainant is not satisfied or if the complaint is not resolved with the results achieved in Step 2, the complainant may file an appeal and/or the grievance shall be forwarded to the owners and this meeting shall be held within two working days of the date it is requested.

D. The resident shall be presented a resolution and response to their grievance in writing.

In the event that a client does not feel a resolution has been reached they may contact FARR, and file a grievance with our accrediting body via https://farronline.info/grievance

Code of Ethics

1. The primary obligation of Owners, Managers, Staff and Volunteers of Certified Residences is to respect the integrity and promote the welfare of the resident, whether the resident is assisted individually or in a community setting. In a community setting, Owners, Managers, Staff and Volunteers of Certified Residences are also responsible for taking reasonable precautions to protect individuals from physical and/or psychological trauma resulting from interaction within the Community
2. Certified Residences shall ensure that in any community setting, staff, volunteers and visiting sponsors, recovery coaches and/or counselors set a norm of confidentiality regarding all community participants’ disclosures
3. Certified Residences ensure that if a resident is or has been in a therapeutic relationship with professional person or entity, staff attempts to make contact with that professional person or entity after obtaining proper releases for the exchange of relevant information from the resident. These contacts or attempts to contact must be documented in the resident record
4. When it has been determined that the Resident’s needs are not being met at the current level of care/support, the Resident will receive assistance necessary to help them secure the appropriate level of care/support.
5. Certified Residences should ensure that, if a resident’s condition indicates there is a clear and imminent danger to the resident or others, staff (per Certified Residence policy and procedure) alert first responders to address danger and risk and then apprise Recovery Residence supervisor/manager/administrator; staff should be trained to appreciate any and all imminent harm potential is beyond the scope of the Recovery Residences level of support and must be referred and deferred to professionals
6. Owners, Managers, Staff and Volunteers of Certified Residences refrain from any practice of intimation, bullying or otherwise threatening or discriminatory behavior; relying instead upon the appropriate, consistent and uniform application of written residence rules and consequences
7. No Owners, Managers, Staff and Volunteers of Certified Residences will solicit or accept any commission, fee, or anything of monetary value from residents, other related persons, or referral sources, including, but not limited to, the borrowing of money from a resident under any condition or circumstance (see Ethical Conflicts below)
8. Certified Residences ensure that if a resident’s condition deteriorates, i.e. relapse or psychological deterioration, referral and linkage to appropriate interventions will be made.
9. Certified Residences ensure fair and equitable financial policies and procedures pertaining to scholarships and repayment processes, i.e.
   1. Scholarships: (Partial or Full) Residents are orientated to the type of scholarship and specifically what is and is not included in the scholarship. Orientation is acknowledged by resident signature and documentation is maintained in the resident file.
   2. Repayment Structure: Certified Residences who structure a payment plan for admission and/or ongoing fees should ensure the payment plan is fair and equitable, and the resident is afforded the financial means to personally care for repayment.
   3. Fees should be renegotiable if the resident’s financial ability is altered and in no way inhibit the resident from seeking alternative employment which would strengthen their wellbeing.

For more information, please visit https://farronline.org/standards-ethics/ethics/code-of-ethics-2/

Ease Your Transition with Sober Living at Footprints Beachside Recovery

Are you ready to ease back into a life that doesn’t include alcohol or drug abuse? Our sober living program in Largo, Florida, may be just what you’re looking for. For more information about our sober living program, contact Footprints Beachside Recovery today online or at (727) 954-3908. We can give you the tools you need to continue on the right path, so reach out to our team today.