Contact the Buttery TC
Initial Contact by Telephone
Call 02 6687 2399
From 9.00am to 1.00pm and 2.00pm to 4.30 pm Fridays only for an assessment interview. We are based in NSW, so remember to take this into account during our daylight saving months (November to March) if you are calling from Qld, WA or the NT.
The assessment and a Potential Resident Application Form is completed by Buttery staff. This usually takes about 20 minutes over the phone.
If the applicant meets the criteria for eligibility then they are asked to:
1. maintain weekly contact on a Thursday morning.
2. establish contact with or seek counselling support from a Community Health Centre drug and alcohol worker or outpatient group facilitator with a view to getting support while waiting for admission.
3. when an arrival date has been set the potential resident needs to get into a detox unit and advise us of their arrival at the unit. All efforts should be made to come from a detox unit as a preferred option, urinalysis should only be offered if it becomes impossible to get a bed
Prior to Entering Detox...
The potential resident should have tidied up any domestic affairs ie; store possessions, let go of flat etc.
Transport
Arrangements should also have been to book transport, the preferred route is by bus Byron Bay travelling overnight and arriving early Thursday morning.
From Detox
Before leaving confirm arrangements on day of departure.
Agreement
The agreement to remain drug free on the journey up to The Buttery should be made when the person rings to confirm their arrival in detox.
Conditions of Agreement:
To remain free from all mood altering drugs including alcohol effective from the date of commitment.
Failure to keep this commitment will result in the resident being asked to leave the community.
Full Contact Details
The Buttery Incorporated
P.O Box 42 Bangalow 2480 NSW Australia.
Email: nardene@buttery.org.au
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