Ms Marian Sloan:

What has been said about a model is important. I said that this is not prescriptive because they have access to psychotherapists who work in counselling. They offer a range of supports that work on a skills base and builds resilience. Some of the families are deeply impacted by addiction and do need the expertise of psychotherapists. In fairness, it is good to have access to the RISE programme where there is that educational and therapeutic blend. It is important that services have inter-agency engagement so that one builds a wealth of services like in Tabor House where there are many facets to treatment, and multiple levels. The only way that that can happen is if nationally there is the commitment and drive to see families literally as service users in their own right and respect that they have complex needs. Again, no one agency can support them fully. They need inter-agency multidisciplinary supports to be put in place for them.