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Continuum of Care Model

The HSE has developed a 4-tier, person-centred, model of rehabilitation based on the
principle of a “continuum of care” that allows the individual to access the range of supports
they need to achieve their personal recovery goals in line with their needs and aspirations.
This model of care is designed to enable people to receive the support they need as close
to home as possible, and at the level of complexity that best corresponds to their needs
and specific circumstances. The various types of intervention and the settings in which
they are provided are set out below.

Tier 1
Interventions where main focus
is not drug treatment
Family Tier 2 Social
Support Drug-related Care
interventions

Tier 3
Specialist drug-related
Job Pharmacies interventions Community Housing
Seeking Based Support
Skills

Tier 4
Prison Specialist dedicated Community
Setting inpatient or residential Setting
units or wards

Employment Primary Outreach Education
Support Care Services
Hospital
Setting

Specialist
Addiction Criminal &
Vocational Services Justice
Training Probation
Services
General
Healthcare
Setting

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