Glebe House Programs

1. Daily Programs

Glebe House Residents attend a wide spectrum of indoor and outdoor activities.
In addition, there are daily meetings that help keep you on track to success.
Click here to view Glebe House Weekly Schedule- word document 39kb

2. Family Support Programs

Family issues, resentments and relationships are a major concern for our clients. Often clients are homeless and have had no communication with their families.

By educating family members regarding alcoholism and drug addiction they may open up some form of communication. They will understand what the clients are striving to achieve, also the importance of their meetings, sponsors and living one day at a time. Often families put pressure for their boys to get back to work etc. – to make money for the bills they have to pay. With education they may learn the importance of maintaining a healthy sobriety.

Family members and friends react in different ways, at different times. They may feel sad, angry, anxious, fearful, guilty, resentful, withdrawn, stressed, disappointed, or helpless. All of these feeling are common.

Click here to view Glebe House Family Support Services- pdf 369kb

We have a dedicated Outreach Support Worker. We support 24 people in the community. Our clients are supported by the Outreach Support worker for up to eighteen months, after the initial three months crisis support at Glebe House.

3. Family Support Worker

We have a dedicated Family Support WOrker who will see clients' family members on a one to one basis and also run family group meeting within Glebe House.

Glebe House Staff

Mary Grennell - Glebe House Co-ordinator B.A;H.Dip A&C Ed.

Mary is the co-ordinator of Glebe House and has been responsible for what it is today: a well-respected Therapeutic Community rehab. Mary has been with Glebe House for 11 years and has transformed it from a half-way house/accommodation service into a therapeutic community offering a safe place for addicts looking for an opportunity to make changes in their lives.
Her philosophy towards rehabilitation is one of empowering individuals to make changes that will turn their lives around, giving them freedom and independence.

Mitchell Baer - Case Manager AOD Cert IV; B.A (History-Urban Studies)
	Mitchell has been a case manager/AOD counsellor at Glebe House for the last 6 years. His responsibilities include liaison with funding bodies and various government departments. During his time at Glebe House he has assisted dozens of men make a successful transition from dependency to recovery. Mitchell believes that the capacity for positive change is what defines us as human beings.

Mark - Case Manager

Mark has been a case worker with Glebe House for eight years having previous experience working in services for the homeless, youth at risk and clients in rehabilitation for drug and alcohol issues.

Mark sees his main experience helping men with a prison history. His work philosophy is to be a guiding example and to allow clients a safe space to work with previosly unexplored emotional issues that may be holding them back from the freedom they deserve.

Jonathan Martin - Outreach Coordinator Cert.IV AOD; B.A(Hons)

Jonathan works as a case manager and is also responsible for Glebe House's outreach programme. He has been able to transfer the skills he developed in 15 years as a market research group moderator and workplace trainer to running the weekly relapse prevention group for clients and ex-residents of the house.

Jonathan is strongly committed to working with those who are willing to address their underlying issues in order to transform their lives, believing that you cannot teach anyone anything but you can help them learn.