Confidential family intake

Intervention & placement

Addiction intervention and safe placement in South Africa

ARC helps families assess a difficult situation, prepare an intervention, manage immediate risks and coordinate a dignified handover into appropriate treatment.

Intervention and safe placement

ARC helps families assess the situation, prepare a clear plan, manage immediate risks and coordinate a dignified transition into appropriate care.

  • Confidential triage
  • Family preparation
  • Medical-risk review
  • Intervention planning
  • Field support
  • Treatment-facility coordination
  • Safe transport and handover
  • Admission support

A clear process from first contact to ongoing support

  1. Confidential discovery

    Understand the situation, history and immediate concerns through a confidential conversation or written assessment.

  2. Risk and support mapping

    Identify medical, behavioural, environmental and family risks — and what support is needed now.

  3. Clear action plan

    Document responsibilities, communication, boundaries and next steps so everyone understands what happens next.

  4. Intervention or accountability implementation

    Coordinate the agreed support structure — from field intervention and placement to daily accountability.

  5. Review and adjustment

    Review progress regularly and update the plan as circumstances, risks and stability change.

  6. Step-down or escalation

    Reduce support as stability improves, or coordinate additional care when risks increase.

Accountability does not replace treatment.

ARC coordinates and supports families — we are not a rehabilitation facility, and we do not replace qualified medical or mental-health care.