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Can I use the telephone to stay in contact with family and
friends?
Telephones are available on the Primary Care Treatment
Unit for you to use in the evenings to stay in contact
with your
family and friends. You can use the telephone after you
have been in the Program for one week. You are permitted
one ten-minute
telephone call per day. On Saturday and Sunday, you are
able to make two ten-minute telephone calls each day.
Mail
All of your incoming mail and packages will be inspected.
When can I have visitors?
Harbor House has visitation every Sunday. Primary Care
clients are able to have visitors after they have been
in the Program
for two weeks. There can only be three visitors per client
at any given time. Female clients can have visitors from
1:00p.m. to 2:30p.m. Male clients can have visitors from
3:00p.m. to 4:30p.m. All visitors must be approved by
the Treatment Team. In order to ensure confidentiality,
visitors
are not permitted to bring cameras or other recording
devises into the building. Pets are not permitted. All
items that
visitors bring to a client must be inspected by the Treatment
Team. Visitors are not allowed to bring homemade food
for clients. All food, beverages and cigarettes must
be factory
sealed. Visitors must follow the guidelines for appropriate
attire.
Tobacco Use
Harbor House is a smoke free facility. Smoking is not permitted
in any building on the campus. There are separate smoking
areas for male and female clients. Clients can only smoke
during scheduled breaks. Clients that do smoke should
bring their own cigarettes.
When do we get a pass?
You are eligible for a therapeutic pass once you are have
been in the Secondary Program for three weeks.
Grievance Procedure
Harbor House encourages you to be an active participant in
your treatment. We have remedies in place if you ever feel
that you received unfair or questionable treatment. We
recommend that you first discuss any concern that you might
have with your assigned counselor. If this does not resolve
the problem to your satisfaction, then you can request
a meeting with the Program Director (within five (5) working
days of the problem’s occurrence). If after this
meeting the problem is still not resolved, then the Program
Director will arrange for you to meet with the Executive
Director.
Mississippi Department of Mental Health Confidential Complaint
and Help Line
If you have a complaint and cannot resolve the problem
with the administration of the facility, or if you need
assistance
in locating services for persons with mental retardation,
mental illness or substance abuse, then please call 1-877-210-8513
(in Jackson call 601-359-6298). All calls are confidential.
Recovery Books
If you do not have basic recovery textbooks such as “Twelve
Steps and Twelve Traditions” and “The Big Book,” then
Harbor House will provide this literature to you at cost. General Rules and Responsibilities
- Attend all lectures, classes, films, group and individual
counseling sessions and 12-Step meetings.
- Complete all assigned lessons on time.
- Wakeup at 6:00a.m. during the week and 7:30a.m.
during the weekend.
- Make bed, tidy room and attend to meditation,
medication and chores before breakfast.
- Naps are only allowed on Saturday and Sunday
afternoons after lunch only.
- Attend all meals.
- Perform daily assigned therapeutic household
chores.
- Do not bring food into the TV Room,
Group Room or bedrooms.
- Maintain personal cleanliness and
grooming.
- Check the bulletin board daily.
- Lights out at 10:00pm during the
week and 11:30pm on weekends.
- Showers must be taken between
5:30am and 9:00 pm.
- Wash your own clothes.
- Verbal or physical violence
and destruction of property
will not
be tolerated. Physical
aggression and/or treats
of aggression are grounds
for immediate discharge. Residents
are not to
engage in dangerous
or destructive behavior
such as pushing, shoving,
wrestling, horseplay, hurtful
jokes,
stealing, gambling or throwing
objects.
- The use of profanity
is prohibited.
- Cameras are strictly
forbidden on the premises.
- Fraternizing (an
intimate association
with same or
opposite sex clients)
is grounds for
immediate discharge.
This includes any inappropriate
contact such
as kissing, petting,
holding
hands, back rubs and
sex.
- Verbal communication
(including telephone
calls, letters or
notes to clients
of either sex, on-
or off-campus) is
forbidden and constitutes
grounds for discharge.
Residents who
are approached
with flirtatious
(or any other type
of illicit behavior)
will be expected
to refuse to
participate,
to bring
it to the
attention
of a staff
member and to discuss
it in group counseling.
- The staff are
permitted to order
a drug screen
and/or to
conduct a
room search
at
any time and
for any reason.
- Alcohol or
drugs not prescribed
by
a physician are not permitted
on the premises.
- Individuals
under the influence
of
alcohol and/or
drugs will not
be permitted
on the premises.
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