Aldie Programs > Mobile Engagement Services

Aldie Counseling Center—
Offering support services when traditional substance abuse treatment isn't enough.

Aldie's Mobile Engagement Services (MES) program is designed to make drug and alcohol services more effective and efficient and to engage the substance abuser in treatment. MES is not formal "treatment," but establishes the conditions necessary for recovery to occur. The program does so by:

• Working directly with the person's "social system" (family, school parole officer and/or employer) to create a social environment that is conducive to growth, rather than addictive living.
• Working with persons prior to traditional treatment to maximize motivation and assure a smooth flow of care.
• Resolve external barriers, which would typically prevent the successful use of treatment.
• Serving as a stabilizing force for those persons/families whose motivation for change fluctuates.
• Monitoring high-risk persons over an extended period of time through home visits.
• Moving persons towards their maximum level of self-sufficiency with employment and abstinence as key goals.

Services Provided Through MES

• Professional intervention without extensive paperwork and/or pre-admission screening.
• Extensive phone coordination / intervention throughout day and evenings.
• Addictions professionals who can come to a home, neutral site or office of a person or family in distress.
• Transportation to counseling and other appointments critical to overall recovery.
• Consultation in the design of family contracts and/or family interventions to motivate a loved one towards recovery.
• Employment and treatment coordination.

Who Can Benefit From MES?

• Those who cannot attend traditional substance abuse treatment.
• Those who refuse to get help.
• Persons who have multiple difficulties that are barriers to traditional counseling such as:
  • Unique health problems
  • Severe psychological problems
  • Transportation problems
  • Unique legal problems
  • Childcare problems
  • Unresolved living problems
• Persons who continue to relapse despite treatment.
• Those who utilize crisis systems but never follow through with recommendations.
• Those in need of long-term monitoring.

How To Get Started

To access MES, contact Aldie Doylestown at 215-345-8530 or Aldie Langhorne at 215-642-3230, ask for MES and describe your situation to the MES Worker. During that conversation recommendations will be made regarding how to proceed. The MES Worker will continue to interact, even on a daily basis, until you get the help you need. Arrangements can be made to have a MES Worker visit you in your home.