Watershed (withdrawal and rehabilitation programs)
TREATS
Substance use disorder
LEVELS OF CARE
Detox · Inpatient · Residential
About Watershed (withdrawal and rehabilitation programs)
Watershed is a withdrawal and rehabilitation service at Berkeley, in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, run by Lives Lived Well. Adults aged eighteen and over of any gender are accepted for supported withdrawal and for a residential rehabilitation programme of around six weeks, on 1300 727 957.
Aftercare follows the residential stay, and the organisation also provides supported transitional housing for those who need somewhere stable to go next. Funding through NSW Health means there is no charge to the client. Further information on the withdrawal and rehabilitation programmes sits at https://www.liveslivedwell.org.au/our-services/withdrawal-support/watershed/, and the intake line is the quickest way to ask about availability.
Facility Type
Setting and Surroundings
A town, coastal setting in Wollongong, under a mile from the coast. The nearest town is Wollongong city centre (population 19k), under a mile away.
Nearest named features
- Mount DrummondHill · under a mile
- Wollongong BeachBeach · under a mile
- Mount KeiraMountain · 2.5 miles
- Tom Thumb LagoonLagoon · 2.7 miles
- Bellambi LakeLake · 4.0 miles
- Lake CataractReservoir · 9.7 miles
Getting there
- Shellharbour Airport (WOL)Regional airport · 11 miles
- Camden Airport (CDU)Regional airport · 29 miles
Setting and distances are calculated from this facility’s coordinates against GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), OurAirports and Natural Earth. Distances are straight line, not driving distance.
Watershed (withdrawal and rehabilitation programs) Detox and Rehab Services
Watershed covers three levels of care at Berkeley: inpatient withdrawal management, residential rehabilitation of about six weeks, and aftercare afterwards. Adults aged eighteen and over are accepted, and supported transitional housing is available through the operator for those leaving the programme without stable accommodation.
Running withdrawal and rehabilitation from the one service means a client can move from the first stage to the second without changing provider, and the six weeks is shorter than many residential programmes. Named therapies, medications, assessment arrangements and the substances treated are not stated for Watershed, so the intake team should be asked what the programme covers.
Levels of Care
Substances and Addictions Treated
Counseling and Therapy
Specialized Programs
Where Is Watershed (withdrawal and rehabilitation programs)?
Watershed is based at Berkeley, a suburb on the southern side of Lake Illawarra near Wollongong, New South Wales. No street address or postcode is published for the service, so the intake team should be asked where to present on the day of admission.
Hours are not stated for the service. Intake and enquiries go through 1300 727 957, and https://www.liveslivedwell.org.au/our-services/withdrawal-support/watershed/ sets out how the withdrawal support works. Clients travel to the Illawarra from beyond the region, so check that a place is free and agree the arrival arrangements before making the trip.
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How Much Does Treatment at Watershed (withdrawal and rehabilitation programs) Cost?
Treatment at Watershed is free. Both the withdrawal programme and the six-week residential programme at Berkeley are funded through NSW Health and delivered by Lives Lived Well as a not-for-profit service, so there is no fee to the client for the stay or the aftercare that follows.
Supported transitional housing is arranged rather than sold, and no private pay rate is stated for the service. Private health insurance is not needed, and Medicare, NDIS and WorkCover arrangements are not stated. Travel to Berkeley and personal items for six weeks away are the practical costs to plan for.
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Watershed (withdrawal and rehabilitation programs) Reviews
Reviews of Watershed from around the web are limited, and the public comment that exists tends to describe Lives Lived Well across its many sites rather than the Berkeley programme in particular. RehabSeekers hosts reviews for this service, and former clients are welcome to share their experience.
First-hand accounts would help most on the questions the published information leaves open. How long the wait for a withdrawal place was, how staff handled those first days, what the six weeks of rehabilitation involved and whether transitional housing came through are the details that matter to you or a loved one.
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