Horizon House Rules
HORIZON HOUSE
HORIZON HOUSE RULES
1)All medications, both prescription and over-the-counter, need to be turned in to the main office upon admission. We will monitor your meds. For your convenience, we will provide multivitamins for you to take so you do not need your vitamins. All medications need to be approved by SWC Medical and Treatment staff. Please note med times on front office window.
2)Please dress in a modest fashion. This includes activities and time out. No short-shorts. Men are required to wear a shirt at all times. Women are to wear bras. Please be clean and well groomed at all times.
3)Attendance and participation at treatment groups, lectures, meditation, relaxation, and exercise are important. Being on time for scheduled meetings and appointments is essential. If you are ill and cannot attend groups, please discuss it with the on-duty counselor.
4)Meals are served at 7:15 am, 12:15 pm and 5:00 pm. Please inform the cook if you will not be here for meals. If you are on a special diet, we will try to accommodate you. The kitchen is closed from 8:00 pm to 6:45 am.
5)While you are here, you will be assigned house duties. The resident committee will post a duties schedule for each week. If you have any questions, please contact a staff member. Please do not trade duties. Please make your bed and clean up you personal area in your room before breakfast. Residents are asked to help with the daily, general, overall cleaning—picking up coffee cups, dishes, and straightening up dining room, study room, etc.
8)Laundry facilities are available for resident use until 9:00 pm. Linens need to be washed once a week. Please present linens so they can be signed off. There is a schedule posted in the laundry room which indicates your laundry days.
9)Curfew is at 10:15 pm, seven (7) days a week. There is a sign out/in board at the front desk. A staff member will record times. Please sign yourself in and out. Light out at 10:30 pm, except on Friday and Saturday when it is at 11:30 pm. Clients are encouraged to remain in bed until 5:00 am.
10)Please leave your private vehicle at home. If this is a problem, please discuss it with the office manager.
11)Please keep music down to a moderate level. Everyone has their own taste of music and this can be a source of conflict with others. Headphones are allowed in your room.
12)For your convenience, telephone hours have been established so you can have contact with your loved ones. Hours are from 7:00 am to 8:30 am and 3:30 pm to 6:00 pm, as the schedule allows. Residents may use the phone only during telephone hours. Family or friends may call the office at 586-2515 in case of emergency only. Sign up sheets for telephones times will be completed daily by the residents; if for any reason you can not get through, notify the on-duty staff immediately. Cell phones are not allowed.
13)Only people who are currently in treatment are permitted past the offices. Please help us to control the traffic flow and to ensure the privacy of all residents. 12 Step fellowship members may arrive no earlier than one-half hour prior to meeting and stay no longer than one-half hour following a meeting.
14)You may use the bulletin board above your bed to decorate your room. Please keep pictures tasteful.
15)No borrowing or lending.
16)No drugs, alcohol products, or weapons of any kind are permitted on Horizon House premises. Random drug screens and random room searches will be made by staff if necessary. While you are in treatment, please avoid people who are using or drinking.
17)Horizon House is a tobacco free environment. No smoking or use of tobacco products are allowed while you are in treatment.
18)Romantic/sexual relationships with other residents while in treatment are not permitted. Staff/resident relationships are not permitted. Residents are not permitted in each other’s rooms. Sub-grouping of any kind harms the group process and could result in discharge from the program.
19)It is important for you to feel free to share with the group members and staff some details of your life that you may not particularly be proud of. All residents are expected to maintain strict confidentiality of what is said by others. If it is discovered you have shared with others, outside of this house, specific information about other residents, you will be expelled from the program. Whom you see here, what you hear here, when you leave here, let it stay here.
20)Violence or threat thereof, either verbal of physical, is not appropriate in this setting and will result in being discharged from the program and legal involvement when appropriate.
Information Items
1)Medical needs are the responsibility of individual clients. Medication needs must be cleared through a staff member prior to being bought in. All medications are held in the office and monitored by staff.
2)Residents receive linens upon arrival at Horizon House and are responsible for returning all linen items to the office upon discharge. This includes sheets, mattresses pad, towel, wash cloth, pillow case, etc. (RETURN LINENS CLEAN).
3)You are responsible for purchasing you own toiletries.
4)You keep your belongings at Horizon House at your own risk. We cannot be responsible for lost or stolen property. If you leave treatment and leave your property behind, we reserve the right to dispose of said property after thirty days. It will be donated to the local thrift stores.
5)All written assignments need to be given to your primary counselor after you have read them in step group. They will be available for your reference and returned when you leave treatment.
6)If you are eligible for visitation, it is on Sundays only. The hours are from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Please complete a visitor request form before Thursday at 1:00 pm. This is our responsibility, so plan ahead. All visitors need to sign in at the reception desk.
7)Residents should inform friends and relatives of the following:
Your mailing address
54 North 200 East
Cedar City, Utah84720
Please do not have your general mail forwarded to our address. The post office will not re-forward it from here.
I ______have reviewed the House Rules with a counselor. I understand the rules and agree to abide by them. I am aware that failure to follow these rules and/or Horizon House treatment program guidelines could result in my being discharged from the program without successful completion of the program.
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RESIDENT SIGNATURE DATE
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STAFF MEMBER WITNESS DATE
Horizon House Rules – 3-08