Every client is unique, and many, if not most have complex needs. Some may require the support of more than one agency, which will require efficient co-working across services, and the effective management of the client’s time and treatment priorities. All clients’ needs are constantly changing in response to their changing circumstances. When viewed in this context, the ability to devise and implement a comprehensive and workable care plan is a core skill for a drug worker.
This course will cover the care planning process from start to finish, beginning with tactics for obtaining essential information from clients at the outset and setting treatment goals, through coordinating with other service providers and supporting clients as they use external services, to regularly reviewing the care process with clients themselves. When a care plan has been drafted it will then be audited against relapse prevention principles to ensure that it does not create high-risk situations which may increase the likelihood of the client using again. Aim: to enable participants to design care plans with clients. Course objectives: On completion of the course participants will be able to:
Obtain information about individuals and what they require from the service
Negotiate treatment goals with clients
Agree a course of action with clients to enable the treatment goals to be met within available resources
Liaise with other service providers to ensure resources and that action is as co-ordinated as possible
Support clients using services provided by other organisations
Ensure that the care plan is reviewed with the client
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