Analytical Report of Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Centre

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Preamble My practicum experience was completed at the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Centre (SAPTC) from the period 23rd February 2012 to ……. SAPTC is located in Caura Hospital but is an arm of the St. Anns Psychiatric Hospital and is staffed and serviced accordingly. This paper will introduce the agency and how it functions and also establish a topic that is founded from a Social Workers perspective based on my experiences there. Background of Agency This government agency was founded in 1987and as its name suggests, deals in the prevention and treatment for individuals afflicted with the disease of addiction of a substance. Prevention is done on a limited basis and takes the form of family teaching sessions. Prevention of other family members and friends is facilitated through family teaching and distribution of literature. Treatment takes two forms, namely the In Patient Treatment Programme and the Out Patient Treatment Programme. Both programmes are a six-week programme but the In Programme is spent entirely on Ward 2 at the centre whereas the Out Programme requires that you attend the centre on Mondays and Wednesdays from 8:00am to 4:00pm. Clients are educated about addiction (which is the disease being treated), the physical and social effects of substance abuse and dependence, coping mechanisms, spirituality, anger management, recovery and abstinence. After successfully completing either programme, clients are required to attend follow up sessions that provide continuous support and further education on maintaining a drug free lifestyle. These group sessions are basically talk therapy but they allow clients to learn from each other and are used to assist in social integration and group cohesion to the group culture. The Mission of SAPTC is: To work as a team to provide affordable, accessible,

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