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Cooperation in network development ‘ A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality. ’ (John Lennon). AIM. To improve the daily well-being of people with substance-abuse problems and to lighten the load of the social workers by bringing

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  1. Cooperation in network development‘A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.’ (John Lennon) Tessa Verschure

  2. AIM To improve the daily well-being of people with substance-abuse problems and to lighten the load of the social workers by bringing together the formal and informal network and together drawing up a support plan.

  3. To expand / to reinforce the network • Activate the existing network of the client • Establish connections within the network of the professional • Address the district and organizations / services • Recruit volunteers • Work as a volunteer themselves • Create their own work • Set up a system of friends • Set up a support circle

  4. Setting up a circle of support Step 1: The network mapping and analysis Step 2: Contacting the network Step 3: organizing a network table Step 4: drawing up a support plan Step 5: Following-up

  5. Step 1: The network mapping and analysis

  6. Step 2: Contact the network • Visit the social network • Explain the network table • Check the willingness to come together • Examine the conditions of the network • Search for expanding network

  7. Step 3: organize a network table Step 4: draw up a support plan • The formal and informal network come together • The needs of the client are assessed • Who can be of service and where, what can be added/improved. • A plan of action is put in place and tested to see if it’s feasible.

  8. Step 5: follow-up • Naming a responsible person who will do the follow up • Setting a new date

  9. Obstacles that need attentionfor the social workers (sw) • Sw say that including the social network does not belong to their duties or does not belong in the treatment. • Sw invites the network, but without giving them the continuous attention. • Sw do not know how to develop the network. • Including the network takes up a lot of time and energy. • Sw are worried about the quality of the network and obstruct its development.

  10. Obstacles that need attentionfor the client • Fear of disappointment • Ongoing rows, family trouble • Feeling socially redundent • Lack of social skills • Combined other problems • High expectations • Lack of money • Physical impairments

  11. Role of the network Everyone needs a network to develop themselves, to lean on and to depend upon in difficult times. • Structural characteristics • Functions of the social network: • Emotionalandphysical support • Cognitive support • Value • Normative support • Social contact • Material support • Practical support • Socialinfluence

  12. Importance of the implication of the socialnetworkduring assistance • 40% of the succes of the treatment is dependent of a goodsocialnetwork • To increase the functions of the social network • The informalnetworkcanbeused in daytoday life, more than the professional network • We know more togetherthanalone • What we beartogetherworksbetter

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