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Relationships, Empowerment, And Social Context (CARES)

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working with clients, the staff are placed on teams with at least one person from each of the professions. Each of them work with the client but they all come together to determine the best possible treatment plan with the case manager.
Pullman et al. (2013) article discussed a method of youth engagement for substance use services, Conduct, Attitudes, Relationships, Empowerment, and Social Context (CARES). This model is very similar to that which is used for adolescents that are receiving trouble for substance abuse at the Guidance Center. CARES has three focus areas for engagement; they are conduct and attitude, relationship, and empowerment and social context. The purpose of engaging the conduct and attitude of the client is to get them to ‘buy …show more content…

It is important for adolescents to feel that obtaining abstinence and attending the necessary sessions for treatment will be beneficial to them. Relationship, refers specifically to the client-therapist relationship. Ms. Heissenbuettel stated that the relationship between the client and the counselor that is assisting them is crucial for their treatment plan. She stated that the Guidance Center goes as far as finding special links about each patient with the specializations of each mental health professional to ensure that a team based on the needs of the client is put together to help them progress successfully through treatment. Last is the empowerment and social context area for engagement. At the Guidance Center, the goal is for each client to receive the necessary treatment to overcome their addiction or problems with

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