Understanding Case Management in Addiction Recovery

Getting into treatment can be overwhelming for anyone. If addiction has affected your life, it can feel difficult to get help. It is important to note that there are resources within treatment. For instance, case management is a service offered in treatment in which a caseworker provides integrated social care to their clients. Case managers can provide resources for housing, financial assistance, or vocation counseling. Moreover, finding a treatment center that offers case management can help alleviate the burden on your mental and physical health as you transition back into daily life and a lower level of care. West Coast Recovery Centers helps our clients in the process of understanding case management and how it can better their lives. 

Case management can give you the resources that you need to make a significant difference in your life, especially in recovery. If addiction has affected your job, living situations, or relationships, it can be difficult to figure it all out on your own. Having someone who can work with you to develop a plan is incredibly important in transitioning through levels of care. Once you get ready to leave treatment, our case management team will help you develop a plan. Case management may sound intimidating, but it does not have to be. It is simply about getting our clients connected to the help and resources that they need to sustain lasting healing in their lives. 

Understanding Case Management

The International Journal of Integrated Care states that case management "is a complex integrated health and social care intervention and makes a unique contribution to the health, social care and participation of people with complex health conditions." A case management worker is someone who works alongside your treatment to give you support and resources. Oftentimes caseworkers are social workers with a background in social services. This allows them to connect you to the resources that you need to help get your life back into your control. 

Benefits of Case Management

There are many different benefits to case management being offered within treatment programs. Addiction can feel like it ruins your life. When you struggle with addiction, you may find that you struggle with employment and finances. This can cause people to struggle with retaining housing, as well as access to food. Case management is one part of treatment that helps to alleviate this struggle. It works alongside drug addiction treatment and intervention to make a difference in our client's lives. 

Another thing that case management is good at assisting with is aftercare and transition out of intensive treatments. Aftercare results in lower rates of relapse, and higher rates of abstinence from drugs. With aftercare, our clients can continue to strengthen skills learned throughout recovery to best avoid relapse in their lives. Our case managers help our clients set up plans on what to do in certain situations, especially those that increase the risk of relapse. This can help our clients feel prepared to face cravings, and triggers, and to reintegrate back into their lives.  Case management can directly address the issues that may happen due to long-term addiction issues.

Housing, Food, and Other Relations

When people have struggled with addiction for a long time, it can start to affect their ability to take care of themselves and be independent. Over time, the effects of addiction may make housing difficult to secure and sustain. It can also affect someone's access to healthy nutrition. Case management works to connect you to the right sorts of resources. Some of the resources that case managers can help with are finding vocational counseling and programs that get you back into work. 

Case managers are also able to start the processes of finding benefits and care to help your physical health. Being able to connect with a worker who has experience in getting people connected to the right resources will help alleviate your burden. It will also help to remove the shame or stigma around reaching out for help. 

Understanding Case Management: Long-Term Planning

At West Coast Recovery Centers, we aim to connect all of our clients with the resources that will keep them on track with recovery. Our clinical approach includes offering case management to every person who works with us.  Case managers in our program meet with their clients every week to develop a good plan and plan for effective aftercare. Creating these plans and connecting with resources, allows our clients to be set up for successful recovery long-term.

Working with long-term plans means that you are preparing for a life-long mental health and sobriety journey. Living a healthy life means committing every day to doing what is best for you. It can be overwhelming when you do this on your own, which is why the resources that case management connects you with are important. Finding a treatment clinic that can make a large-scale difference in your life is important. It is also important that the providers you connect with can give you the skills and confidence to handle things on your own. 

Your therapy and treatment should work together to give you the skills that you need to make large-scale changes in your life. This includes connecting you to the resources that will help to make your life easier. Addiction can cause issues in things such as job retention, housing, and resource attainment. Case management can work alongside your treatment to make a difference in your overall well-being. Utilizing case management will connect you to the resources that you need to get and stay on the path of recovery. If you are interested in learning more about our case management program, we can help. Call West Coast Recovery Centers today at (760) 492-6509.