Case Management

Case Managers Support Clients To:

• Develop important life skills – Active addiction severely compromises the ability to function at a basic level. Many clients must relearn what it means to take care of themselves. Our case managers ensure that our clients learn to set and achieve personal goals, practice self-care, grocery shop, prepare nutritious meals, maintain a clean living space, manage their finances, utilize their time responsibly, maintain gainful employment and build healthy relationships with other men and women in recovery.
• Explore effective dual diagnosis treatment options – We offer dual diagnosis treatment options for clients who are suffering at the hands of an underlying mental health condition like anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder or schizophrenia. Case managers work with a client’s psychiatrist to ensure that they are being properly medicated and have access to any additional services they require.
• Seek vocational training or gain employment – Sustainable employment is essential to working towards financial independence, paying off any existing debt and building self-esteem. Case managers help clients find recovery-appropriate occupations while focusing on the importance of punctuality, completing personal tasks throughout the day and working through any workplace conflict in a healthy and productive way.
• Return to or apply for school – Many of our clients who struggled with addiction during adolescence or their young adult years either entirely dropped out of school or experienced a sharp decline in grades. If a client wants to return to school our case managers help with educational placement and encourage them to achieve their academic goals.
• Work towards financial independence & learn to budget – All financial capability completely flies out the window during active addiction, which often leads to a great amount of debt. Case managers help clients devise a plan to work through their financial challenges and work towards financial independence.
• Improve family dynamics – Case managers do more than serve as the main point of contact between the treatment team and the loved one of each client. They work to improve family dynamics by encouraging healthy communication and support. Case managers provide the loved ones of our clients with additional resources if need be, like family therapy services or an introduction to 12-Step support groups like Al-Anon.
• Build healthy communication skills – Clients learn to express their personal needs and communicate with others in a calm and effective way. Healthy relationships are built of communication and the maintenance of healthy personal boundaries.
• Build a recovery community – Case managers teach clients about the importance of building a recovery support network, whether that is through traditional 12-Step rooms, Smart Recovery or any other desired recovery community. Case managers also help clients find reliable transportation to and from recovery meetings whenever necessary.
• Prevent relapse – Case managers help clients identify their personal relapse triggers and work through the uncomfortable feelings and emotions that could ultimately lead to relapse.
• Improve interpersonal relationships – Some clients struggle to develop and maintain healthy relationships with other men and women in recovery. Case managers guide them to build mutually beneficial friendships that will reinforce their sobriety.