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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)
Tessa Verschure
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.
AIM
- 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
To expand / to reinforce the network
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
Setting up a circle of support
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
• 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.
Step 3: organize a network table Step 4: draw up a support plan
• 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.
Obstacles that need attention for the social workers (sw)
• Fear of disappointment• Ongoing rows, family trouble• Feeling socially redundent• Lack of social skills• Combined other problems• High expectations• Lack of money• Physical impairments
Obstacles that need attentionfor the client
Everyone needs a network to develop themselves, to lean on and to depend upon in difficult times.-Structural characteristics-Functions of the social network:•Emotional and physical support•Cognitive support•Value•Normative support•Social contact•Material support•Practical support•Social influence
Role of the network
- 40% of the succes of the treatment is dependent of a good social network
- To increase the functions of the social network
- The informal network can be used in day to day life, more than the professional network
- We know more together than alone- What we bear together works better
Importance of the implication of the social network during assistance