Question

How to work with the entourage and how to integrate them in the treatment?

Problem description

The user is not necessarily accompanied by his family during the first contacts. Sometimes the user is in conflict with his family, sometimes he does not want his family to interfere in his problems.  Or, the partner puts himself back during our interventions. Sometimes the family is burnt out, on the edge of collapse

Impact - effect

However, the family is the main network of the user, as a part of the current reality and of the reality after the period of the mobile team interventions

To do

To do: team ERIC involves the family in the treatment immediately, from the first demand by telephone.  The team wants to know who’s the closest family member of the user, and requires that this person will call the team to ensure a good co-operation.  During the home visits, this family member will always be present. The family needs to be supported, needs to be heard.  The team uses the systemic model, the crisis concerns both user and family.

Subsequent to this learning week, the team of Leuze has introduced some tools, a genogram and a network card, allowing both us and the user to visualise the resources and to use them

Theme

Starting up and further development/deployment of mobile teams

Topic

useful practice supporting instruments important for starting up and further development/deployment

Reference -  contact

Christelle Druwez, Dominique Hautrive

Mobile team

2a

Project

Région Hainaut

Intership abroad - place

E.R.I.C.

Date

June 2014