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Review the Learning Resources on the beginning stage of group work and on assessment.Review your Week 6 Assignment, in which you detailed the purpose, membership, statement of need, and recruitment of your proposed treatment group.Continue to draft your Treatment Group Proposal by focusing on the “Composition & Contract” and “Orientation” sections. Submit a 2-page paper covering the following sections of your Treatment Group Proposal: Composition & Contract: Criteria for inclusion/exclusion, size (number in group), open/closed; contents of contract (number of sessions, frequency, time of meetings, and length)Orientation: How you will address and ensure confidentiality, obtain informed consent, and establish rulesUse the Learning Resources to support your paper. Make sure to provide APA citations and a reference list.
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Treatment Group Proposal for a Client with Opioid Use Addiction
Student ;Adeline Patipe
Instructor Name: Dr. Diaon Clarke
Course Name: Advanced Social Work Practice II
Week 6 Assignment
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Purpose
This proposal outlines a therapeutic group that focuses on clients struggling with chronic
pain and opioid dependence, besides the subsequent stigma. Chronic pain is usually addressed
using opioids. However, like Heather, a host of Americans are struggling with addiction to
prescription opioids. Springer et al. (2020) affirm this notion by revealing that at least 2.1 million
Americans are affected by opioid addiction. Unfortunately, 700,000 or more deaths have
occurred due to this problem since 1999. Therefore, Heather and other people with opioid
addiction are at an elevated risk of fatality. This makes it reasonable to create and administer the
group therapy process. Additionally, addiction to opioid use is often accompanied by stigma.
Accordingly, people tend to react adversely or indifferently to a person with an opioid addiction
problem (Shaw et al., 2020).
This is detrimental because it incentivizes the affected person to avoid health-seeking
behaviors. Nevertheless, with group therapy, people like Heather are empowered against
stigmatization. Group therapy is the best cause because it elicits a sense of community and
understanding. This allows people like Heather to learn from and support each other (Ezhumalai
et al., 2018). Shared experiences in the group are capable of suppressing feelings of isolation and
shame. A licensed clinical therapist/psychologist with chronic pain management, addiction
treatment, and CBT expertise will be the group leader. The group leader will exhibit excellent
communication skills. They will also demonstrate model interpersonal competencies. These
capacities will go a long way to ensure that the group enables safe and productive group
discussions.
Membership
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Adults (at least 18 years) experiencing chronic pain and currently prescribed/recently
discontinued opioid medications are the target clients. The group will be diverse in terms of
culture and demographics. This means that anyone, regardless of sexual orientation and identity,
color, race, religion, nation of origin, and ability/disability, will be free to join the group therapy
program. The essence is to maximize inclusivity and understanding. Membership will be
voluntary as it is often required in social work (Sonke et al., 2023). Besides, informed consent
will be obtained from all participants. For those who cannot give consent because of, for
example, a disability, their caregivers will act on their behalf.
Statement of Need
Chronic pain and opioid dependence are significant public health issues in my area and at
the national level (Springer et al., 2020). A fair share of people are struggling with the problem.
The issue is even more complex, given that it is often intertwined with negative social stigma
and isolation. The need for a supportive group environment in my area is evident as a result of an
interplay of factors. One of these is limited access to specialized pain management and addiction
treatment programs. The prevalence of social stigma surrounding chronic pain and opioid use,
leading to isolation and decreased motivation for seeking support and recovery, adds to the
challenge. Moreover, as Tick et al. (2018) showed, there is currently a lack of awareness of
evidence-based pain management strategies and non-pharmaceutical coping techniques.
Recruitment
The potential members will be recruited through collaborations with pain clinics, primary
care physicians, addiction treatment centers, and community organizations. Flyers will be sent to
these facilities. The representatives will then distribute them to each client. It is hoped that a
client might become interested. Alternatively, a client might know someone who is struggling
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with opioid addiction. Therefore, after encountering the flyer, they will relay the information
about the treatment group therapy program. Screening and selection procedures will involve an
initial individual assessment to ensure group suitability and address any potential safety
concerns. An interview process will come in handy in this regard. Accordingly, questions about
the potential members’ experiences with unmitigated opioid use to control pain, their thoughts on
the issue, and their commitment to recovering will be asked during the interviews. The questions
will be sensitive to the prospective participants’ cultures and addiction situations. This is the art
of cultural competence, as Birhanu et al. (2023) discussed and echoed by Toseland and Rivas
(2017).
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References
Birhanu, M., Getnet, A., & Alem, G. (2023). Cultural competence and associated factors among
nurses working in public health institutions in the Assosa zone, Benishangul Gumuz
regional state, Ethiopia, 2022. BMC nursing, 22(1), 371.
https://doi.org/10.1186%2Fs12912-023-01488-2
Ezhumalai, S., Muralidhar, D., Dhanasekarapandian R., & Nikketha, B. S. (2018). Group
interventions. Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 60, S514–S521.
https://doi.org/10.4103/psychiatry.IndianJPsychiatry_42_18
Shaw, W. S., Roelofs, C., & Punnett, L. (2020). Work environment factors and prevention of
opioid-related deaths. American journal of public health, 110(8), 1235-1241.
https://doi.org/10.2105%2FAJPH.2020.305716
Sonke, J., Manhas, N., Belden, C., Morgan-Daniel, J., Akram, S., Marjani, S., … & Fancourt, D.
(2023). Social prescribing outcomes: a mapping review of the evidence from 13 countries
to identify key common outcomes. Frontiers in Medicine, 10(2), 1-10.
https://doi.org/10.3389%2Ffmed.2023.1266429
Springer, S. A., Merluzzi, A. P., & Del Rio, C. (2020). Integrating responses to the opioid use
disorder and infectious disease epidemics: A report from the National Academies of
Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. JAMA, 324(1), 37-38.
https://doi.org/10.1001%2Fjama.2020.2559
Tick, H., Nielsen, A., Pelletier, K. R., Bonakdar, R., Simmons, S., Glick, R., … & Zador, V.
(2018). Evidence-based nonpharmacologic strategies for comprehensive pain care: the
consortium pain task force white paper. Explore, 14(3), 177-211.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.explore.2018.02.001
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Toseland, R. W., & Rivas, R. F. (2017). An introduction to group work practice (8th ed.).
London: Pearson.
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