1. By Danielle Klink Social Work 1010-400
Interview of a Social Worker

2. Description of Agency Substance abuse and addiction recovery
Focusing on drug and alcohol addiction
Therapeutic Community Treatment Model
Treat the whole person
Continuum of Care
Slide 2: Description of Agency:
-Substance abuse and addiction recovery
*TC Model:
*global life style change (abstinence from alcohol/drugs, eliminate antisocial behavior, enhance education, employment, pro-social attitudes)
*nurture, support, accountability,
-Odyssey uses a wide array of services to treat the whole person; physically, mentally and emotionally.
*Services offered: mental health, family, vocational, medical, educational, housing, transportation, legal, childcare, financial, community resources.
-Continuum of Care
*most basic to most intensive within UT
*dependent on needs of individual clients
*support even after graduation of program
**treat individual, not just addiction

3. Mission of Agency Reclaim Life Duel Diagnosis Real Life Experience
Slide 3: Mission of Agency
-Reclaim Life
*Helping individuals and families reclaim their lives through effective prevention, substance abuse and mental health treatment. (this is now being revised due to needing to add in our clinic services so this will be changing but this is our current mission)
-Duel Diagnosis
*Diagnose nature of persons addiction as well as other factors (behavior and influences)
-Real Life Experience
*treatment is close to real life (in and out patient)
*learn to balance daily responsibilities and manage stress while focusing on sobriety
*continue to face day-to-day challenges and interactions, learn to be confident and manage experiences

4. Clientele Adults Adolescent Children (Families) Slide 4: Clientele
*most comprehensive adult addiction services in UT
*inpatient and outpatient services
-Adolescent
*ages 14-17
*continued recovery through alumni services
-Children and Families
*Mothers with Children and Fathers with Children Program
*alcohol and drug rehab
*family stays together while in rehab
*children under age of 9, including pregnant women
*parents go to therapy/rehab during day, children go to therapeutic day care at Odyssey
*children receive therapy (individual and family) for trauma related to parents addiction

5. Social Workers Responsibilities
Upholding treatment models
Evidence based practice
Client’s Needs
Therapy
Communication
Slide 5: Social Workers Responsibilities
-Upholding treatment models & Evidence based practice
*adhering to Odyssey House models of treatment (treat as a whole person)
*Showing continuation of care of clients and that the treatment is improving their overall recovery
-Client’s needs
*ensuring that all client’s are getting the correct treatment specific to them and their addiction/recovery process
*helping client to move to next step and giving them resources to move forward with recover (medical, job, training, housing)
-Therapy
*clients participate in individual, group, and family (if applicable) therapies daily
*therapy helps clients to talk about their addiction, how they are doing with recovery, any obstacles they are facing, and overall how they are coping with recovery as well as those around them who are affected
*Communication
-talking with all support staff and family support in a clients recovery process
-ensuring that all involved are up to date with process and what the clients needs are

6. Social Workers Views Important because….
Separation of Private and Professional Life
Self Disclosure
Professional Relationship between social worker and clients
Slide 6: Social Workers Views
-Important because
*I believe strong boundaries are important in order to develop a healthy therapeutic alliance; clients need to feel safe and that what they talk about will be confidential. 
-Separation of private life from professional life:  
*This is important to me personally.  In the average work day we as social workers hear about our client's trauma's and some/most social workers have experiences their own traumas.  I think self care plays a large role in being a social worker and being able to be mindful of living in the moment with our clients and in our personal lives so we can be our best selves for our clients.
-Self-disclosure:  
*I use self disclosure; however, it is minimal and used to help client be able to normalize what they are feeling and what they are going through.  I believe it needs to be used cautiously and it doesn't occur with every client, only those that will benefit from the self-disclosure. 
-Professional relationship between themselves and clients:  
*I think this is related to boundaries; I believe our client's are coming for professional help, if they want to talk to a friend then they would do that rather than come to us.  This goes back to having boundaries to create safety within the relationship. 

7. Logistics of Working at Odyssey House
Salary
Advancement
Job Satisfaction
**Odyssey has persevered through the recession, adding more programs and positions within the organization**
Slide 7: Salary, Job Advancement and Job Satisfaction
-Salary
*starting salary for Clinical Social Worker within Odyssey House is $39,000 a year
-Advancement
*Odyssey persevered through recession, adding programs and positions*Social Worker I interviewed advanced through as follow: Started as a student intern, became a social worker/therapist, clinical director and now holds the position of program director
-Job Satisfaction
*Loves the job
*has had opportunities to change companies and choose not to
*loves the coworkers
*company cares about employees as individuals
*the clients that she is able to help on a daily basis and see the change she makes for them in their life

8. Agencies Organizational Chart
“Houses”
Adult
Women’s with Children
Father’s with Children
Adolscent
Residential Program & Outpatient
Clinic
Admin
Slide 8: Agencies Organizational Chart
-Houses
*Adult: for adults over 17, alcohol and drug addiction recovery
*WC: women in recovery with children, pregnant mothers
*FC: fathers in recovery with children
*Adolescent: children in recovery
-Residential Program
*Program Director
*Clinical Director/Coordinator
*Support Staff Supervisor
*Facility Manager
*Support Staff (Full/Part)
-Outpatient Programs
*Clinical Director
*Support Staff
*******Residential and OP similar but with no part time staff or facility managers for OP
-Clinic
*DR, RN, PA, MA
-Admin
*CEO
*Director of Operations
*Marketing Director
*Accounting Director
*Grant Manager
*HR

9. Reaction and Application
Site
Interview
Type of Work
Application to Social Work
Slide 9: Reaction and Application
-Site:
*The site is spread out over the different houses, separating the programs by type
*Each location had on site services provided
-Interview:
*amazing to learn about the different programs offered
*the type of model they use in treatment (therapy, real life experience)
-Type of Work:
*Social worker has various roles within organization
*act more as a therapist helping client through process
-Application to social work:
*Encompasses all the aspects learned about in the class
*Shows how a social worker can change a persons life
*A social worker needs to take a whole person approach and treat the person as an individual and not based on their current status

10. References
"Substance Abuse Rehab in Salt Lake City." Odyssey House of Utah, Web. 13 Dec
Megan Gailey, LCSW Program Director 
Parents with Children's Program Odyssey House of Utah