For the Community Partnership assignment that we have the ability to do for this class I have chosen to partner with the Portland Recovery Community Center. From information that we were given from Professor Bullock, the Portland Recovery Community Center specializes in substance abuse recovery. PRCC offers meetings and activities for individuals who are seeking recovery, and they also offer a lot of different forms of recovery because each individuals recovery process is different. In my experience in healthcare work I have never provided care for someone who is part of this population.
Learning goals that I have developed for myself prior to my community partnership include, learning how each individual goes at the recovery process. I think it is very interesting knowing how recovery is so individualized, and I am ready to learn the different techniques that people use in this recovery center. Another leaning goal of mine is to learn the communication techniques that the staff and other volunteers use when providing care for their patients. Going into this community partnership I am feeling very excited because this a new experience for me and I get to see another aspect of healthcare that is outside a hospital setting. I feel that I am ready in some way to communicate with the patients that are in the recovery process, but I also feel that I have a lot to learn from the staff and the other volunteers. Other community programs that are available that specialize in substance abuse recovery include Crossroads. Crossroads is located in Scarborough, ME. It is an Addiction and Behavioral Health Community Center that acts similarly in comparison of PRCC. Another program is Wellspring. Wellspring is located in Bangor, ME. Wellspring is also an Addiction and Mental Health counseling service in the hopes to improve their patients’ lives.
