Homelessness In The Workplace

BWOM predominantly targets the Adult population, whom are struggling with substance abuse issues and chronic homelessness. The majority of the clients at BWOM is men with a long history of instability, mental/physical health issues and also has contracted the HIV/AID virus. As implies earlier, a large number of the male clients as well as female clients have suffered with ongoing trauma that have planted a seed of hopelessness and despair for most of them. As a result, their addiction have landing them in countless jails, institutions, and nil death situations. Moreover, these men come from diverse backgrounds; however, they all share a commonality which is they do not know how to live life on life terms (Life on life’s terms, 2016). Furthermore,

their struggles with mental illness alone with physical health issues combine with substance abuse have caused them to feel there was no other escape except through a bottle of booze or drugs. Consequently, by the time they end up at the doors of BWOM their sense of reality are almost totally distorted. Nevertheless, BWOM trained therapists and staff members are prepared to challenge these men as well as women to find a new way of living without the use of substances and discover a better way of living. For that case, BWOM has implemented the therapeutic community (TC) model in treatment and intervention plans. For example, clients meet once a week with PC to discuss overall health issues and how to improve health by taking prescribed medications. Regularly attending peer support, therapeutic groups, and family support therapy since family can be a significant component in client’s healing progress