Goals & Objectives of a Residential Treatment Center

A residential treatment center is a temporary home for those seeking help with an ailment or rehabilitation. Clients receive personal care, attending groups and individual counseling sessions, training classes specific to the facility and perhaps a way to transition back home. Each residential treatment center is operated for the purpose of serving a specific population, providing solutions to the problems encountered.

Goals

• Residential treatment centers have measurable goals based upon the primary population being served. For instance a substance abuse residential treatment center's primary goal is to aid the addict or alcoholic in learning to live without using drugs and/or alcohol. The primary goal of any type of residential treatment centers is to provide skill training and support to the clients in developing a new way of living. Some facilities offer job training, physical rehabilitation and/or exercise classes, as well as nutritional training.

Objectives

• The objectives of residential treatment centers can include improving services, creating training in other areas, periodic reviews of treatment outcomes, assessing viability and seeking to increase success rates. Treatment centers may also seek to Increase funding through grant writing, develop payment options for clients, increase health care services and education, develop fundraisers and bring awareness to the community in regards to the services offered.

Types

• The different types of residential treatment centers available include rehabilitation centers for troubled and addicted adolescents and teens, runaways, adults seeking recovery from addictions and alcoholism, mental health recovery and physical handicapped rehabilitation. Rehabilitation treatment centers serve veterans, women, adolescents, men and co-ed populations. The directory listings for rehabilitation treatments centers are available through the state's Department of Health and Human Services website. Mental health and substance abuse directories are also available through SAMHSA and NIMH.