Speaker(s):
Presentation: The presentation will be targeted to treatment providers and case managers, particularly those who work with low-income clients. The presentation will focus on 4 topics: 1. Expanding the focus of the treatment/case management relationship to include problems that cannot be solved through treatment or social work interventions alone. 2. Common legal problems encountered by individuals with mental illness that destabilize their lives or make recovery more difficult. 3. How to use holistic representation to partner with an attorney and recognize issues an attorney may be able to assist with. 4. The important example of executing a power of attorney as a means to ensure that an individual’s wishes are carried out should he or she become incapacitated. In particular, this section will focus on the important legal differences between a power of attorney and a guardianship,
Objectives:
- Explain the role an attorney can play in improving mental health outcomes.
- Identify the advantages of powers of attorney as a way to protect people from the imposition of guardianships.
- Recognize common legal issues that impede mental health recovery and identify those issues with their own clients.
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