Recovery Capital & Strengths Flashcards
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A client in recovery has a strong faith community but no stable housing. Which type of recovery capital does the faith community represent?
Answer: Social capital
Social capital includes supportive relationships and community connections such as faith communities that provide belonging and accountability.
When assessing recovery capital, a coach discovers the client has marketable job skills but low self-efficacy. Which approach best addresses this imbalance?
Answer: Acknowledge existing skills while building confidence through small successes
A strengths-based approach acknowledges existing human capital while using motivational strategies to build self-efficacy incrementally.
Which instrument is most commonly used by recovery coaches to assess the breadth of a client's recovery capital?
Answer: BARC-10 (Brief Assessment of Recovery Capital)
The BARC-10 is a validated 10-item tool specifically designed to measure recovery capital across multiple life domains.
A client mentions they have been sober for two years but still avoids all social situations out of fear. How does this impact their recovery capital?
Answer: It depletes social capital by limiting supportive connections
Avoidance of social situations erodes social capital by preventing the client from building and maintaining supportive relationships essential to sustained recovery.
In the recovery capital framework, what is meant by 'community capital'?
Answer: The recovery-supportive resources available within the broader community and environment
Community capital refers to external environmental resources such as recovery-friendly employers, accessible treatment, housing, and community support systems.
A peer support worker with lived experience of addiction recovery wants to know how their personal recovery journey is considered an asset in coaching. Which concept best explains this?
Answer: Experiential human capital
Lived experience constitutes experiential human capital — a unique asset that enhances credibility, empathy, and connection with clients in recovery.
When a client has high personal recovery capital but lives in a community with few recovery resources, the coach should prioritize:
Answer: Helping the client leverage personal strengths to navigate and advocate within limited community resources
A strengths-based coach uses the client's internal assets to navigate environmental barriers rather than treating limited community capital as insurmountable.