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OT students learn at SANCA Wedge Gardens
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Zahraa Ahmed, Joy Ayisi, Muaazah Abdul and Tahseen Mosam celebrate completing their first psychiatric occupational therapy practical session at SANCA Wedge Gardens. These third-year University of the Witwatersrand students spent five weeks working with SANCA Wedge Gardens’ occupational therapist Caryn Berman and treating patients. “They had a great practical and learnt a lot. Our clients… Read more
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Perseverance pays off for Hlumela
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Hlumela Anderson, an administration clerk at SANCA Wedge Gardens, has her sight firmly set on obtaining her honours degree in psychological counselling. Hlumela, who joined Wedge in 2011, has always wanted to progress to the therapeutic side of the substance use treatment centre’s Full Circle Recovery Programme. She first took on a social auxiliary course… Read more
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SANCA Wedge Gardens’ Adele relocates to Cape Town
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SANCA Wedge Gardens’ Adele Nel has left the substance abuse treatment centre after 15 years of loyal and dedicated service to start a new life in Cape Town. When Adele initially started working for SANCA Wedge Gardens, it was only for a few hours per week. But, before she knew it she joined the team… Read more
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Kick your habit 2022
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The 2022 SANCA ‘Kick your Habit’ campaign takes place from 20 to 26th June. The campaign aims to raise awareness about the complexities of addiction and dependency, and seeks to spread awareness through experience, challenging people in our communities and across the country to give up one thing for a week and experience, albeit briefly,… Read more
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SANCA Wedge Gardens’ clients let go of the past
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SANCA Wedge Gardens treatment centre clients recently took part in an occupational therapy activity that helped them to let go of the past. “Each client received a piece of paper with bubbles drawn on it. They wrote down aspects of their lives that they would like to ‘blow away’, inside the bubbles,” explains Caryn Berman,… Read more
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SANCA Wedge Gardens has some outdoor fun!
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SANCA Wedge Gardens treatment centre held a lovely boerewors roll braai and entertainment morning for its clients on 31 March. “After enjoying the boerewors rolls, we were entertained with superb talent, including singing, rapping, poetry and some talks. It was a lovely, relaxing and entertaining morning,” says Caryn Berman, SANCA Wedge Gardens’ occupational therapist. Read more
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Substance use disorder in the workplace: What can employers do?
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Substance use is on the rise in South Africa and is even more prevalent than HIV/Aids. This is according to Adèl Grobbelaar, the manager of Johannesburg-based SANCA Wedge Gardens, a substance use treatment centre. “The latest crime statistics reflect that 170 people died daily from alcohol-related incidents and illnesses,” says Adèl. “Taking the statistics into… Read more
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Wedge Gardens’ OT department celebrates the festive season
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The festive season started quietly at SANCA Wedge Gardens’ occupation therapy department, with clients experiencing some anxiety about coping with the holiday period while maintaining sobriety. “To assist, we held sessions on triggers and coping mechanisms for anger and disappointment, which could lead to relapse. We also held sessions on how our clients could handle… Read more
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The power of adaptability: How to adapt to anything life throws at you
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SANCA Wedge Gardens treatment centre recently held an ‘adaptability’ workshop for its clients, to help them cope with the ever-changing reality of life. To adapt to a new situation means to change yourself to it and change your ideas and behaviour to deal with it successfully, says SANCA Wedge Gardens manager Adèl Grobbelaar. “People resist… Read more
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SANCA Wedge Gardens welcomes OT students
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Four Wits University occupational therapy (OT) students are completing a four-week practical training block at SANCA Wedge Gardens treatment centre. Rebecca Aitken, Dalya Abadi, Batya Naparstek and Ari Jacks, all third-year students, started their training at SANCA Wedge Gardens on 23 August, under the guidance of the treatment centre’s part-time occupational therapist Caryn Berman. Caryn,… Read more
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