Ministry of Social Affairs Carrying Out Multi-Function Service to Handle KPN

JAKARTA (April 25, 2021) - The Director General of Social Rehabilitation of the Indonesian Ministry of Social Affairs, Harry Hikmat conveyed the National Policy on the Management of Rehabilitation of Substance Use during the Covid-19 Pandemic. This was conveyed in the Webinar Series Road To ISSUP Indonesia Launching Conference.

The International Society of Substance Use Professionals (ISSUP) is a global non-profit organization that supports professional development and development in prevention and therapy related to drug demand reduction (breaking the chain of drug users).

In his presentation, Harry revealed that the government's efforts in social rehabilitation for victims of drug abuse are regulated in Law Number 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics and Regulation of the Minister of Social Affairs Number 16 of 2020 concerning Social Rehabilitation Assistance (ATENSI).

Nationally, the direction of this social rehabilitation policy is to provide respect, protect and fulfill the rights of victims of drug abuse, and strengthen social rehabilitation systems that are integrated with social security, social empowerment, and social protection of beneficiaries.

This policy direction also extends the reach of beneficiary social rehabilitation on a family, community, and/or residential basis strengthens the institutional and capacity of social rehabilitation centers and Social Welfare Institutions (LKS), increases social campaigns about the dangers of drugs and increases the role of the community and the private sector in rehabilitation services. social.

Harry added, based on Law Number 11 of 2009 concerning Social Welfare, of course, Social Rehabilitation can be carried out in a persuasive, motivating, coercive manner, both in families, communities, and social institutions.

So the Ministry of Social Affairs ensures Social Rehabilitation Assistance (ATENSI) services for drug victims are provided in the form of meeting the needs of a decent life, social care, family support, therapy (physical, psychosocial, mental, and spiritual), vocational training and/or entrepreneurship coaching, social assistance, and assistance social and accessibility support.

The importance of vocational training services is to open beneficiary access to alternative productive activities that can realize their socio-economic independence.

"Hopefully, the Technical Implementation Unit (UPT) of the Ministry of Social Affairs can become a rehabilitation and referral center for the community, especially community organizations such as Compulsory Report Receiving Institutions (IPWL) and Social Welfare Institutions (LKS) managed by the Regional Government and the private sector," Harry explained.

Going forward, the Minister of Social Affairs, Tri Rismaharini directed as many as 41 UPT Social Rehabilitation functions to be optimized through multi-function services. Previously, social rehabilitation services only handled certain social problems, such as victims of drug abuse, now they have to be able to handle other social rehabilitation clusters, namely children, the elderly, persons with disabilities, as well as socially disabled and victims of trafficking in persons.

"With this multi-functional service, you can double the range of services and the presence of the Ministry of Social Affairs in the community will become more significant," said Harry.

During the Covid-19 pandemic, the Ministry of Social Affairs implemented efforts to anticipate the spread of Covid-19 by providing social rehabilitation services by issuing social rehabilitation guidelines pandemic in collaboration with the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC). These guidelines serve as a reference for UPT, IPWL, LKS, and the general public in providing services to victims of drug abuse.

This guide contains information about the Covid-19 Pandemic, groups at risk of exposure, early detection of Covid-19, handling stress during a pandemic, self-isolation for infection prevention and control, recommendations for independent isolation procedures, management of the flow of rehabilitation services for drug victims during a pandemic, both inpatient, outpatient and for visitors to online counseling.

The Ministry of Social Affairs has carried out social rehabilitation services during the Covid-19 pandemic by counseling, FSG and online case discussions, online education, and information services for students and students, facilitating residential beneficiaries (in the center) to continue taking exams online, responding the case of punk children during the pandemic and the handling of street children victims of drug abuse in Mojokerto, East Java.

During the Pandemic, the Ministry of Social Affairs also made efforts to empower child victims of drug abuse by opening a millennial cafe and a shoe business with the Dragoby (sports shoes) and JR King (leather shoes and sandals) brands in Mojokerto.

The Ministry of Social Affairs has also endeavored to empower the beneficiary's distro t-shirt business, known as REMBAKA products in Baturraden. Now products consisting of t-shirts, tote bags, glasses/mugs, and other screen printing products have entered well-known e-commerce.

"Minister of Social Affairs, Mrs. Tri Rismaharini said that social rehabilitation is not only psychosocial assistance but also social empowerment assistance so that they can get economic opportunities," concluded Harry.

Chairperson of ISSUP Indonesia National Chapters, Diah Setia Utami hopes that ISSUP will become a place to exchange information, education, and technology for handling drug victims. Then to network and synergize between practitioners, government, and society in drug demand reduction.

The webinar which lasted for approximately 3 hours presented competent speakers from the BNN Lido Rehabilitation Center, FKUI-RSCM, and UNODC. A total of 311 participants from the UPT Ministry of Social Affairs, IPWL, LKS, practitioners, and addiction counselors attended this webinar.