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In some cases, the most appropriate service may be residential; in other cases, it may well be community based; while in others, abstinence may be the best way forward.
However, although the arrangements might be acceptable on paper, they may not always work—a structure that appears to be an acceptable model may not work properly when tested.
An important example mentioned by most MSPs related to problems that could occur when the Parliament goes into dissolution prior to a general election. Here casework may simply disappear as there is no process to transfer it to a newly elected MSP.