Discuss the following:
You will select an agency was is THE BREWER PANTRY in which you would like to be employed. You will research the types of services this agency offers by looking at its website, visiting the agency (if possible), emailing or interviewing someone who works at the agency, and, if possible, talking to a client who receives services from that agency. Once you have gathered the information for this project, you will explain why you selected this particular agency instead of others, write about how history and current trends have influenced this agency, what theories, values, and ethical standards you would apply if you worked at the agency and how your personal values might be challenged, what your role in the helping process might be, and what qualifications you would need to apply for a job at that agency.
Agency Description: Professionals--
descriptions are especially clear and contextualized.
Describes the main types of professionals within the program or organization and their roles.
History and Current Trends: History--
utilizes sources to strengthen description.
describes the development of the organization.
History and Current Trends: Agency-
criteria and utilizes sources to strengthen description.
Discusses the relationship between the history of human services and the history of the agency.
History and Current Trends: Trends--
criteria and utilizes sources to strengthen description.
Describes current trends that impact work in the agency, relating these to the history of human services.
Theories, Values, and Ethics: Importance--
criteria and provides concrete examples to substantiate claims.
Describes the importance of the code of ethics and how it impacts the provision of services in the agency.
Theories, Values, and Ethics: Challenging--
criteria and provides concrete examples to substantiate claims.
Details which standards will be most and least challenging to implement, providing justification.
Theories, Values, and Ethics: Apply--
Describes a theory that applies when working in the agency and provides an example.
Role in the Helping Process--
criteria and is well qualified with concrete examples.
Identifies roles in the agency for each stage of the helping process, providing justification.
Career Opportunities: Qualifications--
criteria, and description is exceptionally clear.
Discusses qualifications of an entry-level position and compares to personal experience.
Career Opportunities: Skills--
criteria and justifies assertions.
Details the skills and needs to qualify for the entry-level position.
Summary of Learning--
criteria and is exceptionally clear.
Summarizes how coursework can be applied to real life and how it relates to career goals.