Assignment:
Select a mental health or crisis intervention human service delivery system within criminal justice, such as a domestic violence program within a police department. Other examples as followed: Ex-Offender Coalition, Alcoholics Anonomys (AA), Police and Emergency Medical Technicians, or getting the inmate and society adjusted to life in the community, (among many other options.)
Write a 700 word paper about your selected system in which you address the following:
- Describe the services provided by your selected mental health or crisis intervention human service delivery system.
- Describe the general characteristics and skills needed to effectively deliver mental health and crisis intervention services.
- How do the characteristics, skills, and actions needed by an agent of the government differ from those skills needed by social workers or practitioners in mental health?