Assignment: Agency and Concepts Paper
Students a practical experience with human services concepts with opportunities to research historical events, interview local agencies, assess overall service delivery, and develop their writing ability. A person will assess how they have achieved an accurate understanding of the social problems connected to human services. Critical thinking skills and learning to meet human needs are paramount to understanding the goals of human services. The expected level of course performance will be demonstrated by the ' ability to synthesize knowledge in this writing.
Part I: Agency interview: Choose a person in a management/leadership and/or service delivery capacity within a human services agency, if they are working in Human Services currently or someone outside of the class). Use interview and other available resources such as agency website and related documents.
Part II: include an overview of the agency/organization, policies, goals, challenges, funding, populations served, recipient protocol, geographical area, etc.
i. Include an overview of the history and goals of the human services field (in general, based on what you've read/learned in this course).
ii. Include a discussion of the chosen agency's organizational roles, goals, challenges, and strength-based concepts/successes, and cultural competency standards.
iii. Discuss the target population served and protocol to receive services.
iv. Discuss relevant policy/legislation and perceptions surrounding the target population served and social problems addressed.
v. Provide an assessment of your (persons) values/beliefs about the recipients of this agency.
vi. Provide an overview of any media messages and attitudes regarding social class, public assistance, etc. and assess the impact of this on the population served by the agency.
vii. Discuss the prevalent theories that guide and inform the services that the agency provides and the workers who provide them.
viii. Assess the prominent ethical issues that this agency tends to encounter. Relate these to the NOHS ethical standards.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
i) The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
ii) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
iii) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.