Force Field Analysis

In creating a force field analysis, I first had to look at the presenting problem of what I plan to change within my agency. For my field practice assignment, I am working in conjunction with my supervisor (Assistant Director) and the Director of the program on implementing changes to the provider’s contract. There are many policies and procedures that are being violated on the provider’s end of the contract that are in turn causing violations with the Department of Health and A.C.D. (Agency for Child Development). First I will give a brief history of the program and its presenting issues that we face with the providers. In consultation with my supervisor and other caseworkers, it was a unanimous decision that our provider’s contract needed to be revised. This has been an ongoing issue between the providers and the network. There are many providers that have been with the agency since its beginning twenty-five years ago, and a lot has changed in those twenty-five years. We have had complaints from parents for things that the providers are and are not doing. We have noticed violations against the Department of Health’s regulations and the agency’s policies and procedures. The Department of Health makes unannounced visits to the provider’s homes periodically. During these visits the files of the children are checked and all other requirements are checked as per the DOH guidelines. Providers have been found to be out of compliance during these visits with the DOH and with our agency. We believe that if the policies and procedures were adhered to more with consequences being enforced more there would be fewer violations with the providers. With this dilemma an assumption has been made that if we revise the provider’s contract and have it address some of the issues that we encounter during our home visits and the parent’s complaints we would have a more cohesive and productive child care network. Some of the issues that have been arising with