Human Service Agency Interview Date: July 11‚ 2010 To: Shelley Kerr‚ LCSW From: RE: Deaconess Cross Pointe I conducted an in person interview at Deaconess Cross Pointe‚ 7200 East Indiana Street; Evansville‚ Indiana 47715. I interviewed Natalie Goffinett‚ who has achieved her Master’s Degree in Social Work‚ and counsel’s children and families at that facility. When setting the appointment to interview Ms. Goffinett‚ I offered her the option to conduct the interview either in person or over the
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Human Service Scenario Analysis BSHS/322 Communication Skills for the Human Service Professional Human Service Scenario Analysis My client is a 32-year-old woman named Sonya. Sonya‘s heritage is multicultural as her mother is Hispanic and Caucasian and her father was Afro-American. Sonya identifies herself as an Afro –American raised by a white middle-class family. Green (2008) states‚ “Historically‚ biracial individuals have been portrayed as lost souls…” (p. 39). Sonya is among a group
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Adrienne Perry Department of Psychology‚ York University‚ Downsview‚ ON‚ and TRE-ADD Program‚ Thistletown Regional Centre‚ Etobicoke‚ ON Abstract This paper presents a theoretical model for understanding stress and related issues in families of children with developmental disabilities (DD). It first describes the theoretical underpinnings in the literature on stress and coping in individuals and on family stress. The proposed model includes Stressors (Child Characteristics and Other Life Stressors)
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Yolanda Morrison BSHS/442 September 12‚ 2011 Courtney Bruno Advocacy in the Human Service Field Advocacy in the Human Service Field Advocacy is about assisting people in speaking up for themselves and making sure that their ideas and opinions are heard and understood. An advocate should avoid conflicts of interests with the people that give services to the person that he is assisting. The advocate should stand up for the person as if he is standing up for himself. The five main ways
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Social Problems In the context of human service words sometimes take different meanings. A problem specifies the term that must be used in the eligibility rules determining who is and who is not entitled to benefits or services and specifies the general goals to be achieved. A good example of this would be determined if someone was eligible for Medicaid or needed another insurance program. A policy typically described as a principle or rule to guide decisions and achieve rational outcomes. The
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Arc of the Ozarks is a local human service organization providing help to people in the local communities with physical and mental disabilities. The main local offices for the Arc can be found in Springfield‚ Joplin‚ and Monett‚ Missouri. Interviewing someone from the Arc could have been done over the phone‚ by e-mail‚ and an in-person interview. The in-person interview seemed to be more appropriate because it would allow me to interact with the people who work for the organization and possibly see
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usage‚ become a social norm for the society. All of this society would have an input into discussions of their community and volunteering would be a requirement for each adult. Volunteering benefits the service as well as the person who is volunteering‚ requiring volunteering in human services‚ religion‚ elderly and youth‚ as well as organizations such as Red Cross‚ United Way and etc. A contribution to a society makes the society better as a whole with offerings of goodness for all. Majority of
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Human Service Scenario Analysis My human service scenario is for a white female‚ age 46‚ with three female children‚ ages 17‚ 16 and 14. The client was married for 27-years; when her husband said “he wanted a divorce‚ and was not willing to attend counseling because of trust issues.” He could not give any reason why he wanted a divorce; other than to say it was not her fault. This has left her and the children very confused‚ two of the children blame her for the upcoming divorce‚ the 14 year-old
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are carefully monitored and evaluated for the people. The poverty and lack of income and education is something that didn’t happen overnight and will require long term efforts for improvement. Problems facing Human Service There are a range of problems that human services clients face. Many of the problems are linked to one another. Poverty‚ lack of education‚ lack of employment‚ lack of medications being taken and the lack of doctor’s visits are all problems that are being faced. Right
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Drawing on empirical examples‚ discuss the insights into the human world that the social constructionist perspective offers. Social constructionism focuses on meaning and power. It maintains that‚ as humans‚ we respond to the meaning of events and objects rather than the actual objects and events themselves. This meaning is actually a construction‚ a product of social interaction between individuals. Our behaviour is regulated by guidelines‚ which make everyday life predictable and understandable
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