Social Justice and Ethics Due to the stratification in the American social system and constant existence of the poor‚ the government has set up certain welfare programs to help out the lower working class and poor. Among these programs‚ WIC was developed. WIC is a supplemental nutrition program that provides nutritious food‚ nutrition counseling‚ and referrals to health and other social services to participants at no charge. It is a federally funded program for which congress authorizes a specific
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Clients Human Services Human service workers and human service assistants play a variety of roles in the medical field to include social workers‚ social service assistants‚ case managers‚ case manager assistants‚ alcohol drug abuse counselors‚ mental health aides‚ community outreach workers‚ life skill counselors and gerontology aides. All of these positions require a unique person who is dedicated to helping others with flexibility and high ethical standards. The human service area that I
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be willing to adopt the child if the situation arises. A legislation was passed called the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) of 1974 P.L. 93-247‚ which is‚ in my opinion‚ the most important piece of legislation passed for child welfare. This legislation provides assistance to the States for programs that help prevent and identify child abuse. It authorized limited government research into child abuse prevent and treatment. It also created the National Center on Child
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Characteristics and Environments of a Human Service Organization Paper All collaborating agencies provide support in the areas of health and human services. Most of them offer several programs‚ but United Way supplies funds to the areas of education‚ income‚ and health. This paper will include the organization’s mission and vision‚ how the organization governs itself‚ the various roles in the organization‚ who the key stake holders are in the organization‚ what community collaborations and marketing
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inequalities and appraise the concepts and theoretical frameworks most relevant to their analysis. There will be analysis of the cultural specificity of constructions of social groups as defined by their socio-economic status. Consequences for the groups and individuals involved in terms of need‚ well-being‚ life chances‚ social division and human rights. Comparison will be made with the equivalent in the United Kingdom and the lessons that can be learned from these comparisons will be discussed. The
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There are a number issues facing the United Sates that settle squarely into areas of social welfare‚ and poverty is one that garters the most concern. The notion of poverty‚ as detailed by the United States Census Bureau‚ shows in 2010 that 46.9 million people suffered in poverty. This was the fourth consecutive annual recorded increase in numbers of people in poverty since 2007. The poverty rate for the US population in 2010 was 15.1 percent‚ an increase from 12.5 percent held in 1997. Poverty
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PROBLEMS HUMAN SERVICE CLIENTS FACE TIFFANY Y. BATTLE CALHOUN COMMUNITY COLLEGE Human Service professionals provide services and resources set forth to help clients become self-sufficient by teaching them new skills to overcome hardships and better their livelihoods for their families as well as themselves. Human service clients face many ranges of problems on any given basis. Homelessness‚ abuse‚ immigrations‚ addictions‚ disabilities‚ mental illness‚ incarceration‚ and also veteran transitions
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where faced with great social problems as there was ill heath due to malnourishment‚ physical and mental disabilities any health care had to be paid for privately or received through charities and organisations. Houses had been destroyed and where not rebuilt‚ there were very few jobs available as manufacturing had slowed down due to difficulties in exporting and jobs the war created where lost. The upper classes had better opportunities in obtaining services making the social class divide more prominent
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examines the talent and reward management aspect of human resource management in KFC and discusses whether the existing policies are helpful in achieving organisational goals. This report draws an extensive research about the various human resources policies that are practiced and implemented at KFC‚ Australia. It highlights the competitive advantage that KFC garners over its competition because of the existence of these human resource policies. Further‚ there has been an attempt to make recommendations
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Public Policy for ANIMAL WELFARE in INDIA. Issues‚ Challenges and Recommendations Submitted by – DR. PUNIT G. (PGP-2)‚ IIMA. ARTICLE 51 of INDIAN CONSTITUTION Article 51 of Indian constitution provides protection to animals in India by ensuring “Compassion to all living creatures”. For ensuring the same‚ PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS act was enacted in 1960 under which the Government of India instituted the ANIMAL WELFARE BOARD of INDIA for carrying out the activities mentioned in
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