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What information does your team hope to gain from the interview
and how this will be helpful.
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BSHS 425 Week 2 Empowerment Approach to Human
Services Management (New Syllabus)
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Class,
Envision the ideal human service agency YOU (not the team) would
like to create. This is your Dream Human Service Agency. It is
something you have always thought of and now is your opportunity to
create it on paper!
**Note: It is NOT an existing agency as was discussed in Week 1 for
the Team AssignmentCommunity Agency Interviews.
You will use the Empowerment Approach as described in the text, with
your Dream Agency idea and write about it.
Identify what measures your dream human service agency will use
to ensure diverse cross-cultural needs are met
Include the strategies you will use to evaluate your agency for its
effectiveness in meeting the needs you want to address with your
clients. How will you solicit and use feedback from clients, community
groups, and staff members within your agency.
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BSHS 425 Week 3 Dream Agency Team Assignment
Proposal
As a team you will discuss, share ideas and exchange your individual
assignments from Week 2. After review, you will discuss and agree on
ONE Dream Agency out of your group and then develop a proposal.
A proposal or your plan, will include the type of agency it is, the need,
the population served, how many staff and the type, etc.
NOTE: Pretend that you are trying to approach a funder who has
money to give you for your Dream Agency, but they first want to know
what it is all about. This is where the plan or the proposal comes in.
Many other people in the community will also be trying to get this
money for their Dream Agency. Therefore, your agency must shine on
paper!
What vision would Team Members like to see for their dream
agency?
Discuss the dream agency vision, mission, and value statements for
strategic planning of dream human service organization as described
in the Strategic Planning section in Ch. 3, starting on pg. 48 in the
text.
Include major goals and objectives for the Dream Human Service
Organization that contribute to effective program service design and
delivery.
Vision
Mission
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Class,
Introductory slide;
2. Design
4. Supervision
Role of leadership
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Class,
Every agency has supervisors and you will need to understand the
roles, the strategies, and the approaches used to operate within a
human service agency.
Consider how this information may be applied to either your own
original idea for your Dream Agency or the Learning Teams choice
for the Dream Agency.
Discuss why these strategies were selected. Specifically, what are the
anticipated benefits? What are the anticipated challenges?
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Address the key elements that best describe the Learning Teams
collaborative Dream Agency.
By now, the team should have agreed on ONE Dream Agency that
includes a specific marginalized population, addresses issues of
diversity, and includes a succinct mission, purpose, goals, and
objectives that are clear and measurable.
Incorporate the teams Dream Human Service Agency and include the
following elements:
Six elements of human service management, including an
explanation of how leadership influences each element to contribute to
your agencys success.
Program administrator(s)
A staff member
A prospective client
A board member
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What kind of leadership you believe would best benefit the dream
agency?
How did you come to this conclusion given factors that comprise
this human service program and given qualities and characteristics of
the staff?
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