Learning Objectives
Discuss the historical factors and legislation affecting delivery systems
| How public and private attitudes influence legislation and the interpretation of policies related to human services |
Discuss societal attitudes, political and legal effecting the development, planning, and implementation of human service delivery systems.
| How public and private attitudes influence legislation and the interpretation of policies related to human services |
Analyze the organizational structure of an organizational system | · An introduction to the organizational structures of communities · The range and characteristics of human services delivery systems and organizations |
Discuss the federal and PA state social welfare policies affecting the delivery of services (social security, PRWORA, TANF, Medicare, Medicaid, child abuse regulations, elder abuse/neglect regulations | · The major models used to integrate prevention, maintenance, intervention, rehabilitation, and healthy functioning |
Discuss the ethical dilemmas (e.g. confidentiality, client rights, technology confidentiality) affecting the structure of systems and delivery models.
| · Developing and sustaining behaviors that are congruent with the values and ethics of the profession · The least intrusive intervention in the least restrictive environment · Client determination · Confidentiality of information · The worth and uniqueness of the individual including culture, ethnicity, race, class, gender, religion, ability, sexual orientation, and other expressions of diversity · Belief that individuals, services systems, and society can change · Integration of the ethical standards outlined by the National Organization for Human Services (NOHS) and the Council for Standards in Human Services Education (available on the NOHS website) |