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HUS170

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Systems and Processes

Human ServicesSchool of Legal Studies & Social Services

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)