Discussion board 1

Many novice human services providers or those who are new to the field are required to practice under supervision to gain the skills necessary to work autonomously with their clients. These professionals who require supervision do not possess the licensure or certification needed to practice independently.

The supervision provides the novice professionals with an opportunity to develop the skills necessary to practice independently by working with experienced clinicians while meeting the standards required by their state or province to obtain licensure at the highest level, which would allow them to practice independently.

However, some human services professionals may never seek the highest level of licensure and practice indefinitely under the required supervision of their profession.

In this assignment, you will review your state's requirements for supervision of counselors and social workers to understand and apply the rules in your future career as a human services administrator.

Tasks:

Read your state's requirements identified in the relevant licensing board's website for supervision of counselors and social workers. After you have read the requirements, address the following in about 300 words: Please include at least 2 or 3 references!!

• What are the differences between training supervision and general work supervision for counselors and social workers? Specifically, what is the purpose of each type of supervision and how is supervision conducted in each category?

• What are the education and experience requirements for the supervisors of counselors and social workers?

• What is your opinion on the importance of supervision?

• What ethical dilemmas do supervisors face in their role?

Discussion board 2

In this module, you learned about the most important ethical standards in human services. Boundaries, competence, and accountability through documentation and program evaluation are the foundation of the effective practice of direct service providers and the stable functioning of human service agencies.

The agency administrator has the responsibility for ensuring the ethical delivery of services, accountability of agency employees, and sustainability through funding and best practices in service delivery. Familiarity with these ethical and operational standards will prepare human service administrators to manage complex and diverse agencies.

Tasks:

In a minimum of 200 words, respond to the following:

You may choose any human services agency (such as, mental health agency, child welfare agency, substance abuse treatment facility) for your response.

• Discuss two potential ethical dilemmas related to issues surrounding trust and boundaries in the professional relationship.

• Identify and discuss the steps an agency should take to monitor your agency's compliance with the following standards: maintaining client records, evaluating treatment outcomes, and ensuring personnel competence.

Identify the manner in which you would search for eligible funds or assist with proposal or grant writing to secure funds to run your programs. Please include at least 2 or 3 references!!

Writing assignment

Direct services professionals often face many types of potential ethical dilemmas. The administrators of agencies that employ direct services professionals are responsible for guiding them in ethical decision making in addition to managing nonclinical staff in order to protect client rights.

Human services administrators have to be aware of the activities of the agency at every level as managers of employees who have access to confidential information about clients.

In this assignment, you will read a scenario and determine the best course of action to resolve the ethical dilemma presented.

Scenario:

You are the administrator of a human services agency that provides services to a local native American tribe. You discover that a member of the housekeeping staff is "counseling" multiple clients who happen to be members of the tribe where he is an elder.

You learn that he is accessing client records and using this information to provide advice that sometimes contradicts the advice that is given by the professionals at the agency.

You also learn that he has been warned to discontinue this practice but has refused to comply. Additionally, the agency has approached the clients to inform them that he is not qualified to provide this service, but the clients object to this restriction and threaten to leave if he is fired.

Tasks:

Analyze the situation and write a 6-page report in which you will outline and justify a course of action. In your report:

• Identify the multiple ethical issues involved in this scenario.

• Construct a decision tree of the various courses of action possible and their potential consequences.

• Discuss how your personal beliefs and values may influence your decision.

• Select and defend your decision and recommendation.

• Include suggestions for managing the risks.

Use resources from professional literature in your research. Professional literature may include relevant textbooks, peer-reviewed journal articles, and websites created by professional organizations, agencies, or institutions (.edu, .org, or .gov).