Characteristics and Environments of a Human Service Organization
BSHS/462 Building Community In Organizations

Human service organizations are all geared towards improving the lives of those who utilize their services. Each agency has its own visions, goals, trends, key stakeholders and ways of reaching the community that it is servicing. This paper will address these topics as well as other about the organization that services Wake County in North Carolina that strives to keep children safe through their services by helping the child, as well as, the parent.
Characteristics and Environments of a Human Service Organization
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Organization
In 1992, . (JLR) established . was created as an agency to prevent child abuse. The organization’s purpose is to assist the human services offered in Wake County. “The Junior League Inc. is a member of an international organization of women committed to promoting volunteerism, developing the potential of women and improving the community through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers.” (Junior League of Raleigh, 2014)
Mission and Vision mission is to support Wake County adults provide nurturing environments free of abuse and neglect which will lead to the elimination of child abuse in Wake County. Within their mission, which is to eliminate child abuse, they have a vision. The vision is by honoring families, offering support, education, resources and opportunities, and respecting the fact that each person is unique in their own way and the results from these things will positively impact and empower the clients for a lifetime.
Staff and Stakeholders approximately serves 900 families as well as 7,000 first graders annually. This magnitude of families are serviced and governed by a staff of board of directors, employees ranging from physicians and counselors and also volunteers. Everyone plays an important role to officiate each program that the organization offers. When JLR made an independent agency it remained involved actively as board members, individual donors and volunteers. The board members, donors, and the community are all stakeholders of . listens to the community and their ideas. The agency has been very successful with raising funding and not having to depend solely on grants. Without the stakeholders, would not be able to provide the services to support the fight against child abuse. Volunteers are also a key element. With these the volunteers giving their time at no cost, the organization is able to render services efficiently without taking for the funding that is needed to provide services to the families.
Community Collaborations, Marketing and Public Relations is for the community of Wade County in its entirety. Since it is a large county it services a large number of families. To get the funding needed and it various services rendered the organization utilizes several avenues to reach it goals. These things are largely dependent on donors giving to the organization. No gift given is too small or large. works with a local high school and holds an annual ball, luncheons are held, donations are given via the website, workplace campaigns, matching gifts of employers of their employee’s gift giving, and personalized bricks on the ChildWalk just to name a few marketing strategies. All donations are 100% tax deductible. The organization also provides a list of rights to the donors to ensure that their donations are being handled properly and giving them a peace of mind. The SAFEchild website also has a wish list that donors can contribute to if they would like to help in that aspect of giving.
DIVERSITY
All nationalities are helped at this organization. Child abuse in itself is a diverse situation and with that being said their agency has to be diverse. helps the mother, father and children in many ways. Preventing child abuse in the home, assisting homes where child abuse is present, and servicing fathers that have been abusive become better fathers. There are organizations that cater to the mothers and the children only, but this organization helping the fathers as well proves that it is very diverse and willing to approach all measures in order to work towards eliminating child abuse. Child abuse effects everyone, therefore, there should be no limits on who is helped.
ENVIRONMENTAL TRENDS There are numerous factors that contribute to potentially there being child abuse in a home. has to work to counter attack those things so these cases do not take place. Poverty, overcrowding in the home, stress, and lack of opportunity are all environmental factors. SAFEchild is working at managing these factors well by the services they offer to the families. The stress of a being a new mom can be overwhelming for some. The Welcome Baby program is implemented to pair the new mom with an experienced mom that does home visits to help the new through support, empowering and coping ideas. All the programs help the parent to become better parents so that the stresses of life do not result in the abuse of the children. also has an advocacy center where the family can get all services and help needed in one place which will help with the stressfulness the family my endure and the environment at the center is less traumatizing for the children involved. is a nonprofit organization whose goal is to stop child abuse before it happens. Through their efforts, hard work and determination they will continue to help decrease the number of child abuse cases that take place in Wake County, North Carolina.

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