...Building an Ethical Organization Part 1 HSM/230 June 22, 2014 What services does the organization provide? Who is the clientele? Today, we have an overabundance going to be a non-profit dedicated to the citizens of our community and the surrounding cities. We will provide quality care of citizens of Georgia who cannot afford to have good, quality medical and dental care. Rosemary Complete Care Center (RCCC) is hoping to change that. We are care for those who need it and will provide resources on for those who are qualified to receive the Obamacare. We will treat all clients as well as staff with compassion and respect. The organization is going to be a complete wellness and care facility. The priority will be to provide residents with the proper care they need. Is it a for-profit or non-profit organization? We will be a non-profit and will rely on government grants, donations, and volunteer workers who can hopefully be able to move eventually into paid positions. We are also hoping to employ the elderly and disabled to give them a feeling of accomplishment and being needed. We will maintain the elderly, disabled, homeless, low income, pregnant women, veterans, anyone who needs our services and we will provide services for those who have been denied help elsewhere. We are going to be a full service center and will also be able to help those with mental disabilities. Eventually, as we grow, and with more funding, we would like...
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...One night I was at work and one of my clients came in the shelter intoxicated, so I asked her to go upstairs to her room and don’t come out until she was sober. A few hours later I heard arguing, yelling and screaming coming from upstairs. I went upstairs to find two of the residents arguing. One of who was intoxicated that I sent upstairs earlier. I asked the ladies to stop over and over again and finally I told them that if they did not stop that I would call the police and have them escorted out of the building. They still did not stop. They went on and on, so I called the police because they were being disruptive. There were also five other residents and their children in the shelter at the time. The factors that I had to consider was that if the two women would have went to jail their children would have went to DCFS. I had no choice because when I asked them to stop, they did not listen. I could not let them put themselves or the other residents in danger. The values that led me to make my decision was that I was always taught to do what is right and that if someone is in danger to get help. The ladies was impacted by my decision because when the police arrived he told them that if they continued, and he had to come back again that he would arrest both of them. The outcome was that the ladies were not arrested, they calmed down and went to their rooms and the rest of the night went smooth....
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...Jim and Betty are both MSWs—social workers with master’s degrees in Social Services. They work at the Jefferson St. Clair-Blount Mental Health Authority (JSBMHA), a certified agency for the provision of services to families and individuals who have mental, psychological, or addiction issues. Both Jim and Betty provide direct services to clients on a referral basis and each carries a significant caseload, made greater by the recent resignation of another MSW. Jim is a seasoned social worker who has more than 20 years experience in direct social services and social service administration. Betty is a relatively new social worker; this is her first job out of college. One day after work, Jim and Betty meet for coffee in the cafeteria where Betty reveals that she has had a very difficult day. She discusses in detail a challenging case about a family with an alcoholic mother and a codependent father. The case involves three children under the age of 10 and Betty discusses each by name, their personalities, and physical appearances. She is very concerned about the children’s well-being in the home environment. Betty gives concrete examples of her concern for each child. Jim offers Betty support and advice on how to handle the case, and refers to a previous case they worked on together. The names and details of that earlier case are also discussed. The next day, both Jim and Betty are summoned to the JSBMHA director’s office where they are confronted about their conversation in...
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...The Human Services Agency has incorporated standard operating procedures (SOP) that abide by the rules set forth by the Law and Ethics board. After studying these procedures I would say I have to agree with the way the Human Services Agency does things. The adherence to rules set forth by a higher body is very important. It ensures that the Agency acts appropriately when dealing with the problems of individuals. The laws that the Agency’s procedures are based on are very explicit. Furthermore it is clear that the laws should not be changed at all. The laws explain in great detail how to deal with conflicts that can occur between worker and coworker or between the Agency and a client. The laws also state that employees of the Agency must all work together in order to help clients as much as possible. Part of working together is making sure that all employees are kept abreast of previous and current Agency issues. Confidentiality agreements between the Agency and clients are strictly upheld. This privacy is upheld as long as the life of the client or any other external individual or group is not in danger. The standard operating procedures of the Agency fit perfectly with our current law system. However as always there are ways to improve. In order for the Human Services Agency to uphold its reliability all employees should follow to the letter standard operating procedures which are set by the Law and Ethics Board. The SOP is based on written laws that must be followed and...
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...HSM 230 Week 7 Appendix D What are some potential legal and ethical issues present in this case study? There many things wrong in this case. The first is fraud. Taking money from possibly government and private funds and not using them for intended purposes. Embezzlement is another because obviously they are using the money saved for private reasons. The total disregard of the people that they are supposed to be helping. He has opened the entire origination to law suits and public scrutiny. How would you characterize the director’s behavior? Criminal, immoral and unethical. Is the director an ethical role model? Why or why not He is not ethical. He went against the subordinates thoughts. He used another employees input that had never been to the facility. He did not care about the residents’ fears or concerns. He did not take the law into concern. Were the director’s messages congruent with the organization’s stated mission? Explain your answer. No. In this mission statement it states to improve the quality of life. He injured people although they were not serious he did not improve it. He went as far as not to take the advice from Ms. Armstrong. What impact did the director’s actions and attitudes have on the Acre Woods culture? There are a few. He could be considered to be a sexist because he overlooked the advice from a female employee and he promoted a male that had no regard for the residents. His actions make Acre Woods appear as though there...
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...Associate Level Material Appendix D Acre Woods Retirement Community Case Study Acre Woods is a private retirement community with 275 senior residents. Its mission is to improve the quality of life of its residents through physical and emotional care. Sarah Armstrong, Acre Woods’ resident physical therapist, manages the retirement community’s activity program. Recently, Acre Woods added a pool to its rehabilitation center to facilitate resident exercise and aquatic therapy. The residents’ monthly rent was raised to help finance the pool. After the pool was constructed, Sarah immediately contacted the director of Acre Woods, Mark Adams, with concerns that the pool did not meet some important specifications included in the original design, such as nonslip treads on the stairs and improved wheelchair access to the pool area. Mark advised Sarah that the residents would be happy to have a pool, even if it did not incorporate all the requested special features. When Sarah asked why the new ramp and stair treads were not provided even though they were included in the budget, the director remarked that Sarah’s job was to provide physical therapy, not to worry about the budget. Over the next month, four Acre Woods residents had minor falls using the pool stairs. While the accidents were not serious, other residents began to express fears about using the pool. Sarah contacted Mark again to relate resident complaints and to stress the need for pool accessibility and safety improvements...
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...Personal Leadership Plan HSM/230 Personal Leadership Plan Throughout life one will encounter many experiences and there is a lesson in each experience. I have embraced the experiences, learned from them and will use them to show others that there is life after drug abuse and incarceration. I currently volunteer with an organization that provides a safe and sober living environment for women in recovery. My goal is to assist women transitioning back into society after incarceration. The United States has become the world leader in incarcerating its people with over 2.3 billion being locked up and then being released back into society without skills needed to become a productive member of society. While ethics are of great importance in any human service field, the need for an ethical leader is crucial in this area. There will be a number of challenges working with this population. The worker will have a commitment to providing the resources that will assist the women rebuild their lives but there is a moral obligation to the community as well. I am a firm believer that we all have to be held responsible for our actions and there are consequences to the choices one makes, however there has to become a time when it can be said that one has paid for his or her choices and be allowed to move forward. It is my belief that all people must be treated with respect and dignity. The stigma placed on those who have a conviction does not allow that and places many barriers...
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...HSM 230 Personal Leadership Plan The area of human services in which I would most like to work is with the homeless. Besides having my own personal experiences with homelessness, I think that it is an ongoing issue in the United States that needs community and governmental assistance. With the economy being in a state of recession, the rate of homelessness is continuing to increase with no sign of slowing down. People are losing their incomes leading them to losing their homes. While some are able to downsize to a smaller place that is more affordable for themselves and their families, there are others that are unable to secure a place to live and have resorted to either living with relatives, in motels or even worse, shelters. As a leader in the field that I have chosen, the moral responsibility that I would need to encompass is helping those that need to be helped to the best of my ability. I would need to help and serve the homeless because it is something that I am truly passionate about, not because there is something in it for me other than the knowing that I assisted in servicing those in my community. I would need to protect my clients right to privacy and refrain from crossing the lines of maintaining a relationship other than professional; even though I do believe that organizations benefit from transformational leadership. I would also need to treat those in need with the upmost dignity and respect. One thing that we must realize is that as a leader of...
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...An ethical decision that I made in my professional life is to go back to school to get a degree in Human Services. I been in the medical field for ten plus years now. I like my job but I want to do something different. I want another job where I am still helping out my fellow man. When I decided to go back to school I had to figure out if I would be able to go to school and work at the same time. I went to a community college at first to study Human Services but I realized the classes were getting hectic for me to sign up for because I had to find a class that would fit my schedule as far as the time and the dates. When things did not work out I had to decide whether or not to continue going to school at the community college or find another school that will work around my work schedule and my family. My family suggested to me that I find a school on line. I did my research and I chose to continue my education at the University of Phoenix. This is my fourth semester taken classes on line and I love it. This makes me happy because I can work, get my degree, and have time for my family members all at the same time. I want to be a Human Service worker for children or the elderly. I can’t wait until I finish because I will be accomplishing something for myself and my...
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...HSM 230 Week 8 Exercise Lobbying Congress To Buy This material Click below link http://www.uoptutors.com/HSM-230/HSM-230-Week-8-Exercise-Lobbying-Congress For this exercise you will be divided into 2 groups as noted below for a debate about the legality of the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:h.r.03523: One group will advocate for the legality of the Act and the other will advocate against it and detail why they feel it is unconstitutional. For each individual in the group to earn full credit, they must actively participate in the selection of the chief advocate, the discussion of the topic assigned and the preparation of the finalized letter to congress. This faculty reserves the right to allocate individual points earned for this assignment for team members who did not actively participate. The links below are a good place to start learning more information about the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:h.r.03523: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c112:1:./temp/~c112k8XcBo:: http://www.theverge.com/2012/4/27/2976718/cyber-intelligence-sharing-and-protection-act-cispa-hr-3523 http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/congress/item/11551-cispa-awaits-its-fate-in-the-senate Assignment Components: 1. Select a chief advocate to post your group’s statement in the Main forum upon completion of the in group discussions. The selected ‘Chief Advocate’ will post...
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...HSM 230 Week 5 Assignment Law Profile Paper To Buy This material Click below link http://www.uoptutors.com/HSM-230/HSM-230-Week-5-Assignment-Law-Profile-Paper Select a current or proposed law (NOT DISCUSSED IN CLASS) that impacts the delivery of the human service field you have chosen for the ethical agency being developed and analyze it. DO NOT USE HIPAA or the Affordable Care Act as those are discussed in depth in class. This paper analyzes a current law that will impact the ethical agency being developed. This law should also be integrated into the final paper as one of the outside sources that impact the plans for the agency. Ensure that the law is one that directly impacts the agency you are developing, however DO NOT DISCUSS THE AGENCY IN DEPTH. This assignment is to look at AN ACTUAL OR PROPOSED LAW (not a website that summarizes the law but the actual proposed bill or the law itself). Read the full bill/law details. Then look at all of the specific elements/criteria within the law and look at what the pros and cons are of the law, as detailed in the bullets below and the grading rubric below. Write a 1,200 word minimum paper in APA format (Writing Style Handbook) that answers all of the following questions. Use the provided grading rubric as a guide in completing the paper: • What is the law? • What peer-reviewed UoP Library Database resources are available to learn about the implications of this law? • What is the purpose or rationale of the law...
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...HSM 230 Week 3 Submit Agency Type and Name for Ethical Agency To Buy This material Click below link http://www.uoptutors.com/HSM-230/HSM-230-Week-3-Submit-Agency-Type-and-Name-for-Ethical-Agency Submit the answers to the following questions in APA outline format. This will help you start building your Ethical Agency. Please know this is the agency you will build during the remainder of this class. As you complete each weekly assignment and participate in discussions you can continue to add to this outline which will help you in Building your Agency (Part 1 and Part 2 of the Final Paper). What type of Agency will you be creating? • What will the name be? • What type of health or human services will it provide? • Is it a new type of service – filling a gap in services in your community? Or, • Is it an agency that will improve an existing service that is not really meeting its clients’ needs? • What existing agencies are similar? (Make sure to cite your sources, use web searches to see what similar programs are in your area or surrounding areas) Staffing? • How large will the agency be? • What will be done to screen the staff? • What will the hours of operation be? These questions are to get you thinking about the agency NOW and incorporating aspects of the agency with each week’s activities. Terms from the text and weekly discussions must be incorporated and used correctly in the final 2 papers to earn all possible points. For more Assignments...
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...HSM 230 Week 7 Assignment Building an Ethical Organization Part 1 To Buy This material Click below link http://www.uoptutors.com/HSM-230/HSM-230-Week-7-Assignment-Building-an-Ethical-Organization-Part-1 You are proposing a new Ethical Organization, and working on the business plans to create this organization. One of the first tasks is to draft a mission statement and a values statement (with core values detailed as well) for your organization. As the organization grows, the stakeholders will provide their input to help shape the final proposal. Write a 1,500 word minimum essay in APA format containing the following elements: o Description of organization: 1. What is the name of the organization? 2. What services does the organization provide? 3. Who are the clientele? 4. Is it a for-profit or non-profit organization? o Mission statement: 5. What is organization’s mission statement? Ensure this is a punchy and short statement that can stand alone and the staff can memorize and live by. 6. How will the mission statement support the ethical system? 7. What message does the mission statement send to the community? o Values statement: 8. What is the organization’s core value statement? What values statements and actions will support the core value? There should be value words integrated in this main statement and then they should be elaborated on. 9. How will these values inspire action and influence behavior? 10. How do these values relate...
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...HSM 230 Week 9 Assignment Building an Ethical Organization Part 2 To Buy This material Click below link http://www.uoptutors.com/HSM-230/HSM-230-Week-9-Assignment-Building-an-Ethical-Organization-Part-2 The board of directors has accepted the draft mission and values statements of the human service organization you helped design. It is time to put the plan in action and complete the ethical framework for the organization. Use the materials and assignments from this class along with the directions below and the rubric to help you finalize the proposal for the ethical organization. Write a 3,000 word minimum paper in APA format containing the following: o Introduction Provide an overview of the key elements that will be discussed with a creative attention grabbing lead in. The supplemental materials posted about writing introductions and conclusions will help ensure all possible points are earned. o Description of the organization: Expand and incorporate feedback from Building an Ethical Organization Part 1. o Mission statement: Expand and incorporate feedback from Building an Ethical Organization Part 1. o Values statement: Expand and incorporate feedback from Building an Ethical Organization Part 1. o Code of ethics: List your organization’s code of ethics, with a minimum of 10 items. Using bullets helps these codes stand out. This code should be your own original creation tailored to meet the needs of your agency. How does the code inspire a tangible outcome...
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...Jennifer Ojeda HSM/230 June 19, 2011 HSM Law Profile Paper HSM Law Profile Paper As a Human Service worker, one has to always be aware and up-to-date with the laws, regulations, and the rights of the people you are serving and your rights as a worker as well. One of those laws is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act is one that in the Human Service field, you should always have follow out with. The HIPAA Law was passed in 1996 by congress the protect the privacy and health information of patients in hospitals, clinics, and many other Human service organizations. Along with the HIPAA, the Privacy Rule is enforced, in which the disclosure of protected health information is enforced as well. The major responsibility for the Privacy act is to ensure that the individuals’ health information is properly protected while allowing the information to be passed on as needed to provide he or she the best care for their overall well being. In many Human Service organizations, you will be run into cases or patient that are in your care that you will have a little more empathy or maybe care a little more than you should and would want to help. Whether it be going on your own and finding resources, or maybe discussing it with a fellow coworker. This is when you should remember the Privacy Act. Not only it is illegal, but as a Human Service worker, you are violating the your ethical...
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