Leadership Analysis: BRADD Agency On Aging

The human service agency I decided to pick for my leadership analysis is where I did my internship at for my undergrad degree which is the BRADD agency. BRADD stands for the barren river area development district. I chose this agency because I couldn’t pick my agency I am at currently at since I am interning at Lafayette High School. I couldn’t do a proper analysis over my internship at the high school because there is only one social worker for the school. There are over 10 employees that work there but it doesn’t give me a chance to really talk about her leadership role and how she performs since she works independently. I used to work for BRADD so I know a lot about the agency so I feel it should be a great agency to do my leadership analysis
The area I worked in was the aging department, which has its own roles and duties they provide to the community. The Area Agency on Aging are a part of a National Network on Aging under the direction of the U.S. Administration on Aging and under the supervision of the Kentucky Department for Aging & Independent Living. An Area Agency on Aging objectives are that they hold the responsibility of implementing the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended, and charged with the responsibility of identifying the needs of the elderly, addressing those needs as well as serving as an advocate on behalf of all Older Americans at the local level. The Area Agency on Aging &Independent Living is responsible for developing, implementing, and administering an Area Plan on Aging. The are Plan is comprehensive delivery system of services in the Barren River ten-county area. In the Area Agency they provide adult day care services, adult protection services, assistance with food and clothing, help with assisted living facilities, services for the senior center, financial assistance, home care equipment and products, home health agencies,
As far as the workers go there isn’t much diversity in the agency. BRADD gives services to a numerous amount of cultures, so a translator usually goes on the home visits with the case manager to help communicate. Confidentiality can be an issue since another person will be involved but all is explained to the client ahead of time.
The leadership within the organization is supportive. My previous supervisor offered support and help for all the case managers while attempting to reduce stress and frustration. She would take cases that required more attention that the other case managers couldn’t deal with.
The leadership challenges were that there was so much going on with each case manager she found herself overwhelmed at times trying to be supportive to each case manager. With so many case managers and clients it became difficult to help everyone who needed assistance.
The role of women in leadership within this agency was amazing because the staff consisted of majority women as well as my supervisor so it was a great example of what it looked like when women have lead positions in an