Explain How Human Service Delivery Settings Are Influenced By Evolving Client Needs
Client Needs and Services Paper
Jenna Hall
BSHS/305
June 8, 2014
Instructor:
Lonnie McCullough, LCSW
Introduction I have been asked to explain how human service delivery settings are influenced by evolving client needs and how client services are changing due to trends in technology. In earlier days institutions were located in rural and remote places so that society members did not have to be reminded that people had disabilities. (Woodside, 2011). In the past, a lot of people who were institutionalized could have functioned in the world with the assistance of professional support. Due to the increased change in philosophy regarding the delivery of human service “the focus of treatment has become health and …show more content…
63). The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is a program to address the needs of children and youth and their families. When schools are part of the system of care they can help assist when crisis situations arise. A team approach is better than an individual approach and the “integration of education, health and social welfare services provides support to vulnerable children growing up in today’s economy.”(Woodside 2011, pg.63). When children don’t have the family support at home, it’s hard for them to want to focus on education when they are really focused on when their next meal is going to be or what is going to happen to them when they get home. By providing these services at school, they can get free meals to help alleviate these symptoms and allow them to learn, so that they don’t continue down the same path that they already live in. By providing counseling in schools these children trust their teachers that are there for them day in and day out and they feel comfortable talking with them about situations that are happening at home. The school is then able to get them the help they need within their home lives. According to Woodside (2011) Community based care in correctional facilities provides educational services, counseling, substance abuse programs, and employment assistance. They are designed to take inmates from prisons and jails and place them in the community supervised planned programs to help integrate them back into society, by helping them accept responsibility and to take the initiative to want to help
Jenna Hall
BSHS/305
June 8, 2014
Instructor:
Lonnie McCullough, LCSW
Introduction I have been asked to explain how human service delivery settings are influenced by evolving client needs and how client services are changing due to trends in technology. In earlier days institutions were located in rural and remote places so that society members did not have to be reminded that people had disabilities. (Woodside, 2011). In the past, a lot of people who were institutionalized could have functioned in the world with the assistance of professional support. Due to the increased change in philosophy regarding the delivery of human service “the focus of treatment has become health and …show more content…
63). The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is a program to address the needs of children and youth and their families. When schools are part of the system of care they can help assist when crisis situations arise. A team approach is better than an individual approach and the “integration of education, health and social welfare services provides support to vulnerable children growing up in today’s economy.”(Woodside 2011, pg.63). When children don’t have the family support at home, it’s hard for them to want to focus on education when they are really focused on when their next meal is going to be or what is going to happen to them when they get home. By providing these services at school, they can get free meals to help alleviate these symptoms and allow them to learn, so that they don’t continue down the same path that they already live in. By providing counseling in schools these children trust their teachers that are there for them day in and day out and they feel comfortable talking with them about situations that are happening at home. The school is then able to get them the help they need within their home lives. According to Woodside (2011) Community based care in correctional facilities provides educational services, counseling, substance abuse programs, and employment assistance. They are designed to take inmates from prisons and jails and place them in the community supervised planned programs to help integrate them back into society, by helping them accept responsibility and to take the initiative to want to help