Placement Agency Paper Assignment (50 Points)
Submit a paper describing the overall organization of the field agency, its structure and processes, its service provider role within the community in the context of Human Behavior in the Social Environment. Information from previous social work courses will be helpful in preparing your responses.
Answer all questions completely and in a professional manner to include:
1. Agency Description (5 points)
Provide a general description of the agency that includes the mission and services rendered.
2. Human Development (20 points)
(Clearly identify the theories you use in your answers)
A. Identify the primary age groups of the clients you serve in your agency. Using human development theory, explain the important issues with which clients must cope across the life span.
B. What are the dominant family characteristics of the client groups served by your agency? How might these characteristics affect the delivery of services?
C. What issues related to human biology need to be considered in evaluating the problems presented by your clients? How do these issues influence your interventions?
D. What are the primary psychological/sociological cultural and spiritual characteristics of clients served by your agency? (Either functional or dysfunctional). Do these characteristics affect services?
3. Human Diversity (20 points)
A. What are the disadvantaged/oppressed groups are served by your agency? (i.e. gender, race, ethnic, religious, or sexual preference groups). Give an approximate breakdown of the groups by percentages.
B. What disadvantaged/oppressed groups are overrepresented or under- represented in the clients served by your agency? Explain why.
C. Identify knowledge or skills related to human diversity that could be helpful in working with these disadvantaged/oppressed groups. How have you employed this knowledge in your internship?
D. How could your agency be more sensitive to the needs of oppressed/ disadvantaged groups?
Paper should be typed in APA format and submitted on BrightSpace Dropbox Agency Paper. Three to five pages in length required. (5 points)
