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In your responses to at least two of your classmates, compare and contrast your respective positions on Rainey’s and Gabel’s findings and conclusions and offer constructive criticism of the critical analysis offered by your peers. Additionally, identify any insights you have gained as a result of reading the responses of others. I need 150 words of response to each peer discussion forum

FORUM 1: What is demoralization and why does Raney assert that clinical leaders should attend carefully to the morale of their clinical subordinates and colleagues?

Demoralization is the state of mind which could be the outcome of failing to achieve a goal or objective, which may set a notion in mind that one is incapable of achieving it. It could be considered as the level of demotivation, when an individual has the feeling that they cannot achieve the goals, which they might have been able to achieve when motivated. The Raney assert that clinical leaders should attend to the morale of their subordinates and colleagues because they could face challenges due to lack of funding and also while working with low-income clients (Raney, 2014).

In what ways might Raney’s findings regarding the integration of mindfulness and adaptive leadership positively impact leaders interested in reducing demoralization in human services organizations?

As per Raney, the adaptive leadership is an approach which is developed by Ronald Heifetz and associates, where the crises should be considered as the opportunities. The opportunity is for the setting the standards and policies which can help the organization in having the resilience which is necessary for establishing an environment of trust and creativity. Dealing with people with low-income group and during the time when the funding is limited could be challenging for any professional. The adaptive leadership should be able to intervene and ensure that the situation should not lead to demoralization, instead it should be taken as the opportunity to fill the gaps and finding the alternative and creative ways to achieve the goals and objectives.  

References

Gabel, S. (2012). Demoralization in mental health organizations: Leadership and social support help. Psychiatric Quarterly, 83(4), 489-96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11126-012-9217-3

Raney, A. F. (2014). Agility in adversity: Integrating mindfulness and principles of adaptive leadership in the administration of a community mental health center. Clinical Social Work Journal, 42(3), 312-320. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10615-014-0487-0

FORUM2: Demoralization is when you are feeling worthless. “It reflects a loss of values, ‘‘morals’’, or appropriate conduct and a lessening of ‘‘morale’’, confidence and well-being” (Gabel, 2012 p. 490). Clinical leaders need to be mindful of the people that are working at their clinics because their workers could get burnt out from doing the job without self-care. It is very important “that agency clinicians join with administrative leaders to take ownership of the therapeutic organizational system that demonstrates best therapeutic practices to clients and community” (Raney, 2014 p. 312). 

If the clinical leaders work to keep their staff healthy and happy it will pour over into the care that they give their clients. Having them work on their self-care so they can help others, it will let them be mindful and give the best care possible. If the staff does not take care of themselves, it will cause them to get burnout and they will not be able to do the job anymore. So it is very important for the leaders to provide for mindfulness and also ways for the staff to rejuvenate themselves. Everyone in the practice should work on their mindfulness. Practicing mindfulness “has allowed a community mental health center to maintain its agility in the face of adversity, to respond reflectively and creatively to current threats and challenges to its funding base, its capacity, and its ability to sustain its most essential resource: the staff who serve the clients and community” (Raney, 2014 p. 314). By taking care of the leaders in the organization, they will give better care to the clients and will work longer for the organization.

References:

Gabel, S. (2012). Demoralization in mental health organizations: Leadership and social support help. Psychiatric Quarterly, 83(4), 489-96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11126-012-9217-3
Raney, A. F. (2014). Agility in adversity: Integrating mindfulness and principles of adaptive leadership in the administration of a community mental health center. Clinical Social Work Journal, 42(3), 312-320. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10615-014-0487-0