HS2500: Week 5 Assignment

How do you treat issues in the HHS profession and who can provide assistance?
This assignment helps you apply your knowledge from this week’s modules and textbook readings.
As an HHS professional, you will be expected to be familiar with various issues affecting clients of Health and Human services as well as who can provide assistance. You will be expected to effectively select organizations who provide assistance to those who need services.

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1: Stage III: Planning
Answer the questions below by using chapters 11 of your textbook.
It’s important to set _____ to accomplish their tasks that foster change.
boundaries
goals
wishes
none of these apply
________ can play an important role in developing strategies to accomplish goals that lead to change.
Brainstorming
Exclusion
Venting
None of these apply
_____ occurs by identifying and choosing realistic courses of action for achieving goals and doing so under sometimes challenging conditions.
Computing
Procrastinating
Strategy
None of these apply
People get into trouble or fail to get out of it because they lack the needed life skills or ________ to deal with problem situations.
coping skills
wait return
fight attitude
None of these apply
Strategies for achieving goals should be _____.
specific, realistic, sustainable flexible, cost-effective and relate to a client’s values
not challenging
not inspirational
None of these apply
Some clients lack the discipline to evaluate their ideas, choose the best, and turn them into _____.

time
actions
joy
None of these apply
It’s important that a client’s strategies to complete goals and the goals a client chooses to achieve are ________.
not measurable
realistic
fantasy
none of these apply
__________ is when clients choose a course of action that might lead to the accomplishment of a goal, regardless of risk, cost or probability they will achieve it.
Wishful thinking
Access denial
Counter balance
None of these apply
___________ is when a client chooses only safe courses of action, ones that have little risk and a high probability a client will only have limited success in reaching their goal.
Minimal motivation
Hindered thought
Playing it safe
None of these apply

No plan of ______, or not having a clear, step-by-step process to accomplish a goal is a barrier for some clients to achieve their goals.
action
tone
reliability
none of these apply

Service Providers in HHS
Answer the questions below based on the content provided.
Review one of the Health and Human Service organizations listed at the links below or search for another of your choice that serves your local community. Locate and list the name of the organization in the first box below. Explain the purpose of the organization in the second box below.
American Red Cross
Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)
Goodwill
Salvation Army
Catholic Charities
Boys and Girls Club of America
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
Habitat for Humanity
Volunteers of America
Name of the organization

Explain the purpose of agency

Review the services or resources an organization provides or the issues that they support clients through. List the issue or service/resource the agency provides to clients in need below. Explain why it is important to provide that particular service or resource to clients in need?
Resource or service the agency provides:

Why is the resource or service important?

Research Journal
Reflect on what you have learned this week to help you respond to the question below. This assignment is part five of a five-part paper you will create throughout this course.
Think back on some of the reflection questions you answered in prior weeks in relation to the type of position you want to enter in the HHS field and some of the skills you might need in that role. You also learned about wellness resources like the eight domains of wellness, using a strength-based approach and the importance of self-care. Answer the questions below.
Why do you want to work in the Health and Human Service field?

What role do you want to enter and which type of HHS organization do you want to work for? Search the internet for the type of position you would like to fill in the HHS field. List the role, the name of the organization hiring for that role, and cite the website you found the role on in APA format.

Cite the example you find in APA format.
Note: use the citation generator to help you cite your resources.

What skills have you learned throughout the program that will help you succeed in your role?

Why is it important to use a strength-based approach with clients?

Why is it necessary to strive to keep a good balance with the eight dimensions of wellness?

Why is it beneficial to practice self-care when you enter the HHS field?

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