Saturday 10 August 2013

BSHS 441 Week 1 DQ 1




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Define the following terms and describe the role of the human services worker in regard to each function; provide an example of how each might be used:

o    Advocacy
o    Mediation
o    Arbitration
o    Mediation-arbitration


BSHS 441 Week 1 DQ 2




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Describe three ethical issues involved when taking the role of mediator and provide examples of each.



BSHS 441 Week 1 Individual Assignment Paper on a Specific Population and the Advocate Role




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Prepare a 1- to 2-page paper that addresses the issue of advocacy in the human services field.

Choose a specific population, such as

·       the homeless
·       persons with disabilities
·       persons with AIDS

Define advocacy.

Explain the problems facing the identified population.

Recommend a plan to meet those challenges.

Include a personal perspective on how you, as an advocate, can assist with problems such as housing, treatment, short- and long-term medical care, education, probation, and domestic violence.


Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

BSHS 441 Week 2 DQ 1




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Describe conflict styles and discuss how you, as a mediator, might increase positive interaction in mediation with someone of each style.


BSHS 441 Week 2 DQ 2





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Compare and contrast interest-based negotiation with power- and rights-based negotiations.


BSHS 441 Week 2 Individual Assignment Literature Review of Mediation and Advocacy




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Submit a written Internet search overview identifying at least three sources as references for the Paper Based on Literature Review.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

BSHS 441 Week 2 Team Assignment Interview of a Social Service Agency Using Advocates




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Conduct an interview at one social service agency that uses advocates within their agency. Interview an individual who works either as an advocate or as a representative who can discuss the role of advocacy within the agency.

Prepare a 1- to 2-page written summary of the interview, to be used as part of your final presentation in Week Five, in the summary:

·       Name the agency or organization and title of the interviewee.

·       Describe the advocacy role this individual plays within the agency.

·       Describe the populations served by this agency.

·       Describe an advocacy model or template that is used with each population. Is the advocate speaking on behalf of the client or assisting the client in speaking for himself or herself?

·       Describe how this individual became involved in the role of advocate.

·       Ask the interviewee:

·       to describe what is most rewarding about his or her work
·       what he or she would change about his or her job if it were possible to do so
·       to identify the reason he or she became an advocate
·       how his or her personal values affect upon the performance of the duties required
·       how different this responsibility is from what he or she expected when starting the position


Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.