Disability & Human Services In Popular Literature in Relation to Recent Presidential Administrations

1986 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 54-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank L. Giles ◽  
E. Keith Byrd
Keyword(s):  
Human Service ◽  
Reagan Administration ◽  
Human Services ◽  
Popular Literature ◽  
Carter Administration ◽  
Persons With Disabilities

The purpose of this research is to determine relations that may exist between presidential administrations and topics related to human services and persons with disabilities in popular periodicals. The researchers discovered a relationship between human service topics and the Carter versus Reagan administrations. Significantly more articles were written on human services during the last two years of the Carter Administration than during the first two years of the Reagan Administration.

Reconceptualizing Support Systems for Persons with Challenging Behaviors

1994 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 323-326 ◽  
Author(s):  
Howard P. Parette ◽  
Judith M. Holt ◽  
Tom E. C. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Human Service ◽  
Human Services ◽  
Support Systems ◽  
Challenging Behaviors ◽  
Service Systems ◽  
Informal Support ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Behavioral Supports ◽  
Positive Behavioral Supports ◽  
And Training

As human service systems attempt to integrate persons with disabilities, particularly those with challenging behaviors, into the mainstream of society, use of positive behavioral supports must be implemented. Training of persons in the formal and informal support systems must also be reconceptualized in the context of using positive behavioral supports. This paper addresses some current issues related to the use of such supports and training in the delivery of human services.

Client Empowerment in the Human Services: Personal and Professional Agenda

1989 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 499-521 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yeheskel Hasenfeld ◽  
Mark A. Chesler
Keyword(s):  
Human Service ◽  
Human Services ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Professional Lives ◽  
Life Chances ◽  
Human Service Providers ◽  
Human Service Agencies ◽  
The Social ◽  
Action Researcher ◽  
Autobiographical Accounts

The authors juxtapose autobiographical accounts of their personal and professional lives to examine the interplay of their personas and work in the social sciences. Chesler is an action researcher and change agent who focuses primarily on young people and their parents and on those providing them human services. Hasenfeld is an academic who focuses primarily on relations between clients and human service providers and on the systemic changes needed to improve these relations. They share domain assumptions, particularly a belief in the “good” society based on justice, social equality, and respect for diversity, are committed to improving the life chances of the oppressed and disadvantaged, and believe that empowering the clients of human service agencies is crucial to improving the effectiveness and responsiveness of such organizations.

The State and Human Services: Toward a Human Service Rights Policy

1978 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 85
Author(s):  
Edward Humberger ◽  
Michael Hill ◽  
Robert Moroney ◽  
Valerie Bradley ◽  
Gary Clarke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Service ◽  
Human Services ◽  
The State

Exploring Policy Implications of Ethics of Care and Justice in Care Work and Human Services Organizations

2021 ◽  
pp. 193672442110274
Author(s):  
Christa J. Moore ◽  
Patricia Gagné
Keyword(s):  
Child Protection ◽  
Human Service ◽  
Human Services ◽  
Ethics Of Care ◽  
Human Service Organizations ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Service Organizations ◽  
Care Work ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Bureaucratic Constraints

Much attention has recently been focused on the efficacy of cross-sector collaboration within the field of human services in response to increasing rates of child maltreatment and subsequent foster care entries nationwide. Our research includes 200 hours of participant observation, in-depth, semi-structured interviews with 65 professionals broadly involved in the protection of vulnerable children and the support of their parents, and an analysis of 45 case files. It was carried out in a rural region of Kentucky between May 2015 and July 2017. We used established principles of analytic induction to analyze our data. In this study, we explore perceptions of power, authority, inequality, and bureaucratic constraints that emerge during organizational processes of interagency collaboration among multidisciplinary human service organizations situated within the child welfare system. We argue that ethics of care and, subsequently, care work are constrained by power dynamics, primarily embedded in bureaucratically structured human service organizations as well as in policy mandates that embody ethics of justice. We conclude that the tensions between bureaucratic constraints and professional workers’ desire to care for and serve clients often disrupt and undermine organizational missions and policy goals targeting child protection. We indicate the need to examine these structural dynamics at a policy level and provide recommendations with policy implications.

Learning from the Managers of Human Service Organizations

2020 ◽  
pp. 140-165
Author(s):  
Austin Michael ◽  
Sarah Carnochan
Keyword(s):  
Human Service ◽  
Human Services ◽  
Service Organizations ◽  
Practice Research ◽  
Service Agency ◽  
Agency Staff ◽  
Partnership Model ◽  
Human Service Delivery ◽  
Service Delivery Systems ◽  
Study Participants

Chapter 7 of Practice Research in the Human Services: A University-Agency Partnership Model focuses on the experiences and perspectives of human service agency managers. It describes a multiphase study examining the experiences of public and nonprofit managers involved in human services contracting. The study aimed to further our understanding of the accountability and service coordination challenges that these cross-sectoral relationships pose for managers, especially in the context of increasingly complex human service delivery systems. This study integrated case studies, a multi-county survey, and review of contract documents. The chapter also describes a second study that sought to inform managerial practice by examining managerial perspectives and experiences related to evidence-informed practice, using a multi-county survey incorporating closed and open-ended questions. Principles for practice research relate to the study design process, recruitment of study participants, engagement of agency staff, and translation of implications into concrete practice recommendations.

Working with Restrictions: A Scoping Review of Social Work and Human Service Practice with People Seeking Asylum in the Global North

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Soraya Field ◽  
Donna Chung ◽  
Caroline Fleay
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Human Service ◽  
Human Services ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Refugee Status ◽  
Strength Based ◽  
Global North ◽  
Restrictive Policy

Abstract With a record number of people reported to be forcibly displaced worldwide and an increasingly anti-asylum policy environment in Global North host nations, it is critical to examine social work and human services with people seeking asylum and people with refugee status. This scoping review sought to identify and review the existing qualitative research on such practice from the perspectives of social work and human service practitioners, people seeking asylum and people with refugee status and clients in Global North host nations. The review presents the key findings and trends emerging from twenty publications and identifies areas for future research to further develop knowledge of this field of practice as there is a dearth of research on this topic. Through thematic analysis of very different publications, it was found that Global North host nations have varying forms of restrictive policy and dominant anti-asylum discourses. This and other factors result in many potential areas for improvement of social work and human services. The findings include recommendations for more inclusive and compassionate policy, person-centred and strength-based practice approaches, and further qualitative research with people seeking asylum.

Conclusion and Future Challenges for Improving Human Service Organizations

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony L. Hemmelgarn ◽  
Charles Glisson
Keyword(s):  
Human Service ◽  
Human Services ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Extended Period ◽  
Service Organizations ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Specific Information ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Evidence Based Practices ◽  
Future Challenges

This concluding chapter suggests that future research and development efforts focus on four interrelated areas. These four areas, together, describe how more specific information about the ARC strategies can increase the capacity for improving human services. The authors argue that the emphasis on evidence-based practices should be expanded to include strategies that focus on the organization’s social context. Knowing which strategies are most effective to alter specific OSC profiles and knowing the sequence of strategies that are most effective for targeted outcomes will allow organizations to tailor improvement efforts with the greatest efficiency. The chapter calls for more information about how an array of strategies can be used most efficiently by an organization to target outcomes over an extended period and how to determine, a priori, the optimal application of the various strategies necessary to achieve success with the least amount of resources.

Understanding Empowerment Practice: Building on Practitioner-Based Knowledge

1995 ◽  
Vol 76 (9) ◽  
pp. 534-542 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorraine M. Gutiérrez ◽  
Kathryn A. Delois ◽  
Linnea Glenmaye
Keyword(s):  
Human Service ◽  
Human Services ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Empowerment Theory ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Convergence And Divergence ◽  
Empowerment Practice ◽  
Elusive Concept

The concept of empowerment has become popular within the human service professions, but little agreement about its meaning or dimensions has been displayed. The authors describe an effort to clarify this elusive concept by integrating theory with practitioner perspectives. A focused, multiple-case-study method was used to gather the perspectives of human services workers on empowerment practice in the field. The authors identify areas of convergence and divergence between empowerment theory and practice.

The Complete Correctional Officer

1981 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 343-373 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Johnson ◽  
Shelley Price
Keyword(s):  
Human Service ◽  
Human Services ◽  
Correctional Officers ◽  
Correctional Officer ◽  
Service Work ◽  
And Training

The correctional officer role is examined in relation to the possibilities the role affords for the delivery of human services to inmates with problems and crises of adjustment. Correctional officers who expand their roles to include human service obligations contribute to the development of resilient prison environments—environments that accommodate the shifting needs and concerns of inmates, and support their coping efforts. Human service officers strive to be complete correctional officers, responsive to the challenges posed for them and their wards by the prison. These correctional officers need nurturance and support if they are to survive. This requires organizational backing in the form of policies that foster and reward human service work, and training that provides the requisite skills, perspective, and support.

Human Service Environments

1985 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 11-12
Author(s):  
Ralph Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Human Service ◽  
Human Services ◽  
Service Organization ◽  
Operating Environment ◽  
Human Service Organization ◽  
Human Services Organizations ◽  
Service Environments

Today human services organizations are faced with rapidly changing demands. In the 1980's, referred to as the decade of accountability, powerful new forces have entered into what was a neatly packaged human service operating environment. Accountability has led divergent human service stakeholders to impose new sets of constraints and expectations on the human service organization.

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