CJHS 410 Week 1 Individual Assignment

CJHS 410 Week 1 Individual Assignment

Skills and Characteristics of Mental Health Paper

Select a mental health or crisis intervention human service delivery system within criminal justice, such as a domestic violence program within a police department.

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper about your selected system in which you address the following:

·         Describe the services provided by your selected mental health or crisis intervention human service delivery system.

·         Describe the general characteristics and skills needed to effectively deliver mental health and crisis intervention services.

·         How do the characteristics, skills, and actions needed by an agent of the government differ from those skills needed by social workers or practitioners in mental health?

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Include a minimum of three APA academic references with matching citations in the text.