SOCW 6530 Intervention—Part 2 Assignment 2: Application: Process Recordings
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Agency.pptxAgency Presentation
Brigid’s Hope
Brigid’s Hope is a program under the organization “The Beacon.” This program is designed to provide transitional housing. Brigid’s Hope is focused on providing resources to reduce the rate of women going back to the criminal justice system.
Characteristics of Population
Brigid’s Hope serves women aged 35 and above. These women are previously incarcerated and are homeless. The criteria for women to be eligible for this program is that they have been previously incarcerated, has a high school diploma and is referred by a social worker or treatment program, which present with the report that she is sober for the previous three months.
sources of funding
Brigid’s Hope receives finances through donors. Donors’ information is kept confidential based on the Donor Privacy Policy. Other than donors, Brigid’s Hope has many community partners, including New Hope Housing, The Council on Recovery, United Way of Greater Houston etc.
agency’s mission statement
Brigid’s Hope’s mission is to serve women who are ex-offenders, homeless that wants to be independent and self-sufficient. Brigid’s Hope provides housing and supports to women aged 35 and above to be self-sufficient so that they will not return to the criminal justice system. The program’s goal is to reduce recidivism among women. The program’s focus is on empowering women.
Brigid’s Hope’s mission is to use evidence-based interventions to help women remain drug-free and develop self-sufficient skills.
agency learning agreement
The purpose of the learning agreement was to give students a well-rounded learning experience, and it was designed according to the learning expectations of the student during their field placement.
Learning agreement focused on the development of the following core competencies that focused on student’s learning related to ethics and professionalism; dealing with diverse clients, engaging with the clients in different contexts such as individual, family, and group contexts, and using evidence-based interventions for achieving the program outcome.
Agency’s Mission statement and learning agreement
The agency provided various opportunities to learn different core competencies. Such as the student gets the chance to interact with clients in individual and group contexts. Similarly, the interventions focused on previously incarcerated women to help them become self-sufficient and refrain from drugs and alcohol are evidence-based. Agencies are required to use evidence-based interventions that are effective and produce the desired outcome (Birkenmaier & Berg-Weger, 2018).
organizational structure
The organizational structure of Brigid’s Hope is a functional organizational structure. Organizations that have a function structure start with the highest position with the highest responsibility and go down from there like the hierarchical organizational structure. The employees are grouped together based on their similar skills and tasks (Williams, 2020).
As Brigid’s Hope program works under The Beacon organization, it has a similar organizational structure such as a chairman, president, director, and separate directors for each program or agency working under the organization The Beacon.
