SWRM#9

(The field agency is Cypress creek Hopital, uhsinc. is a private pay and insurance. we have about 200 employees, at the moment, mostly am dealing with the adolescent ages from 10 to 17 years of age. We have mental health and psychiatric clients and substance abuse unit. Staff wise ranges from the Psych Tech, Medication Nurse, Charge Nurse, Therapist, License chemical dependency counselor, various department from the HR to the CEO etc.)

Field Agency Research Paper:

describing his/her field agency placement. Below is a guide to help organize the paper.

Goals, purpose, and philosophy of your agency

Problem areas addressed by your agency

Staff size – qualifications of staff

Agency service area

Description of client system served

Description of problem/issues including environmental factors that perpetuate or intensify the problem (social, political, economic, and physical factors)

Provisions for meeting the special needs of diverse/minority clients

How (agency) (client) (workers) see the problem.

Source of agency’s funding – the impact of funding on agency services and policies.

Tasks and strategies utilized to realize service goals.

What, if any, aspects of the agency service program are dysfunctional?

What can or needs to be done to minimize the dysfunction?