Week 4: Practitioner as Collaborator
Film directors may start a scene with a sweeping shot that gives the viewer an idea of the landscape, the points of interest, and enough information to process the action and what is at stake. In a similar manner, professional practitioners must broadly survey the landscape of the communities in which they work for potential issues and the services and resources that are in place to assist. An important part of collaborative advocacy is knowing what is available in order to connect service users with appropriate supports beyond the scope of your relationship.
For this Discussion, you examine your own community, a relevant current issue, and how you would connect people affected by the issue to services and resources.
To Prepare
- Review your course announcements for possible information related to this week’s Discussion and Assignment.
- Identify a current issue in your community that relates to human services and resonates with you. Potential issues include but are not limited to the following:
- Systemic racism
- Unemployment access
- Eldercare
- Intimate partner violence
- Family reintegration postincarceration
Describe a current issue in your own community that relates to human services and resonates with you. What resources and services could be used to help people affected by the issue? If you were a human services professional practitioner working with people affected by the issue, how would you connect those people to the resources and services?
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