HUMS 150 Community Resources and Partnerships

Implementation of community based service models require extensive information about agency resources, familiarity with agency services, and establishment of opportunities that promote collaboration and working relationships among human service professionals. Students will participate in an interactive learning experience to gain an understanding of the development of partnerships among community based agencies that are necessary to secure services for clients. Lectures, discussions, assignments, media presentations, field work, and in-class activities will give students practical knowledge and involvement in the development of strategies to access community based services.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

HUMS 110

Hours Weekly

84 hours field work; 1 hour lecture weekly

Course Objectives

1. 1. Identify a variety of community based agencies and their resources, including
   rehabilitative, vocational, educational, employment, somatic and mental health,
   recreational, legal, advocacy, social, human, and volunteer services.
2. 2. Illustrate the need for the coordination of services among community based
   agencies in the provision of human services to a diverse client population.
3. 3. Explain the role of the human services practitioner in procuring and utilizing
   community based services.
4. 4. Sketch the referral processes employed between public and private human service
   agencies.
5. 5. List a number of federal, state, and local government and private agencies
   common to most communities
6. 6. Apply an orderly method of identifying, selecting, and procuring services from
   community based agencies.
7. 7. Recognize the delicate balance between information sharing and maintaining
   confidentiality of all personal information in both inter and intra agency referrals.
8. 8. Demonstrate advocacy skills needed to work effectively as a team member to obtain inter
   agency services that meet case management goals for clients.
9. 9. Develop a theoretical base for determining when and how to use community
   based resources.
10. 10. Knowledge of methods that facilitate as well barriers that impede coordination of
    service delivery among community based agencies
11. 11. Employ professionalism in the establishment of a network of personal contacts in
    community based agencies.

Course Objectives

1. 1. Identify a variety of community based agencies and their resources, including
   rehabilitative, vocational, educational, employment, somatic and mental health,
   recreational, legal, advocacy, social, human, and volunteer services.
2. 2. Illustrate the need for the coordination of services among community based
   agencies in the provision of human services to a diverse client population.
3. 3. Explain the role of the human services practitioner in procuring and utilizing
   community based services.
4. 4. Sketch the referral processes employed between public and private human service
   agencies.
5. 5. List a number of federal, state, and local government and private agencies
   common to most communities
6. 6. Apply an orderly method of identifying, selecting, and procuring services from
   community based agencies.
7. 7. Recognize the delicate balance between information sharing and maintaining
   confidentiality of all personal information in both inter and intra agency referrals.
8. 8. Demonstrate advocacy skills needed to work effectively as a team member to obtain inter
   agency services that meet case management goals for clients.
9. 9. Develop a theoretical base for determining when and how to use community
   based resources.
10. 10. Knowledge of methods that facilitate as well barriers that impede coordination of
    service delivery among community based agencies
11. 11. Employ professionalism in the establishment of a network of personal contacts in
    community based agencies.